Alexia Safe Search For Cyclone Victims CAIRNS
Fears for the lugger Alexia, which had been practically given up for lost, were allayed yesterday, when the vessel arrived in Cairns with 16…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods & storms, 1934
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Cyclone's Death Roll Is Now 76 BRISBANE
THE fastest estimate of the cyclone toll places the death roll at 76. The lighter Alexia, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone. Two Luggers Safe. Other Two Missing. Brisbane
The estimate of deaths at sea in the recent cyclone now stands at 76. A message has been received at Cairns by Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., stating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thunderstorms in the City Rough Seas Delay Karoola
Accompanied by vivid lightning flashes and thunder,a series of sudden thunderstorms swept Sydney last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fine Pictures Queensland Cyclone Pictures
On the back page of "The Sun" to-day appear striking pictures of the havoc wrought by the disastrous North Queensland cyclone, which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Luggers Safe. Sheltered During Queensland Cyclone
Two luggers, the Alexia and the Placid, each with a crew of about 15, previously reported missing, are now said to be safe, the former vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone That Cost 70 Lives-- --Pictures By Air From Cairns
AERIAL search for signs of missing luggers and launches begins (above) as Pilot T. H. McDonald takes off from this…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Boxer Missing Launch Caught In Storm? BRISBANE
With two urgent radio calls unanswered, fears are entertained, following the recent gale in the north, for the safety of the South African…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hunter River Valley. Flood Prevention Banks
A case of outstanding interest to landholders in the Hunter River Valley was considered by the local land board at East Maitland. During the 1930 flood a levee bank on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Cyclone. Heavy Death Roll
About a dozen luggers and launches were wrecked and at least seventy-six lives were lost in a disastrous cyclone which swept the North Queensland coast early…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Boxer Missing Since Cyclone Brisbane. Tues
FEARS are entertained for the safety of the South African boxing champion, Barney Keiswetter who…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Cyclone and Tidal Wave in Northern Queensland The calamity that has overtaken the shipping life of North Queensland has aroused the sympathy of all Australia. At least 79 persons are believed to have been drowned and numerous luggers and launches lost
Below reference is made to some past cyclonic experiences. The latest one apparently struck the North Queensland coast between Cairns and Port Douglas on Tuesday morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fishermen Marooned. Experience in Cyclone. BRISBANE
After being marooned on Double Island for a week, two fishermen, Messrs. Mark and Milner, reached Cairns yesterday. They had a trying experience during the cyclone. Both had been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Jap. Sampan Cyclone Survivors Saw Guns Aboard
CAIRNS, Wednesday.--Native survivors from the wrecked lugger Mildred report that on March 6 they anchored alongside and went aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Cyclone Dreadful Loss of Life Among Wrecked Small Craft
ON Tuesday, 13th March, a cyclone struck the north coast of Queensland, causing heavy loss of life, and doing great damage to fishing craft,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Flood
PHYLLI[?] SMITH (Murrah).— Since I last wrote to the juniors' Page we have had list another good. The river caine down in flood, sw[?]ping ac[?] the [?]and few ground. As…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Hunter Valley Landss Land Board Decides Question of Flood LeveesS
SITTING at East Maitland, the local land board had before it a case that was full of interest to landholders throughout the Hunter River Valley.S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Theatre Collapses During Gale. Tweed Heads
During a gale the Diggers' Picture Theatre, in the main street of Coolangatta, collapsed. Two years ago the theatre was condemned because the roof and foundations were considered…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gale in Japan. 1,000 Persons Reported Killed
Advice from Kobe states that a fire, which was caused by a chimney topPling in a 72-mile-an-hour gale, destroyed 20,000 houses in the Hakodate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Water Damage Ratepayers Claim Compensation
Solicitor for Mr. F. C. King, of Wisdom-street, Guildford, wrote to Holroyd Council regarding the negligent manner in which a drain in front of his property…
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