Boats Smashed in Gale Geelong
DURING one of the strongest easterly gales experienced for many years in Corlo Bay on Saturday night, two…
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Professor Storm Gaol Bucharest
HUNDREDS of angry professors stormed the local gaol and attempted to release Professor Fortu. who…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--Severe storms again swept a wide area of southern Queensland during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Humor in Storm Ducks Joined The Hens Puppy's Joy
"POLICE, police . . . can you send down a constable to help me with my furniture. It's getting washed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Storm at Wagga Came with Lightning, Thunder, and Wind
WAGGA, Sunday.--It is doubtful if Wagga has ever experienced such a stormy week-end. Starting on Friday evening with thunder and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Six-and-a-Half Inches in 12 Hours Deluge at Randwick Flat Tote An Island Much Damage
Track work was out of the question on most Sydney racecourses this morning, in fact, swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Widespread Storms. Damage at Many Country Centres Telegraphic Communications Cut Off. Whole State Benefits from Rain
Electrical storms, accompanied by strong windsqualls and heavy falls of rain and hail, did considerable damage in many country centres of New South Wales during the week-end. Reports from towns from Riverina, in the south, to the northern border…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →FREIGHTER Abandoned in Storm. Captain and Three of Crew Lost. New York, Jan. 21
The British freighter Exeter City, 2929 tons, was abandoned yesterday fternoon in a sinking condition in the Atlantic, 650 miles due east of Newfoundland…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Leg Theory Hits England Humor Amidst Storm Plenty of Advisers for M.C.C. LONDON
LEG THEORY colors everything that is happening in England, and it is discussed everywhere. It has furnished a catch phrase and the Wags at football and wrestling matches shout, "Try leg theory."…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm's Havoc In The City £50,000 ESTIMATE Scores Rush From Homes To Safety Torrential Rain
Swept by a fierce cyclonic storm early this morning, most of the low-lying parts of Sydney were flooded, and thousands had to race from their beds and homes to safety. Damage to…
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The Clifton district experienced further heavy storms late last night, causing Spring Creek, King's Creek, and the Condamine River to rise again. All are running strongly. This…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hundreds of Homes Flooded Residents Awoke to Find Water Level with Beds Horses Drowned in Stable
ROTARY-ROAD, for the miles of its length, was a yellow torrent early this morning, fed by swift streams that had been streets; and, in the low-lying parts of Alexandria and Waterloo, hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Burst Pipe Floods Many Houses Thrills At South Kensington Huge Torrent
AN air-lock in a drainage system caused a 4ft. concrete pipe to burst in a lowlying piece of land between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Drowned in Flood Torrent Campers Overwhelmed At Stanwell' Park Lashed Together Father's Heroic Efforts to Save Family Landslide Smothers Boy
DURING the terrific storm which lashed the coast last night and to-day, seven people were drowned and two others were gallantly rescued when flood waters rushed on the valley at Stanwell Park and overwhelmed parties of campers. THE dead include a mother, father, and their three children, and two brothers of another…
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MORE than 500 campers on the banks of the George's River, between Liverpool and East Hills, are in…
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The Weather Bureau issued the following warning to-day: -- During the past 48 hours heavy to very heavy rain has fallen in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rescued by Boat Clinging To Trees On Flooded Island
LIVERPOOL police this morning made a swift dash in a motor lorry to Milperra to secure a rowing-boat for the rescue of six people, who were marooned by the floodwaters on an island in George's River at Casula…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Worst Deluge in 40 Years Randwick Flooded Water Feet Deep
"I've been working on this courses for over 40 years and have never seen such conditions." said one of the old…
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Portion of the promenade and seawall at Coogee tumbled on to the beach in the height of yesterday's storm,…
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Logs and debris, which fell from the nearby cliffs, obscuring the back entrance to a house in Stanwell Park yesterday…
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