Wild Voyage Ulimaroa in Trouble Seas Flooded Cabins Auckland
After a tempestuous voyage, the Ulimaroa arrived this morning a day late, with a big list, attributed to the coal shifting. The crew said it was…
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Electric Storm. Havoc in Canada. Winnipeg Isolated. Vancouver, July 10
Toronto, following a heat wave which spread from Toronto to Regina, was swept by fierce selectric storms. Major M. O'Halleran and two soldiers were killed by lightning at Petnwawn…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Nature Notes Dinkum Storm Bird
NOTICING a tropic storm-bird well out of its usual course, I sent in a par to "Smith's" about it. The par appeared on the same day that the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Amends May Be Made For Failure At Randwick Mullabawn, an Irish Horse, Is Splendid Miler His Moorefield Chance Will be Bright if There be No Heavy Rain Lightly Weighted Pigeon Pie Promises to Run Great Race
Runner up to St. Donagh in the Baldoyle Derby 1925 and winner of two races at his only other three starts that season in Ireland, Mullabawn came to Australia with a reputation which was enhanced by his showing the way home in…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Error and Red Tape Send Eight Men to Eternity "Live" Flood Chicago Sewer Horror Hero's Sacrifice Chicago
Eight workmen lost their lives yesterday in an amazing tragedy in a flooded sewer, which was caused in the first place by a mistake, and aggravated later by refusal of a pumping station employee to close a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eight Men Die in Flooded Sewer Hero Loses His Own Life After Seven Rescues CHICAGO
Eight men who had entered a sewer tunnel to carry out repairs, met their deaths when a pumping station employee opened a floodgate by mistake,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Strikes Perth. Perth
In Perth and surrounding suburbs last night rain, which came down in torrents, was accompanied by a gale. This morning the Swan River had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storm at Moree. Woman Struck by Lightning Moree
Motorists who made journeys to outlying districts yesterday for the most part fared badly. Heavy rain occurred during the afternoon, rendering roads impassable. About 5.30…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Disarmament, or Pact a Hollow Sham Home Secretary Raises an Angry Storm 'Act to Muzzle Him?' London
The Home Secretary has aroused unfavorable comment by a speech on Saturday, in which he referred to the American proposals for an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Delayed. Heavy Gales Off W.a. Coast
Owing to heavy westerly gales raging off the Western Australian Coast, with exceptionally high seas, all shipping has been delayed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Blown Ashore Gale at Perth Rains Create Havoc Perth
Fierce hurricanes and torrential rains created havoc and widespread damage in the city and suburbs between 3 p.m. yesterday and 9 this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-Champion McAuliffe Says Heeney Can Beat Tunney Kompa Wins a Dull 15 ROUNDER Ch twynd Fails Wouldn't Mix It "The Cyclone" Recalled
Though Saturday nights seem to suffer by being overshadowed by the glamor of the wrestling bouts on the following Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Warnings Downpours in W.A. Repetition of 1926 Feared Perth
Unless the weather changes rapidly for the better-- so far there are no signs of it doing 60-- there is every prospect of a repetition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Violent Storm. Damage in Western. Australia. Fishing Steamer Wrecked, Perth
Washaways have been reported on the rail ways in various parts of the State as the result of heavy rains. The Albany to Perth train was delayed about nine hours last…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →King Egbert Leaking. No. 1 Hold Flooded
As to the condition of the motorship King Egbert, which struck the breakwater whilst entering Bunbury Harbour (W.A.) on Tuesday last, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Warning Heavy Rain in South Bathurst
Heavy rain fell throughout the west during last night, and this morning, and rain is still falling at many centres in Bathurst, so far, 62 points…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Musssolini Sulks and Europe Fumes Italia Storm Growing London
ITALY is involving herself in further international disfavor by hinting plainly that the help of foreign searchers is not required…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Property Flooded Council Wants Channel Extended
Parramatta Council will urge the Water and Sewerage Board to extend the Clay Cliff Creek stormwater channel from its present terminus to the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wine and Water Cellar Twice Flooded
During the memorable Easter rains in 1927, Mr. T. Clements had the misfortune to see his wine cellar flooded "through the back flow of sewerage water."…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rivers Flooded. Western Australia and Tasmania. Perth
Several rivers are in high flood, but the danger which threatened from the overflow of the Swan River has now passed, for the waters are receding. The banks of the…
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