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Apart from its more spectacular and serious incidents (reported on Page 1) yesterday evening's tornado caused considerable destruction to city and suburban shops, public buildings, traffic lines, and homes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Above (inset), workmen chop away the great trees that crashed across the Government House gates. The collapse of the shelter over the basement parking place in Castlereagh Street is shown. Several cars were damaged. At bottom right, just one of the many flower stalls in Martin Place shattered by the storm. Part of the roof of Patrick's Wharf, at the foot of Bathurst Street, Darling Harbor, was blown over to the railway line, as shown above. Below, the side of the wharf from which the roof was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →LEAVING death and destruction in its wake, a cyclonic storm struck Sydney yesterday afternoon. It raged with especial intensity…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE SCENE OF DESOLATION IN ALFRED-STREET, MILSON'S POINT. SEVERAL OF THE OCCUPANTS HAD MIRACULOUS ESCAPES FROM INJURY. IN SOME INSTANCES PORTIONS OF THE ROOFING WERE BLOWN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HARBOUR BRIDGE (SHOWN ON THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE). Trees were uprooted and limbs from others wrenched off in Hyde Park. A section of the damage in the park near Cathedral-street…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BALMAIN resident were menaced during the height of last night's storm, when a large disused one-story building at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday's sudden storm in the city was the worst for many years. In the short space of seven and a half minutes lightning, wind, and rain combined to cause thousands of pounds' worth of damage. A boy was electrocuted at Auburn, many people were injured, and minor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →So concentrated was the fury of yesterday afternoon's tornado that Mr. Mares fears that Sydney would have been "torn to pieces" had it lasted for any, length of time…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FOOTBALL under floodlights was tried in England last night, and news- papers to-day declare that it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mention was made at Maitland Chamber of Commerce last night that steps were being taken to appoint a Flood Mitigation Board for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Within narrow confines a fierce gale swept across the district on Thursday afternoon, and wrought destruction; mostly of a not very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →These lifeboats and equipment were blown from a shed on the other side of this fence in Bathurststreet, Darling Harbour. A wrecked garage on the waterfront at Berry's Bay. The roof was lifted off, and the walls partially demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The cyclonic disturbance responsible for the storm which swept over Sydney on Thursday night yesterday caused rough seas and strong winds over the eastern Tasman…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mrs. Amy Mollison, after a weary wait at Bemi Ounis since yesterday, for the weather over the Atlas Mountains, left at 10 a.m. to-day for Oran…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RUNNING true to its form of providing unexpected sensations, the Legislative Council last night again edged its way well into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heartened by the success of the Glass Workers and the Jam Makers' Unions in obtaining restoration of the 10 per cent. emergency wages cut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE intense heal of the day had driven all the animals into the shade of a few trees which sheltered the farmhouse. The swarms of [?]es…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Constable Palmer, of the Bondi police, found a woman wandering about the rocks at Ben Buckler on Friday. He questioned her, and learned that she had been without shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A cyclonic storm at Maryborough to-day resulted in considerable damage to property. The Ballarat Hotel was struck by lightning, and Elsie Robinson received a shock, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"MY flight was packed with nightmares," declared Mrs. Amy Mollison, describing her adventures on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After a smart run across the Tasman from Wellington, the Union liner Monowai experienced trouble yesterday afternoon in berthing at No. 5…
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