When the 80-Mile Cyclone Was at Its Height
MOUNTAINOUS seas swept across the Heads as the Manly ferries ploughed through, maintaining an uninterrupted service. WARNINGS at the Weather Bureau…
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Family's Escape Storm at Blackheath Katoomba
Considerable damage wu caused by the storm at Blackheath. The cantilever awning or a grocery shop occupied by William Merrikan, was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storms Upset Sea Fishermen Should be Plenty of Sport Later
Deep water in Broken Bay, from the mouth of Cowan Creek to Flint and Steel Reef, is a sure place for finny sport after heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Aero Club. Flight to Canberra. Delayed by Storm
The gale that was blowing over the Mascot aerodrome early yesterday morning prevented the start of the reliability flight of 10 light aeroplanes from Sydney to Canberra…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stop Press. Planes Struck by Storm. London, June 14
Twenty-one military bombing'planes were engaged on a night flight between Nancy and Le Bourget, when, between midnight and 3 a.m. a sudden storm struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On Her Head! 38 Tons in Gale Plucky Erina Midget's Epic Voyage
Fancy putting to sea in a gale like yesterday's in a little coaster of 38 tons! But the gallant little Erina…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →What Big Storm Was Like at Sea Mountains of Water
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Thursday. -- After having encountered the same storm as Kingsford Smith in the hop of the Southern Cross from Suva to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toll of the Storm. Loss of the White Bay. Only One Survivor
The collier White Bay has been wrecked. Shortly after daybreak yesterday, the steamer White Bay was exhibiting distress signals off…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Wins Three Aeroplanes Crash Observer Killed Eleven Start, Four Arrive Paris
Of eleven French military bombing 'planes which, while night-flying from Nancy to Le Bourget, ran into a storm near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Gale on the Coast. Ships Drag Anchors in Harbour. Yacht Blown Ashore. Widespread Damage to Property
Fierce southerly gales swept the eastern coast of Australia from Rockhampton to Moruya yesterday. Terrific seas were raised, and shipping at sea suffered badly. Stories of anxious experiences were told on the arrival of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Back Broken Uralla Now a Hopeless Wreck at Mercy of Gale Chief Officer's Stirring Story of Fight for Life
The North Coast S.N. Co.'s cargo steamer Uralla, which grounded on Stockton Beach, near the scene of the White Bay disaster, late yesterday afternoon, is a hopeless wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →White Bay Wrecked. Seven Lives Lost. Vessel Swamped in the Gale. Sole Survivor's Story. (By Our Special Representative.) Newcastle
Seven lives are believed to have been lost when the small collier steamer White Bay was wrecked on the beach at Stockton Bight, 12 miles north of Newcastle at nine o'clock this morning. Till late last evening only one member of the vessel's crew had reached the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →One Dead; Four Missing in Coast Wreck Steamer Battered to Pieces by Gale Only Survivor Found Wandering in Bush; Tells Graphic Story
Five lives and tremendous damage to property, both in Sydney and country centres -- Such is the grim harvest of the gale that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Believed Mb in White Bay Wreck One Saved; Man's Body Found! Cyclone Exacts Toll Along N.s.w. Coast; Vessel Ashore Passengers' Grim Time
TWO STEAMERS WERE WRECKED, one life lost, a steamer has been reported missing, and shipping is held, up all along the New South Wales coast as a result of the cyclone which raged during yesterday and last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Cyclonic Disturbance. Floods Threatened on Lower North Coast
A cyclonic disturbance, said by Mr. Mares, Government Moleorologist, to be one of the worst on record, struck the coast on Wednesday night. Heavy rains have fallen on the lower North Coast, and Hood warnings were issued to centres on the Bellinger, Maeleay,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Rains. Flood Warnings. Early Improvement Forecasted
During the 21 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday, the rainfall along the coast and on the central and northern highlands was particularly heavy. Inland the rain was only…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Floods Feared Country Has Had Heavy Rainfall Warnings Issued
Floods are feared to be in the wake of one of the biggest cyclones on record yesterday. Very heavy falls have occurred along…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Shipping Warned
The cyclone still occupies most of the Tasman Sea east from longitude 155 degrees, but is steadily moving in an east south east direction. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The T.t. Races Brilliant Bennett Heavy Rain and Crashes
Regarded as the world's greatest motor-cycling events the Tourist Trophy [?] were held last week over three days on the last of Man, England…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ploughing Through Gale-swept Mountainous Seas
OVER the crest of a great roller, soon to be lost temporarily to view. THE SEA level with her decks, the City of Oran steams steadily on…
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