Boy Army Storms Town Hall Many Faint in Rush For Jobs
Seven hundred boys, scores of them with parents, besieged the Town Hall yesterday in the hope of Securing apprenticeships in the…
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Prominent Irish War Figure. Mr. Sean Flood Dead
The news of the death of Mr. Sean Flood, of 51 Lindsay-road, Glasnevin, which occurred in a private hospital in Dublin on December 11, was received with regret…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Fierce Storms. On Central Tablelands. Heavy Rain South of Harden
Thirteen lines carrying telegraph and telephone traffic between Sydney and Melbourne and Sydney and southern districts of New South Wales were thrown out of…
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BATHURST, Thursday.--Torrential rain, which converted streets into miniature lakes and entered many residences in low-lying areas, fell this…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shipping Intelligence Weather Marella in Cyclone
DARWIN, Thursday.--The Marella, from Singapore, arrived on Tuesday,, owing to cyclonic weather. An abnormally high, tide made…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In Gale Ship Battles on to Save Byrd Bay of Whales
The supply ship City of New York is making slow time because of the heavy storm, and it seems as though she cannot get here before Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Masked Rider Thrills Will Appear in Special Match To-morrow "Cyclone" Mookey Back
Increasing crowds at Sydney dirt track meetings are evidences of the amazing popularity of the sport. At Went worth Speedway last Saturday over 32,000 people witnessed one of the finest motor cycle races that has been seen on a Sydney speedway. This was the tit-bit of the evening, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storm Brewing at Rothbury Confinement and "Cruel" Cookery Where the Police Go "Fishing" Blacklegs Are Punishing Themselves Weaver Aims to Let Them Down Rothbury Compound
DO you know, I've been wondering just what the police are for up here--whether they are to keep the pickets out; or, like a cow's hide, keep the inside in. Actually we. the men, are prisoners, hence the delay in forwarding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cloudbursts Country Floods Much Damage Done
A TERRIFIC cloudburst yesterday afternoon flooded huge tracts of country, considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cloudburst Flood Causes Havoc Houses Engulfed Harden
The greatest flood since 1890 occurred in Murrumburrah yesterday evening and last night. The creek that runs through the town rose nearly 40…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods in South-west Lives, Property Endangered Loss of Stock Wagga Wagga
Lives and property are threatened by floods, following rain which began falling this afternoon. Telephone wires have been washed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Houses Swept Away When Flood Follows Cloudburst Torrential Downpour in the South Harden, Murrumhurrah, and Neville Are Deluged Narrow Escape From Flood Waters
Houses were wrecked and lives imperilled at Murrumburrah yesterday, when the biggest flood for 40 years followed a terrific cloudburst. Torrential rain also fell at Harden, Goulburn, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain Undermines Foundations Bathurst
Owing to the foundations being undermined by heavy rain, the wall separating the old and new premises of the Western Stores and Edgley's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Refuse Strewn Through Murrumburrah by Flood
Flood waters from the [?] when eight inches of [?] fall in 20 minutes six miles from Murrumbarrah, left the streets of the town deep in refuse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worked in Flood Linesmen's Loyalty
WORKING in the dark, up to their knees in water when floods swept over the low-living country near Albury on Thursday telegraph linesmen from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thunderstorm Damage Goulburn
Thunderstorms have caused considerable damage at the power house. High tension lines were struck, meters burnt, and motors put out of action. Repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Extinguished. Maimoa Flooded
Apparently the fire which has been raging on board the Maimoa since early this week is extinguished. The Sydney Marine Underwriters and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Launch Adrift in Storm
At the height of the storm last night, with the water lashed by wind and rain, a launch broke down off Taylor Bay and drifted slowly towards George's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News Electrical Storm Started a Bush Fire
ALBURY, Saturday.-- An electrical storm passed over Gerogery last night. The lightning struck a tree in F. Griffith's grass paddock, causing it to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gale Havoc on Tweed
MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.--A terrific gale, accompanied by heavy rain, today swept Murwillumbah, uprooting trees, and damaging…
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