Many Perish in Gales in Black Sea Istanbul
Twenty persons are already reported dead and hundreds of boats wrecked in five days of storms in the Black Sea…
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Dance at Toft Monks. Rain-drenched Garden Floodlit. Beautiful Setting
Toft Monks, the lovely old home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Penfold Hyland, of Elizabeth Bay, made a perfect setting for the dance held there last night in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Danger Passing. Weather Improves in Victoria. MELBOURNE
Authorities at tne weather Bureau stated to-night that the weather was definitely improving, and that only clearing showers were now expected. The danger in areas other than…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Caulfield Cup. Track's Amazing Recovery. Talking Selected to Win. Slight Ailment Not Expected to Affect Him. Floodtide and Manolive Highly Regarded. (From Our Special Representative). MELBOURNE
For half an hour, light rain fell this afternoon, but fine weather returned to dispel the anxiety of the committee of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, which had announced in the morning that the postponed Caulfield Cup meeting would be held to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Caulfield Cup Postponement Sidelights — Inspection of Course — Aerial View of Gippsland Floods
Two interesting sidelights of the postponement of the Caulfield Cup meeting from last Saturday. Left: Workmen at the footbridge across the course proper filling the entrance with ashes to provide a safe footing for to-day's proposed meeting. Above: Three of the old…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Victoria in the Grip of Extensive Floods
Four pictures showing the serious [?]ture of the flooding caused by the heavy rain which has been falling in Victoria since Friday. Top left: A street in the Melbourne suburb of Elwood, which was almost isolated by the waters. The footpath was the only place where the water was shallow enough for the bicycles to be ridden. Top right: With the water up to his knees in the kitchen, this householder in Heidelberg decides to make for safer ground. Bottom left: Two young Samaritans rescuing…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Koo-wee-rup Flooded. Residents Saved. Great Devastation. MELBOURNE
Two huge volumes of flood waters swept into Koe-Wee-Rup, in the Gippsland district, from the north and west shortly before 7 o'clock…
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Taken from a plane, this picture shows cars moving along the flooded Prince's Highway, near Dandenong, Victoria, yesterday. An inland sea stretched for miles, ruining property and forcing residents to leave their homes. (See also picture, Page 3. Picturegram of the Burwood Handicap finish at Caulfield this afternoon. It…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Water for Engines Amid Big Flood Melbourne
Koo-Wee-Rup looks from the air to-day like a township that some eccentric people have built in a shallow lake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many Forced to Leave Homes But Flood Dangers Passing Melbourne
Although no rain has fallen in Melbourne since 9 o'clock last night, flooded areas in Gippsland have forced several families to leave their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marooned On Town Roof In Flood MELBOURNE
FLOOD waters which have been advancing on Kooweerup for the past 48 hours, struck and isolated the town tonight at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R. A. Gale's Sea Mist Luxury Afloat Few Like This One
RECENTLY launched at Neutral Bay, R. A. Gale's Halvorsen-built cruiser, Sea Mist, scales high peaks of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Storms in Black Sea. Twenty Reported Dead Many Boats Wrecked. Istanbul, Oct. 19
Twenty persons are already reported to be dead, and hundreds of boats have been wrecked by storms that have lasted for five days in the Black Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Koo-wee-rup Flood Recedes. Action Against Railways. Effect of Embankment. Melbourne
The flood waters at Koo-Wee-Rup are slowly receding, and all danger to life appears to have passed. Because the railway embankment is preventing the flow of water away from the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Silt Problem for Residents Melbourne
Water has receded from all but the lowest parts of Koo-Wee-Rup, leaving a mass of silt which will need days of work before residents can…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Believed Victim of Flood Melbourne
FOOTPRINTS near Dindi Creek--probably made by Mrs. Jack Deery, 28--were discovered by searchers to-day who scoured the vicinity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Families Leave Ceilings When Flood Recedes
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Families in flooded Koo-wee-rup, who spent last night on makeshift beds in the ceilings of their homes, descended soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Embankment Caused Flood." Koo-Wee-Rup People Angry £600 Subscribed for Legal Fight. Melbourne
So severely have the townspeople of KooWee-Rup been injured by successive floods that they intend to take legal action immediately to "pin down the responsibility" and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood in Victorian Township Melbourne
In the townstolk of Koo-wee-rup, which was inundated by the recent floods, mud and silt lie feet deep in many homes and furniture has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman's Ordeal In Bush Lost Way, Missing for Four Days Slept Out in Heavy Rain Melbourne
MISSING since last Monday, a woman was found alive, but very weak, in wild bush country, 25 miles from…
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