A Flood on the Tweed
DEAR Chief,--The recent floods on the northern rivers remind me of the flood I was in, in 1921. We lived on the Tweed, at Murwillumbah,…
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New Zealand Storm. Auckland
A fierce gale developed in many parts of the province on Saturday. It attained its greatest force at Waihi, where many verandahs and one or two sheds were blown down,…
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WELLINGTON, Monday.--The R.M.S. Makura, from San Francisco, reports that she is being delayed a day by heavy weather. She sails for Sydney at 3 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lost in Storm Crack Pilot Killed St. Louis
Leslie Smith, a crack air mail pilot was found lying with the wings of his wrecked plane on an Oklahoma prairie. He was hurrying towards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London "Byng" Boys the New Police Chief Appointment Resented Labor Members Raise Storm [?]
A STORM was created in the House o( Commons to-night by the announcement of the appointment of Viscount Byng, of Vimy, as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fight Sure Under Flood Lights £300,000 GATE ? New York
"Under floodlights in the vast Yankee Stadium, on the night of July 26, Tunney wlil fight Heeney 15 rounds, and you can go out and bet on it…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heddon Races Fields Good: Track Heavy Rain Interferes with Sport
The attendance was small at Heddon races on Saturday, and the club showed a loss on the meeting. Owing to the heavy rain during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Have You Looked for the "Lost Ball? Can You Find It? Flood of Entries Greets No. 12 "Find the Ball" £100 to be Won--Can You Say Where Ball Was When Photograph Was Taken? JULY 9 Is the Closing Date
Surging onward to still greater popularity, "Find the Ball" Competition No. 12 is being greeted with an everincreasing number of entries. There is £100 to be won--£50 for first and £50 in…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Lost in Gale Story of White Bay Newcastle Inquest Newcastle
THE story how the collier white Bay battled with a hundred miles an hour gale, was told at the Coroner's Court to-day. when an…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Struck Gale Before the Launching Safe Haven Now an A.B's. ADVENTURE
THAT the course of true past [?] not run smoothly was amply proved to Sam Webb, an A.B. on H.M.A.S Sydney. on the occasion of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lost Ball Competition Attracts Flood of Entries £100 in Prizes in Fascinating Competition Enter at Once in "Find the Ball, No. 12"; £50 for the Winner and Fifty £1 Consolation Prizes Get Your Coupon in Immediately
No. 12 "Find the Ball" Competition gives promise of being "the biggest ever." Entries are pouring in with every mail, deluging the "Daily Telegraph Pictorial" office with a veritable coupon flood…
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General Lord Byng, whose appointment at Police Chief has caused all the fuse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Warned Another Cyclone
Strong northerly winds east from longitude 160 degrees, and strong southerly, winds reaching train force and rough seas, on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm in City. Magnificent Rainbows
A violent wind storm swept across the city yesterday afternoon. During the greater part of the day there had been only very light wind, but it became rapidly stronger after…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Victim of Storm Grandstand Collapses Cessnock
During the gale last night the grandstand at the Cessnock Showground collapsed like a pack of cards and was strewn all over the ground. The loss…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Raced on City's Brief Storm Was It Snow ? Weather Bureau Cautious
The storm which hit Sydney late yesterday afternoon is now far to the south-east, and still travelling quickly away…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →400 in Grim Fire Fight to Save South Coast Town Men, Women, Children in Epic Struggle Odds Were Heavy, but Fighters Beat Gale-Fanned Flames Daring Leap to Safety
An epic fight to save a town. Four hundred people, men, women, and children, fought grimly against heavy odds last night when Gerringong, on the South Coast, was threatened with destruction by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chilly Blast When Freak Storm Hit City Snow at Gordon-first for 92 YEARS Brick Wall Shattered--Workman Jumped Clear and Dodged Shower of Debris Another Blown Off Roof
A freak storm yesterday played many tricks in half an hour. It left as suddenly as it arrived, and even Mr. Mares was amazed. Snow fell at Gordon--the first in Sydney or suburbs for 92 years; a chilly blast swept over the city. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Letter Box Cyclone Damage. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—During the cyclone last week, the car shed at the Coramba Parsonage was wrecked, and the circuit car considerably damaged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →To-day Should Be Fine Cyclone Passes Out to Sea
The cyclone has passed out to sea, and to-day should be mostly fine and cold. Another section of the southern…
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