Tasmanian Flood Fund
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1,949 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 98
Cyclone Working South-east
An impending change in the distribution of pressure is likely to cause unsettled weather over parts of New South Wales during the coming week…
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THE Weather Bureau to-day Issued the following special ocean forecast:— A moderate cyclone is situated on the central coast of Queensland, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →St. James Theatre—"the Baby Cyclone."
St.James Theatre audiences in great numbers manifestly enjoy the amusing situations of "The Baby Cyclone," George M Conan'a comedy, played by a clever cast, at the head of which is Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returning From General Conference a Dust Storm—Sunday Service on the Train
About twenty or thirty representatives from the General Conference, several accompanied by their wives, left Perth by Thursday night's train, and had an unusual experience on arrival at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer in Storm Engine Room Flood Auckland
THE steamer Yoserie, which is carrying a cargo of sulphur from Galveston to sydney, arrived at Auckland to-day to replenish bunkers. The shortage of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shipping Delayed. Gale on Queensland Coast. BRISBANE
Shipping was delayed at the week-end by a cyclonic disturbance. The master of the Adelaide Company's new motor passenger steamer. Manunda, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wrecked in Storm Crew of 32 Aboard Astoria (Oregon)
The cargo steamer Laurel (6867 tons) has been wrecked at the mouth of the Columbia River, during a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Further Earthquake Shocks in N.z.: Flood Menace Death Roll Now Six Many More Likely S. Island Town Wrecked Details of Disaster
FORTHER earthquake shocks were experienced in New Zealand to-day. The death roll from yesterday's tremors is now known to total six, two persons are missing, and there is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Earthquake In New Zealand. Five Persons Killed: Two Missing. Serious Damage to Property. Landslides Block Rivers. Town Threatened by Floods. People's Terrifying Experiences
Almost the whole of New Zealand was visited by an alarming earthquake yesterday morning, the most serious damage occurring in the north and west of the South Island. Five persons were killed in the South Island, and a child was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Devastated by Earthquake, Menaced by Flood Westport Fears River May Burst Through Debris One Killed, Three Injured, When Buildings Collapse Water and Electricity Cut Off
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--With chimneys and walls lying in ruins, its writer and electricity cut off, the town of Westport, on the West Coast of the South Island, is threatened by a devastating flood should the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Deluge
Judging by appearances, Australia was wildly lucky to get rid of wheat and flour to the value of £16,000,000 before the Wheat Deluge broke forth and swamped the markets of the world. Exactly what is before us is a mystery, and a very sombre one. Apparently,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Squalls. Experienced in Sydney Wind at Gale Force
Two fierce squalls, each bringing a little rain, swept the metropolitan area yesterday, and caused inconvenience to many people who were caught unawares…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Destruction in the Wake of 'Quake, Gale, and Smash
LANDSLIPS during the N.Z. earthquake in this, the Buller Gorge, meant many narrow escapes from death. CITY RAILWAY workers yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Adelaide Struck by Violent Storm Adelaide
DURING a violent storm last night the roof was lifted from a house in the suburbs, the steel and galvanised iron being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wake of Yesterday's Gale -- Big Game Hunting in Africa
IN THE GALES PATH. -- The sudden gust of gale-force wind which struck Sydney late yesterday afternoon left its trail clearly marked at Leichhardt this morning. This is the roof of Mrs. Watkins's home, which was blown seventy yards away into Short-street. HOMEWARD BOUND. -- Many Chinese sailed by the Taiping this morning, some of them to enjoy the fruits of years…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Gale at 56 M. an Hour Squally Again To-day
An intensification of a disturbance which extended across Australia from Adelaide to Sydney, was how Mr. Mares explained yesterday's sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australians in Appalling Air Crash Roofs Fly Before Gale Beauty and Brains
AUSTERE sons of the Prophet relaxed, on the Maloja yesterday to usher in a new Mohammedan year. STURTRIDGE, Vic., captain and five-eighth,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Snow Storm Motorists Held Up Falls at Yetholme Bathurst
Motorists travelling from Sydney to Bathurst yesterday had a trying experience, when, on nearing Yetholme, they encountered ft heavy fall of snow,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunshine: Bad-tempered Gale at 56 m.p.h.: More Sunshine Roofs Lifted: Windows Go; Damage in Many Suburbs Clothes Line of Lingerie Embarrassed Policeman, and Held Up Trams Nocturne Knocked "Off the Air"
Just when the sun was brightest and the teacup chatter at its most absorbing point a bitter 56-mile-an-hour westerly gale played fast and loose. Roofs were torn off, windows smashed, trees uprooted, wireless aerials (including that of…
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