Salvaging Sunken Ferry Off Heads Three Men's Ordeal Gale Timely Rescue
AN attempt will be made to salvage the ferry launch Glen Rowan, which sank off North Head, yesterday while…
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1,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 75
Houses Wrecked. Storms in Queensland. BRISBANE
A severe wind storm occurred at Prairie this afternoon. Eight houses were wrecked, and considerable damage was done to telephone and telegraph lines. About an inch of rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wild Atlantic Shrouds Two More Fliers Woman Is Victim Tried to Pioneer Trade Route Gale Swept Sea Hamilton (Bermuda)
THE wild enthusiasm which attended the send-off on Saturday of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Soaking Heavy Rain in City
Heavy showers fell in the city and suburbs this morning following the cool change of last night. More are expected tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lions Fight in Storm Hectic Scenes in "Noah's Ark" Destined for France
HALF of the animals in the biggest collection ever shipped to France died during a voyage from the Belgian Congo. A Belgian vessel carrying the great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Capt. Matthews Returns Flew Into Storm At Sea "Could Not See" Darwin
ENCOUNTERING a heavy storm at sea. Captain F. R. Matthews returned to Darwin about noon, after having hopped…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flies Back Matthews' False Start Heavy Storm Got 80 Miles From Darwin Darwin
After taking off in glorious weather at 11.10 a.m. today, announcing that he intended to fly to Koepang on the first stage of his flight to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fijian Clubs Native Legend of the Flood
SINCE the beginning of human history the club has been synonymous with leadership, and even at the present time amongst civilised people it still remains…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Matthews Turns Back Encounters Bad Storm Darwin
CAPTAIN MATTHEWS, who is flying from Australia to London, left Darwin at 11.10 a.m. to-day apparently for Koepang (Timor) but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lightning Kills 3 Tragedy Follows Heat Wave Q'land Storms Toowoomba
TWO men were kilted outright by lightning, and a third received a severs shock, at Douglas, a farming centre near Goombangee, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Captain Matthews Encounters a Storm. Forced Back to Darwin. Darwin
Captain F. R. Matthews, who left Darwin this morning on the first stage of his flight to England, was forced to return. He took off at 11.10 o'clock, and set a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trade Wind Missing. Fears for Fliers', Safety. Violent Storm on Course. New York, Jan. 13
No news has been received of the 'plane Trade Wind, in which Lieutenant McClaren and Mrs. Hart were engaged in a flight across the Atlantic. It is feared that they have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Snapshots From the News of the Day Flier Forced Back Matthews In Storm on Way to Timor
DARWIN, Wednesday. -- An hour after leaving for Timor to-day, on his return flight to London, Capt. Matthews was forced to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beer Flood New Brew From Vic. Hotelkeepers Meet
Though it is denied that any "beer war" is being fought in Sydney, there is at least unmistakable evidence that certain hotels are being…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"Encouraging" View in London Storms Ahead London
"It is encouraging that Mr. Scullin's declaration against inflation received enthusiastic approval" says "The Times" in a leading article…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cycling "Cyclone" Mookey Successful at Wentworth Oval
Riding for the first time at the Wentworth Oval Speedway (Sydney) last Saturday evening, "Dick" Case, the Queensland international rider, who did well in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Caught in a Hail Storm Jean Gilmore (Mackmede, North Casino)
We have a flower garden and a vegetable garden around our house. In the vegetable garden we have tomatoes, beans, beetrool, [?] and pumpkins. In the flower garden…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flood Gates Enterprising Farmer Wants His Neighbors' Assistance
"Landholder" proposes to put flood gates in a [?] creek to prevent the foundation of a portion of his property. As this gate will benefit several neighbors, he desire in know…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Last Letters of Despair by Depression's Victim "I Shot Her Because I Love Her!" Campsie Tobacconist's Tragic Battle With Brain-Storm Small Boy's Heroic Act to Save His Mother
WHAT was the extraordinary demon that arrested the mind of Ernest Edward Watts, well-known tobacconist, of Beamish-street, Campsie, when for hours during the night of December 4 last he paced up and down his darkened shop, occasionally sitting down to write letters, and then resuming his incessant tramping up and down? IRONY and bitterness, whimsical…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Squally Southerly Is Due To-day Showers and Thunderstorms Predicted
RELIEF from the sultry conditions throughout the State should come to-day. Cooler weather with clouds and…
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