Cyclone Is Racing in Nth. Q'LAND Floods Hold Up Trains; Heavy Rain Ship Delayed Brisbane, Mon
THE town of Tully is under the influence of a cyclone, which formed north-west of Willis Island. Conditions in the…
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Fighting Gales and Ice Ship Back From Bay of Whales Wellington (N.z)
"Sometimes it was bad, and when there was a change it got worse," declared Captain English, when the Bear of Oakland arrived at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential Rain. Floods in Queensland. BRISBANE
A cyclonic disturbance, which developed off the coast of North Queensland yesterday, has resulted In torrential rains between Cairns and Innisfail. To-day all the rivers were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australia Loses Big Wheat Order Undercut In China By U.S.A. And The Argentine Black Outlook For Our Growers Cheap Grain Floods the Markets Dealers Panicky
A BLANKET was thrown over the local market yesterday by the receipt of cabled advice from London announcing that China had again purchased large quantities of wheat from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Birthplace of Storms
The stern and lonely Aleutians—the links of that long chain of islands that juts out from the Alaskan coast across the Behring Sea—Were purchased from Russia by the United States in 1867. Shrouded in fogs and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rescues in Floods North Q'land Suffers In Cyclone Crops Ruined Brisbane
THRILLING rescues from the tops of houses almost covered by swirling flood waters were carried out by two residents, Vic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Birthplace of Storms: An Explorer's Adventures Irrigation "Special"
A Popular Sport on Sydney Beaches: Coming in on a Surf-board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FLOOD at NIGHT
THE old wheat-sown river bed, usually dry from year's end to year's end, took a wide turn just beyond Saltbush Creek;…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Flood Rains In North Queensland. Large Areas Inundated. Brisbane
Torrential rain is still falling in north Queensland, and heavy damage has been caused in many districts. At Mt. Molloy 20 inches of rain was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lugger: Ten Drowned Cyclone's Toll in Far North
COOKTOWN, Wednesday.-- Ten persons were drowned when the Thursday Island lugger Mildred capsized at anchor a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Giant Liner Is Pounded By Wild Gale LONDON
ALTHOUGH she is the third largest liner afloat, the Berengaria was so pounded in one of the worst Atlantic gales in seven…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →10 Drown in Wreck Off Queensland Lugger Sinks in Cyclone Many Others Missing On Launches £37,000 Damage Cairns
NEWS from Mossman states that the Thursday Island lugger Mildred foundered during a cyclone which struck the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death -Roll In Cyclone Grows To 50 Two More Lugger Disasters All Hands Lost In Terrific Seas Fear for Others Cairns
THE known toll of Monday's cyclone jumped from 10 to 50 when a report was received to-day from Port Douglas by the Cairns police of a disaster which overtook two more luggers in terrific seas…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cyclone Disaster. Lugger Sinks Off Queensland Coast. Ten Lives Known to Be Lost. Five Other Vessels Reported Missing. Grave Fears for Safety of Crews. Brisbane
Ten lives were lost when the lugger Mildred foundered between Schnapper Island and Cape Tribulation, about 35 miles from Cooktown, during a cyclone on Tuesday morning. It is feared that many other lives have also been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Page Fires a Broadside at Lyons Government of Missed Opportunities, He Proclaims Declaration of War Causes Storm Goulburn Parley Perturbed Govt. Setback
HAVING cleared the decks on Tuesday for his pre-election campaign. Dr. Earle Page, leader of the Country Party, at the conference of the United Country Movement at Daylesford,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Maize Crops Big Yields Expected, Despite Flood Damage
THE conditions throughout the maize areas were very favorable during February, There was excellent rain all over the coastal districts between the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flood-swkpt Floth in the Southern District
Considorabin damage has been done to Junior farmers plots in the southern district where Mr, J, W, We[?]h has boon playing as many visits to Club…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Death Roll Over Fifty Queensland Cyclone
BRISBANE, Thursday. THE known death roll as the result of Monday's cyclone is 53, but counting the crews of several vessels reported missing the dead may total 75. AS far as could be ascertained to-night, nine vessels have been lost They include the lugger Walpi,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barrier Reef Disasters. Cyclone Causes Loss of Life
After having been laid up for some months at Thursday Island waiting for the cyclone season to end, the lugger Mildred, of 24 tons, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Fleet. Atlantic Manoeuvres Interfered with by Gales. London, March 14
The Home and Mediterranean Fleets, which combined for manoeuvres on a grand scale, battled with Atlantic gales for three days. Even battleships, seen on the line from the…
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