Sydney Battered by Terrific Storm -- a Trail of Destruction and Desolation
FUELLING UP. -- The Spirit of Australia, Hurley's 'plane, has its first drink at Richmond. THE FIRE…
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In Mid-ocean. Thrilling Rescue. Two Sailors. Washed Overboard in Storm
Torn from the rail to which they were holding and hurled into a tempestuou sea by the force of a mountainous wave, two sailors on the auxiliary schooner Piri had a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire Adds to Gale's Terror Tell Us All ! Govt. to 'Bus Men Proprietors Demur
A CURIOUS [?] has been created by the state Governments demand for vital information form the motor bus prop[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Out of Blue Timcke on Cyclone N.z. Has It Now 3000 Miles of Whirling Destruction
Commencing at some spot unknown in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia and in under 48 hours sweeping across Australia to New Zealand and on to some spot unknown the other side of New Zealand, the cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Second Worst Cyclone in History Hits the State Gale at Sixty-three Miles an Hour Leaves Heavy Havoc in Its Trail Mountains Ablaze Over Wide Area Big Paper Mills Destroyed in Scrub Fire Orsova Waits to Pick Up Lights
SYDNEY suffered damage aggregating an enormous sum, when the second worst cyclone in history swept City and suburbs yesterday. From all quarters come reports of damage and desolation. In most cases bush and scrub fires were the beginnings of conflagrations which carried all before them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale's Ravage. Damage Done in Melbourne Boy Is Killed Buildings Are Shorn of Roofs Melbourne
Westerley gale blowing with hurricane force caused much damage in several suburbs this morning, and was felt at the seaside suburbs, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GALE'S 63 m.p.h. Fury Widespread Damage Districts in Darkness Perils of High Tension Wires
LATEST reports to-day indicate that yesterday's cyclone left in its train chaos and Stark ruin in all directions, involving scores of thousands of pounds worth of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lines Down Havoc of Sunday's Gale Many Bad Breaks One of Postal Dept.'s "Worst Disasters
Caught in the fury of yesterday's gale telegraph and telephone lines were blown down, and to-day communication with some of the most important country centres has been cut off. "It is one of the worst disasters we have experienced," said…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm Devastation of Sydney's Blackest Day £1,000,000 Worth of Property Was Wrecked by Gale's Fury Thousands of Homes Damaged When 63-mile-an-hour Squalls Lifted Roofs in Swirling Clouds of Dust, and Jeopardised Lives Barometer Reading Third Lowest
Swept all day long by a suffocating westerly cyclone which wrecked £1,000,000 worth of property, Sydney yesterday was battered by the worst dust storm in its history. Several thousands of homes, in addition to public buildings, were damaged,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trail of Destruction by Storm and Fire Big Fire at Cremorne Water Shortage Fight Against Odds
THE inadequate supply of water in the Northern Suburbs was said to be responsible for loss,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Wake of the Fury of Yesterday's Storm Man Whose Heart Has Moved to the Right
MASONRY torn from a building, crashed through the verandah of this shop at the corner of Randall and Elizabeth Street. SIGHTING FOR HER HUSBAND. -- Mrs…
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When, at the height of the storm yesterday, the power and light in a large block of flats at Wylde-street. Potts Point failed. A mild flood was…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Water rushed into the engine-room pf the inter-State steamer Ormiston at her river berth to-day, when repairs were…
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Armidale, Tuesday.--At 4.30 this morning a violent thunderstorm broke over the town. Twelve points of rain were recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Gale Raging Fliers Standing by Christchurch
Gales of exceptional severity are still raging in the South Island There is little prospect of the Southern Cross leaving before Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Southern Cross Still Earthbound Gales Raging in New Zealand
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.). Monday -- Gales of exceptional severity are still raging over the South Island, and there is little prospect of the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hot Weather. Gale Passes. 105 Degrees at Grafton
The weather was warm in Sydney yesterday, the maximum temperature being 84 degrees. When the wind changed from west to north-east in the afternoon, the temperature dropped…
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A WESTERLY gale and bush fires are still raging. Gundary a thickly populated suburb of Moruya, is in danger. All employees at Dorman and Long's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Country News Heavy Loss Toll of Cyclone Yass
Sunday's gale provided some thrills at Hume Park, on the back waters of Burinjuck dam. which it transformed into a rough Inland sea. The launch…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Path of Storm's Fury in the Country
Havoc wrought by Sunday's gale in the country: 1. Damage to a house of Lithgow; 2. Parkes Jockey Club grandstand smashed; 3. Lithgow R. and T. Institute unroofed; 4. Wrechoge of Mr. Can[?] house in Johnstone-street, Parkes. 5. Wreck of shop in Welcome-street, Parkes; 6. A shattered hoarding in Main-street, Lithgow…
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