Fire Trap at Hotel in Q'land Gale Sisters' Ordeal In Inferno £12,000 Damage Coolangatta
TRAPPED in a passage, with a raging inferno[?] fire in front and a mass of burning buildings…
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All-Night Gale Leaves Trail of Havoc on Coast and Damage in Suburbs New Era Open in Year's Time ? "Not Fair Chance" Minister to Manufacturers
Speaking at a machinery manufacturers' luncheon to-day, the Acting-Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde), said he believed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In Frail Craft at Mercy of Gale : Night of Terror Hawkesbury Party in Peril Found To-day Near Broken Bay and Towed to Safety La Perouse Fishermen Cheat Death
TO-DAY'S dawn brought tidmgs of the finding of the launch party of fice who had a terrifying experience outside Hawkesbury heads in yesterday's gale. The lunch was found at West Head, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lucky Escape Man in Flooded River Pontoon Washed Away
Sheer luck saved Bryan O'Grady (26) from a Watery grave in Georges River yesterday afternoon, when a pontoon on which he was standing was washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger on South Coast. Good Rains Inland. Wheat Areas Benefit
Torrential rains were recorded on the South Coast yesterday and last night. The falls were chiefly in the vicinity of Nowra, where over 10 inches were recorded. Heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Falls Warning of Floods
The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following flood warning: -- "During the past 48 hours heavy rain has fallen over the watersheds of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Swept Nearly to Death Man's Ordeal in Flooded River
Death was cheated at Liverpool yesterday when Bryan O'Grady(26) was rescued from a pile of debris after being washed two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods at Week-End Made Toys of Man's labor
MAN proposes huge concrete abutments and costly roads, but Nature, with magnificent disdain, sweeps them away with careless force. The top house at Thirroul, is now balanced precariously beside a deep channel. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Fans Flames. Picture Theatre Damaged
Firemen from Glebe, Pyrmont, and George-street West fire stations had a desperate struggle to save the Glebe Picture Theatre in Glebe-road early yesterday morning, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wandered in Storm Melbourne
Twenty- three volunteers spent last night and some hours to- day searching the bush between Longford and Seaspray, South Gippsland, for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storm's Fury Felt Throughout State
FLOOD warnings have been issued in many parts of the State. Rivers have overflowed, and property has been destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamers Lashed By Terrific Storm Along Coast Many Limp to Port Badly Battered Cardross Trapped For 16 Hours in Cyclone's Centre Small Craft Seek Shelter
Hopelessly trapped in the centre of the cyclone, the steamer Cardross, which arrived in Sydney last night, was pounded by mountainous seas, and was hove-to for 16 hours off Jervis Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Batters N.S.W. COAST. Widespread Damage Wrought. Flood Danger Acute in the South. Beneficial Rains in Country
Widespread damage was caused by the gale which blew throughout Sunday night and yesterday morning. The wind was accompanied by torrential rain on the South Coast, and flood warnings have been broadcast by the Weather Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Menace Passing From South Coast Rain Eases As Cyclone Leaves Coast Most Beneficial Downpour for Years: Yesterday's Light Falls
THE most useful and extensive rain that the State has received for more than two years is now easing off. The flood danger is passing as the cyclonic disturbance moves away…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm-driven Seas and Their Victims, the Ships
CURLING combers rushing in at Clovelly, where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Did Not Move in Gale Could Have Withstood 100 m.p.h. Blow
What was the strain on the Harbor Bridge at the height of Sunday night's storm, when the wind velocity reached nearly 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Craft Washed Ashore on Sydney Coast As a Result of Heavy Storm
[?]his launch was left high and dry at Kogarah Bay following the storm on Sunday night. Three fishermen had a narrow escape when their yawl ran ashore at La Perouse…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Youth Drowned. Swept From Bridge by Flood Waters. Murwillumbah
A youth, Jack Walter James, was drowned yesterday when he was swept by flood waters from the low level bridge at Byangum while endeavouring to cross it on horseback. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →South Coast Floods. Torrential Rain at Nowra. Nowra
Torrential rain has extended over the whole district. The local post-office recorded 14 inches, but private gauges show falls of 16 Inches. Nearly 12 inches fell between 7.30…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Danger of Floods
The cyclonic disturbance is still centred off the coast of New South Wales, according to the acting State meteorologist (Mr. H. E. Camm). Its centre is probably about 100…
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