Fierce Gale Samoa
REPORTS have been received here of a fierce hurricane in Keppel Island. The wireless aerial has been blown down, and further details are not yet…
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Race for Life in Cyclone Narrow Escapes At Gympie BRISBANE
The restoration of telegraphic communication revealed that the damage caused by yesterday's cyclonic storm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cloudy and Sultry Storm Tendency
FOR the main part, fine and warm weather should be experienced in metropolitan areas to-day, although there…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Collaroy Seaweed. Cleared Out by Storm
The large accumulation of seaweed at Collaroy, which had been blimed for the drowning of a young man on Boxing Day, and which had been menacing the safety of the beach…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CYCLONE. Trail of Wreckage. in the Darling Downs. Brisbane
The restoration of telegraphic communication reveals that damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused in the storm which swept over the Darling Downs and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hat Taken Off by Flying Iron Storm Causes Great Damage Brisbane
Further details of the storm which swept parts of southern Queensland on Friday reveal that thousands of pounds worth of damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mail Launch Sunk in Storm Passengers Saved by Boat, 16 Samoans Lost
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday. -- A motor boat, which left Apia on Friday with mail for Australia and New Zealand to connect with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →16 Lives Lost. Motor Boat Sinks in Storm. Samoan Disaster. Wellington (N.z.), Jan. 19
Wireless messages from Apia state that the motor boat Tlafau, which left Apia (Samoa) on Friday with 16 passengers and a crew of four, and a load of Australian and New…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods and Dust Bush Nurses Lot West of Bourke
"This surely is a land of surprises," said the Bush Nurse at Winaaring, 118 miles west of Bourke, in a letter received to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Storm Havoc Liverpool Benefit
Whirled from its foundations and shattered by the force of the storm that struck Liverpool on Friday week, a temporary dwelling occupied by Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in Queensland. Brisbane
Buildings were unroofed, trees uprooted, and windmills wrecked when a fierce storm struck the Allora district this evening. In 15 minutes, 73 points of rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storm Wrecks Cottage Liverpool's Second Battering
Following the highest temperature for 12 months, a terrific gale swept Sydney and suburbs and other parts of the State on Thursday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Interrupts Lighting Trouble at Cabra-Vale
The storm last week interrupted the lighting service at Cabra-Vale. At The Playground 350 yards of wire were brought to earth; near Mrs. Vose's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Gale Liner Battered "Worst Ever"
WITH damaged deck fittings showing evidence of the battering she had received, the R.M.S. Niagara reached Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Humid Day Tendency To Storm
The sea breeze which yesterday saved Sydney from the heat wave now operating over the State blew again to-day, but owing to an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Rivers Cricketers' Trip Off CAPETOWN
The Australian cricketers will be unable to fly on Sunday morning to the Kruger game reserve, as was originally planned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Niagara Badly Battered Caught in Fierce Gale
Smashed ventilators, two splintered lifeboats and broken portholes showeo ample evidence of the terrific battering received by the R.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Struck Cyclone On Pleasure Cruise
The worst weather yet experienced by Mr. H. Nossiter, of Northwood, who with his two sons, and Mr. C. Russell, of Melbourne, are on a two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swept Into Sea. Stock Lost in Cyclone. PERTH
In a recent cyclone which occurred to the south of Broome, and covering a width of 400 miles, much live stock was swept into the sea and drowned. The commissioner of police has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Tail of Cyclone
The Sydney luxury yacht, Sirius, which left on a world cruise in July, is nearing Aden. The crew, comprising Mr. H. Nossiter and his two…
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