Sloop Ashore In Gale All Safe After Ordeal in Surf Old Man Walks 18 Miles for Aid Brisbane
CAST ashore on the outer beach of Stradbroke Island near Jumpin Pin, during the weekend, while on a…
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Buildings Will Be Flood-lit City Decorations For Coronation
The Citizens' Coronation Decorations Committee has received advice that the premises of the following companies will be flood-lighted and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Rain at Tweed Heads. Tweed Heads
The rainfall for March was 25.37 inches, being the second wettest month of March in 50 years. In March, 1906, in which year 125 inches fell. 34.68 inches fell. It also was the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Manunda in Gale Omits Flat Top En Route To Cairns
Two passengers were injured on the interstate motor vessel Manunda when she encountered rough weather between Brisbane and Mackay during…
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The Citizens' Coronation Decorations Committee has been advised that the premises of 10 companies will be floodlighted, in addition to other methods…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nine Die in Storms
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Nine people were killed and more than 40 injured when terrific wind and rain storms swept the southern States from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tasman Cyclone. Lumber Steamer Delayed
The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said last night that a severe cyclone was operating over the Central Tatiman yesterday. At 3 p.m., its centre was to the south of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gale Kills Sailor, Injures Officers
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--With one sailor dead and the captain and chief officer badly hurt, the crippled German freighter Borkum is steaming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms in U.S.A. 12 Persons Killed. New York, April 6
Spring storms have killed at least 12 persons in the southern States and have injured 50. Exactly a year ago tornadoes killed 450 people. The gales blew in Tennesse, in Texas, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →2 Drowned in Flooded River
CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Two Sydney men, members of the crew of the Adelaide Company's motor shop Manunda, were drowned in the Barron River at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain, Hail and Wind Northern Suburbs Storm
A hailstorm struck the north side of the Harbor today. In other districts there was heavy rain and a strong wind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Americans Filming Australian Sport: Speedway Storm Why I Publish the Referee Swimming Union's Important Olympic Move Each Sport To Finance Its Own Representatives
WMEN the Australian Olympic Federation meets in Sydney on April 30 it will consider many Highly important matters affecting future representation of Australia at the Olympic Games. It is understandable, and generally recognised…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Warragamba Dam Question of Valley Flooding Starting with 50Ft. Wall
WITH the revival of the Warragamba scheme there has been a resurrection of an old argument in opposition to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood of Mail. Australian Troops. Marches Abandoned. London, April 7
An amazing feature of the visit of the Australian Coronation Contingent is the immense mail, which is proving a full-time job for three officers and three men, in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Darwin Cyclone Repairs Estimated at £25,000. MELBOURNE
The damage done by a cyclone in Darwin last month was not as serious as was first supposed. A report has been received by the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →First Sting of Winter Gale Brings "Teacup" Hailstones Showers, Thunder Forecast
WITH a violent hailstorm, and the lowest maximum temperature since last November, Sydney yesterday had its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strikers Belaboured. Angry Farmers Storm Plant. New York, April 8
Angry farmers entered the plant of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in Hershey (Pennsylvania) and expelled "sit-down" striked…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods in Florida. Crops Damaged. New York, April [?]
Torrential rains, more devastating than hurricanes, have flooded The Everglades, a rich area in Florida, destroying crops and causing damage estimated at 3,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Story of Finding of New Comet "May Flash for Naked Eye," Says Walter Gale
GALE COMET, 1937, may yet be a brilliant spectacle in the Antipodean sky. It was discovered during the week, close to the planet Mars, by the Sydney astronomer (Mr. Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Pictures on Screen
The gigantic task awaiting the authorities of cleaning up after the floods which recently devastated parts of America, is illustrated by special…
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