Millionaire Hunts for Food Speared Crabs For Wife-- "Tasted Well" in Storm on Lonely Isle
TAKING up a spear, George Vanderbilt, young American millionaire, went out on the reef in the height of the tropic storm,…
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His Aid Spooner's Promise Manly Lagoon Avert Flooding
THE Minister for Local Government (Mr. Spooner) after hearing a deputation from Manly and Warringah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sports Ground Boxing Will Be Flooded With Many Colorful Ideas
A colorful setting will be provided for the contest between Bep Van Klaveren and Jack Carroll at the Sports Ground on Tuesday night week…
Continued on Trove, page 57 →Fierce Electric Storm in City
A vivid display of lightning, accompanied by thunder and heavy rain, was experienced in the city about 7 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Strikes At Midnight Conrad Escapes Near Capsize the Beauty of Rio
REPAIRED after her serious accident in New York, the little Joseph Conrad set sail for Rio de Janeiro, the Cape, the East Indies, South Seas, and Australia. It was midwinter still in the North Atlantic, however, and she…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Strikes Adelaide. Women Saved From Capsized Yacht. Adelaide
Following a burst of heat which sent the temperature up to 101.8 degrees, a record for the season, a fierce but short-lived storm struck Adelaide this afternoon, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Four Hurt When Logs Hit Motor Car Mishap During Storm at Parramatta
As a lorry laden with logs swerved to miss a stationary car in Church Street. Parramatta, during the storm early last night, the logs swung…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Thunder And Rain Expected To-day Streets in Penrith Flooded Lightning Scare In Mountains
YESTERDAY--Thunder, rain and lightning on the coast, and in the city, dust at Broken Hill, fine weather…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Gale Wrecks Border Town Culcairn Laid in Ruins Storms In City And Country
STRUCK yesterday by a gale of titanic fury and force the town of Culcairn, near the southern border of the State,…
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A HEAVY tropical storm broke over the city early yesterday afternoon, and the rain, which was particularly, heavy,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Is Killed In Cyclone CULCAIRN, Mon
A TERRIFIC cyclone struck Culcairn late this afternoon. Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was done in the town…
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A GIRL was struck by lightning and killed, and great damage was done by a storm which hit many…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storms. Lightning Damage. One Man Struck. Buildings and Crops Suffer
Thunderstorms, associated with violent electrical disturbances, caused State-wide damage yesterday. A man was struck by lightning in the metropolitan area, buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lonely Tristan da Cunha Warm Welcome But No Gifts Miles of Gales
A CALL at lonely Tristan da Cunha was made by the Joseph Conrad. The islanders put out to welcome the ship. It was a one-sided "barter," however, for although the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Killed in Storm Man Fell From Bolting Hay Waggon
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Terrific storms of wind, dust, and hail, crashing bursts of thunder, and torrential rain swept, to-day over most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Loss of Life In Violent Storms. Great Damage. Wheat and Fruit Crops
A girl was struck by lightning at Talimba, near Wyalong, and killed instantly, and a man was killed at Holbrook on Monday evening, when a tree,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lashed By Southern Gales Flung Over Sea Voyage Of Peril Made Haven at Bali
IN a cloud of spume and spray, the Joseph Conrad is literally flung across the Southern Ocean. Onwards and onwards she runs--1000, 1500 miles in a week, great speed for a sailing ship only 100 feet long…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Ran Risk of Death in Storm Live Wires Writhing On Floor Of Building
FOR risking his life to save about £100 worth of electrical equipment when the Reves-by sub-station was struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S., Italy, Hit Trade Balance Car Flood Drives Figure Down by Four Millions
CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Although Australia's favorable trade balance with Britain (her best customer in 1934-5)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →To "Bomb" Town Business-houses to Be Floodlit in Red
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Newcastle will be "bombed" from the air on Saturday night. The raid is to be staged in…
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