The Storm
The gods of the air were preparing for battle. All day signs of the coming conflict had been evident -- occasional showers of rain, the rising and falling…
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1,037 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 52
'Phones Off After Electrical Storm
Serious damage to numerous private and public telephones has been reported in the suburbs as the result of the severe electrical storm which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Risk and Rescue Aorangi Has Bad Time In Storm Near Crash
The last few hours of the Union motor liner Aorangi's race across the Tasman Sea were crammed with thrills. She beat her previous record from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood of Wheat Terminal Silos Still Stand Strain
THE rush of wheat to the silos continues, but, considering that wheat is coming to country silos from greater distances than was ever intended, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vegetable Growers Are in Dire Straits on Verge of Collapse Flooded Market With Meagre Demands Arthur Plan
Never before in the history of organised marketing in the State have vegetables been so cheap. Growers are losing money on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Palm Beach Is Paradise Enow Whiling Away the Calm Before Legal Storm Resume Mrs. Field a Recluse at the Burrows Sun and Surf a Tonic For Gruelling Marathon Divorce
LIVING a life akin to that of a recluse, Mrs. Ivy Gladys Field, resting after two months of turmoil in Sydney Divorce Court, has shut herself away in a bungalow on the top of a high hill that overlooks the paradise that is Palm Beach, and practically refuses to talk to anyone save her own personal friends…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Farms Damaged By Violent Storm. PERTH
As a result of a violent storm at South Dulyalbin and Mount Hampton last Sunday 6000 acres of wheat on more than 12 farms were levelled. Two hundred and fifty points of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Saw Fires From Air Photographer Had a Hot Job Storm Peril
AN amazing bird's-eye view of the bush fires, which have, in the last few days, swept tens of thousands of square miles in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Fighters Are Driven Back Flames Raging Round Cobar Deluge of Rain Only Hope Huge Area Laid Waste Position Grave Cobar
Completely out of control now, the bushfires at midnight to-night were only 18 miles from Cobar--two miles nearer. Weary and despairing settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Over Bank Car Crashes During Thunderstorm Parramatta Residents' Narrow Escape
Swerving across the Northern Highway two miles on the Sydney side of Wiseman's Ferry late last night, a car containing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burst Main Floods House
When a water main burst in Wattle-street, Ultimo, this afternoon, a house occupied by Mr. Kelly and family was flooded out. The jet at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rush To Tax Office Waited in Queues Nation's Reply to Appeal Money Flood London
Another expression of confidence in the new Government was shown yesterday when a remarkable rush set in all over the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tennis Storm Brewing
Recommendations, which are likely to raise a controversial storm in country and city, will be considered, by a special committee (C. S. Wilson. J. O'Ryan. O. E. Starr,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Scotland. Thousands Homeless. LONDON, Jan. 4
Unceasing rain for three days has caused severe floods in Scotland. A number of rivers are overflowing their banks, and thousands of people have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Year's Weather. Extensive Floods. Damage by Cyclones
Disastrous floods on the North Coast in February and April, floods of record extent and severity in central and southern inland districts in June, and the most severe cyclonic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)
During the course of a short severe storm at New Plymouth a gust of hurricane force swept a narrow strip of the suburb of Fitzroy. unroofing many buildings. There were many…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Inferno Rages Along 400 Mile Front "You'd Think the World Was on Fire" Deluge Is Wests Only Salvation People Take Refuge In Prayers for Rain Losing Fight Cobar
"You'd think the whole world was on fire!" remarked one of the hundreds of spectators watching the raging flames from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Daily Weather Chart Increasing warmth and sultriness, culminating in a thunderstorm, in a day or two
Commonwealth Weather Bureau, Tuesday.--"Rather rapid eastward movement of the various pressure systems occurred after 9 a.m. yesterday, and[?] as a consequence, very…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gale Holds Up "Smithy's" Departure London
A gale, which also affected the regular cross-Channel air services, has prevented Air Commodore Kingsford Smith from leaving Hamble, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Star. Delayed by Gale. London, Jan. 6
A gale, which also affected the regular crossChannel air services, prevented Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith from leaving Hamble to-day. The 'plane is loaded with 7001b of mail for…
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