Rain by Yard Q'land Floods Mail Trains Held Up Cairns
FLOODS prevented the mail trains passing between Cairns and Townsville again to-day. Though the smaller coastal streams have…
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Flood Toll Havoc in Mauritius Sugar Losses London
Floods in Mauritius have caused damage to roads and bridges to the extent of £15,000 the water services of Port Louis…
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London felt the full force of the recent gales and storms in Britain. The picture shows portion of a house carried away by the terrific winds…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Warnings Hawkesbury Settlers Want Reliable Information
The federation of progress association in the Hawke[?]bury (N.S.W.) district has decided to seek the assistance of the Chief Secretary in regard to the issuing…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hurricane and Flood in Fiji
The following letter from the Rev. C. O. Lelean, Acting-Chairman of our Mission in Fiji, will give our people a graphic account of the disaster that has overtaken a considerable portion of Fiji:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Calulu Afire. No. 5 Hold Flooded
A cable received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association states that the Austral-China steamer Calulu had been on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Mauritius. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 9
Telegrams received by the Colonial Office from Mauritius report that, owing to heavy and unprecedented rainfall, severe floods have taken place in Port Louis and country…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →PROSPECTORS. Marooned on a Tree. Refuge From Flood-waters. Brisbane
A message from Innisfail states that four gold prospectors, Messrs. A. Opsell, W. Melrose, G. Kopple, and P. McGrogan, were marooned on a tree for seven hours by flood waters last…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Heavy Floods in Q'land No Townsville Trains Cairns
Owing to torrential rain during the last week, it is considered unlikely that railway connection can be made between Cairns and Townsville untill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Damage Mauritius Water Supply Broken London, Friday. (British Official Wireless.)
TELEGRAMS received by the Colonial O:ice from Mauritius, report that owing to the heavy and unprecedented rainfall, severe floods have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saturday Afternoon Smiles Defiance at Thunderstorms
RAIN put off the City and Country Tennis, but it didn't damp the style of these two! WET IN and wet out, but…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Yacht Norn. Dismasted at Sea. Heavy Rain Squalls. Boat Turns Turtle
Yachting and sailing enthusiasts on Saturday were provided with a number of thrills which were due to the blustering south-easterly breeze and a number of heavy rain squalls…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →120 M.P.H. Gale Havoc in England Many Fatalities London
A gale, which reached a force of 120 miles an hour at Beachy Head, Sussex, burst over Southern England last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Three Dead in Crashes Snow Storms in U.S. Responsible New York
More than 40 'planes have been combing the Jersey coastline, searching for Test-Pilot Daniel Marra, of the Fairchild Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the Storm. The Reserve Bank and the Wall-street Collapse. Relief to Europe
To all those people who are fond of drawing morals from large and surprising events, it must be disappointing to find that the late American collapse has given them very little…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Rain Central Australia Adelaide
HEAVY falls of rain were experienced in Central Australia during the past two days. According to advice received at Adelaide to-day, Pitree Well, [?] miles…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →All Night Vigil in a Storm
The great hurricane which swept the British Isles on the night of December 6, and raged for two days, was responsible for appalling disasters on land and sea. The Danish four-mastedw barque Morgen's Koch was driven ashore at Haven's Point at the mouth of the Cuckmere River, near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone in Fiji. Motor Yacht Sunk. SUVA, Jan. 13
During a cyclonic storm on Saturday at the Makogal leper island, the Fiji Government motor yacht Lady Escott was blown from her anchorage and sank at sea. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Wanderer Returns. Terrific Fight with Cyclone. Skipper's Vivid Story
The yacht Wanderer returned to Sydney yesterday after a record voyage of four days to the minute from Melbourne. A vivid story of the sensational crossing of Bass Strait (already reported in the "Herald") was given by the skipper, Mr. Norman Wallis…
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