Telegraph Line Wrecked Severe Storm Causes Great Havoc Perth
Snapping iron poles like match-sticks, a severe storm struck the main eastern States' telegraph line last night and caused dislocation of the…
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Lives in Peril: 60- Mile Gale Newcastle
A SIXTY-MILE gale, which struck the Newcastle district today, played havoc with yachts at Lake Macquarie, and…
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EXTENSIVE damage was done by wind in the Warwick, Killarney and Maryvale Valley districts late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fierce Storm. Yachts Capsize. Crews in Danger on Lake Macquarie. Sudden Violent Storm. Newcastle
Two yachts capsized, seven were driven ashore, and many other small craft had perilous moments in a storm on Lake Macquarie this…
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IN a fierce 60-miles-an-hour gale that swept Lake Macquarie late this afternoon, seven yachts were driven ashore at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain in Many Centres Up to 4-Inch; Too Late for Vegetables; Freak City Storms
BRINGING rain to parched pastures and vegetable- growing areas, thunderstorms occurred in many parts of the State yesterday. Fair rains fell in most of the vegetable-growing areas…
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Although rough seas have been running in the Tasman for some days, no fears are entertained for the safety of the yacht Wanderer, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Limb Crashes On Car In Cyclone
GRAFTON, Monday.--Driving in a touring car to Grafton, along the Woolgoolga Road, S. Boorman, his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. C. McKay, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floodlights at Bowling Green
The Concord Bowling Club has installed 1500-watt Duoflux floodlights. They are on steel poles 25ft. above the green, thus avoiding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales Kill Three, Cripple Ships New York
TWO British freighters are crippled in terrific gales raging off the Atlantic coast. The Tweedbank, bound from London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electrical Storm at Dubbo. Dubbo
Dubbo yesterday experienced a most boisterous day, and the town was clouded with thick dust. At 6.30 a.m. an electrical storm, without rain, struck the town. Lightning struck…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Eight Drown in Gale Lifeboats' Busy Day LONDON
GALES reaching a velocity of 70 miles an hour swept the English Channel and the southern part of the North Sea to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Storm Continues Over Play Workers' Group Defy Official Ban MELBOURNE
Representatives of the Workers' Theatre Group said to-day that despite the official ban and that the audience was locked out of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Auburn-lidcombe News "Invite You to Prosecute Me" Cussen's Challenge to Civic Colleagues Holiday Discussion Causes Storm
"You don't know your business. You aren't game to produce the minutes. I charge you with flouting the lawn" These and sundry other things Alderman Cussen said at this week's meeting of Auburn Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lidcombe Oval to Be Floodlit Night Cycling and Football
After considering many schemes for the illumination of the Lidcombe Oval, Lidcombe Council has decided to call for tenders for a system of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Rain in Queensland. Southern Areas Benefit. Brisbane
Storms over Darling Downs and the south coast districts this afternoon and to-night afforded appreciable relief in some places. At Harrisville, 163 points fell in 40 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Terrific Gales In England LONDON
SEVERAL shipping casualties are reported as a result of the 70-miles-per-hour gales which swept the southern part of the North sea and…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- The entire crew of eight of a fishing drifter was drowned when the vessel sank off Great Yarmouth in a gale which swept the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deluge in Dry Parts of Q'land Brisbane
RAIN at the rate of an inch in ten minutes fell over a large area of drought-stricken south-eastern. Queensland last night during a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fierce Gale. Ships Ashore. Drifter Missing with All Hands. (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Nov. 19
Small craft were driven ashore and lifeboats made many rescues during a 70-mile-an-hour gale which swept the southern part of the North Sea and the…
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