Mountainous Seas Batter Crippled Ship Towed to Pt. Adelaide Through Raging Gale a Close Call
AFTER a gruelling battle with gales and heavy seas in the Bight, the disabled, Milluna, towed by the tug Uco, reached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods & storms, 1932
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Building Flooded. Hose Maliciously Turned On. Silks and Fittings Damaged
The malicious act of some person caused damage estimated at several hundred pounds at 156 Pitt-street, city, early on Saturday morning, when a fire hydrant was turned…
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The British tramp steamer Welcombe, which arrived yesterday from Dunedin, was battered by a gale, and took 8½ days on a voyage which usually occupies five days at most…
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THE cynical longshore man who regard sailors superstitions with scorn, and smilingly refers to Colderdge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" as "a lot of bunk," has a concrete example of superstition in the misfortunes of the British freighter Welcombe, which reached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gripped in Fate's Cold Hand De Valera Must Now Face Reality Storm Ahead London
THERE is no real expectation that the British Government will accept Mr. de Valera's proposal to submit…
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MURIEL VICKERY (Uralla).—On the second of January of this year we had a terrible storm. At about one o'clock the sky started to darken and father said it was going to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Takes Lot to Stop This Girl Biked Through Storm to Bathurst
Rene Ryan, who on Sunday rode to Bathurst--137 miles--in 12 hours 55 minutes, learned to ride a bicycle just over two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First-aid in Gales Man's Fingers Crushed on Timber Ship Big Seas Crash on Danwood's Deck Cargo
Battered by gales and mountainous seas, the Norwegian motor ship Danwood arrived yesterday afternoon from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Out by "Wets" at Chicago Prohibition May Go Overboard at Convention Chicago
It is expected that when the Democratic Convention begins to drew up its platform, the "Drys'' of the Western and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charlie Cam. Stranded Trawler. Engine-room and Bunkers Flooded. (From Our Special Representative.)
The trawler Charlie Cam, which ran aground at Bunga Head, 10 miles north of Tathra on Wednesday, has now shifted closer to the beach, and the engineroom, bunkers,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fierce Gales. Damaget on South Coast. Rough Seas Predicted
Fierce westerly gales caused considerable damage at a number of places on the South Coast yesterday. Gales were experienced over a wide area, covering Tasmania, Victoria, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gale Caused Damage Wollongong Suffered Badly Man Injured
VAGARIES of the thermometer this week have caused a flutter of worry at the weather man's headquarters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →80 Miles an Hour Gale on S. Coast Wollongong
Reaching a velocity of 80 miles an hour at midday, the fiercest gale experienced on the South Coast for ten years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Geddes Comet Is Indistinct Has Been Seen Here by Mr. W. S. Gale
The comet discovered by Mr. Geddes, astronomer, of Otekura, Otago, N.Z., has been observed here by Mr Walter S. Gale, but is still very faint…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rattle of Guns in Reign of Terror Claim of Nazis in New Rule Storm Troops Used Many Hurt London
THE "Daily Mail" correspondent states that there is a veritable reign of terror…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Menace of Floods Mares Warns Riverina Melting Snow
UNEXAMPLED floods are predicted in the southern portion of New South Wales when the unprecedented snow…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gales and Floods. Damage in Victoria. Road Blocked by Uprooted Trees. Melbourne
Violent storms, with high gales and rain, hail, and thunder, occurred in Gippsland during the week-end. There were many land-slides in the hills, and trees were blown down,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Schooner Beats the Gales But Steamers Slip Their Schedule
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- While steamers, both overseas and inter-State, representing thousands of tons, have been battling their way to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seaman Is Washed Overboard In Storm LAUNCESTON
WHEN the schooner Coomonderry arrived at Smithton on Saturday afternoon it was reported that John Gustafsen, of Finland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yacht Lashed by Towering Seas in Gale Able Seamanship Saved Crew : Under Bare Sticks the Windward Worst Storm in Owner's Experience of 26 Years Wollongong
BATTLING against mountainous seas with decks continuously awash and with sails close-reefed. the Sydney yacht Windward, in an…
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