N.z. Floods, 60 Years Record
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.-- Floods, in some parts the worst for 60 years, have caused great damage to property in the middle of the South…
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1,260 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 63
Terrific Storms. Many Killed in the Philippines. China Clipper Delayed. Manila (Philippines), Oct. 12
A terrific storm, one of the deadliest in Philippine history, swept the islands during the week-end So far 50 persons have been reported…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Launch's Fight In Teeth Of Gale BRISBANE
FIGHTING its way in the teeth of a north - easterly gale, and tossed about by heavy seas, the motor launch Happy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of the Regalia-- No. 16. Nearly Destroyed By Fire Officer's Brave Act PRECAUTIONS Gems Vanish, Room Flooded
How the Crown Jewels narrowly escaped destruction by fire in 1842 and how they were saved by a gallant officer at the risk of his life, is related, in this, the concluding article…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Yachtsmen in Gale Perilous Voyage to Melbourne Melbourne
Caught in a 60-miles-an-hour gale, three Sydney yachtsmen who reached Lakes Entrance last night, seven days out from Eden, experienced a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodlights Illuminate Main Street
"A milestone on the road of progress" was one of the apt phrases used by Alderman W. Campbell at the switching-on of the new flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merrylands Ablaze Footpath Floodlights Switched On
When, at 8 p.m. on Thursday last. Ald M. Warnock, Mayor of Holroyd pressed a button, the main street of Merrylands was suddenly ablaze with light. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carss' Park Floodlights
At a cost of £70,"Kogarah Council has decided to instal floodlights for the Carss' Park swimming area at Blakehurst. Four lights of 1000 watts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advance on Madrid. Calm Before the Storm. London, Oct. 15
The calm before the storm continues on the Madrid front, although the loyalists are pursuing their counter-attacks elsewhere to prevent the rebels from completing their…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Carss Park Floodlighting
Aeting on a recommendation submitted by its engineer (Mr. A. H. Brewer), Kogarah Council, last Monday night, voted a sum of £70 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Storm
Halt crown to Rita O'Brien, 381 Macauley street. Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Poland Watches Frontiers Storm-Centre For Over Ten Centuries
European storm-centre for over 10 centuries, Poland, which achieved a re-birth at the Versailles Peace Conference, to-day nervously watches the growing enmity…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Neutrality. Belgian Plan. Effect on Western Pact. "Avoiding the Storm." London, Oct. 16
Belgium's new foreign policy, as announced by King Leopold, under which she will return to the position of a guaranteed, but not…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Days of Gales Sydney Yacht At Melbourne MELBOURNE
AFTER 18 days of gales a blacksmith, a printer and a ferryman arrived in Melbourne to-day from Sydney with the 40-years-old auxiliary yacht…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northwind's Caulfield Cup Win Brought a Gale of Gloom in Its Wake Silver Standard Was Left Standing Bolter Bobbed Up When Sydneysider Seemed a Sitter Pamelus Plastered Caulfield
OLD Sydney town is steeped in gloom this week-end as a result of this afternoon's Caulfield Cup. Though you would have bet coronas to capstans on one of the Harbor City reps., Silver Standard or Talking, winning it with a furlong to go, along came the despised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harbour Gale. Sailing Craft Capsize. Rescues by Launches
A sudden west-north-westerly gale swept down the Harbour yesterday afternoon and within a few minutes many sailing craft were capsized,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →19 DROWN Gale Disaster In Lake Erie Cleveland (Ohio)
Eighteen men [?] a woman perished last night when a sand dredge capsized during a gale that swept Lake Erie…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gale on Harbour. 18—Footers in Trouble. No Boat Finishes Course
The west—north—west gale which swept the harbour late yesterday afternoon played havoo with the competitors in the New South Wales League race. None of the 12 starters finished…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Were Not Prepared for Gale Eighteens Wore Big Suits No Chance
SAILING veterans with over 50 years' experience could recall no more treacherous conditions than prevailed on the Harbor yesterday,…
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