Hot Nights. Sydney Swelters. Storms Likely
Last night Sydney had its second consecutive night of extreme sultriness. There was no breeze stirring the bunting in…
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Bexley Storm Damage. Council Estimate of £3500
The Bexley Engineer, Mr. C. D. Handley, reported at this week's council meeting that damage by the storm last week in the municipality had…
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Two children suspected of having contracted Infantile paralysis arrived in Brisbane this afternoon by ambulance plane after having been…
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WARM and sultry weather which should be experienced in the city early to-day, may bring about…
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Nervous passengers bundled together a few of their belongings, seized lifebelts and hurried upon deck when the Oronsay ran into a severe cyclone on the way from Sydney to Auckland on her recent cruise…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Sweeps California. Damage £250,000. Five Known Deaths. San Francisco, Feb. 10
Five persons are Known to be dead and damage to property is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars (£Aust.250,O00), as a result of an 80 miles-an-hour…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motoring News And Reviews Over the Test Course Big Seven Austin Tested in Deluge Magnificent Performance Under Terrible Conditions
IN weather that brought many large cars to a standstill, the Big Seven Austin had its first run on the highways of this State last Monday week. Over six inches of rain fell that day, completely…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Official Scratching Of Allendale Raises Storm
THE stewards of the Q.T.C. have roused a storm of protest as a result of their ordering the withdrawal of Allendale from the Richardson Handicap at Brisbane's Australia Day meeting. It is always unsatisfactory when horses are compulsorily…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lugger on Fire. Three-mile Swim by Crew. Monsoonal Storm. Darwin
Clinging to a flat-bottomed dinghy, Stirling Eshelby, of Point Charles, with three aborigines and a half-caste, had a hazardous three-mile swim when they…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood of German Denials Fails to Stop Rumors Nazi Attacks On World Press Angry Words to Journalists London
THERE has been a wild crop of rumors in circulation concerning conditions in Germany after the "purge" of the army. Some garrisons were…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Gale in England. Destroyer Aground. LONDON, Feb. 13
In the worst gale for 50 years, the destroyer Walrus broke adrift and went aground at Scarborough at midnight. The crew rowed ashore on a small raft…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Londoners Rescued From Worst Flood Gale Beings Chaos to Shipping: Coast Houses Swept to Sea London
THE worst floods in living memory are inundating parts of London. An 80-mile-an-hour gale is sweeping a great area of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Damage in Fierce N.Z. Storm Auckland
Delayed reports of the severe electrical storm, accompanied by torrential rain which swept North…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Effect of Flood Waters. Shortage of Maize Predicted. CASINO
In a report to the Casino Pastures Protection Board, the stock inspector stated that there was an abundance of grass, but that in some low-lying lands it was rotting owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →English Flood and Blizzard London
Week-end floods on the cast coast of England, following an 80-mile blizzard, have driven hundreds out of their homes, and caused three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hitler-Ribbentrop Storm Reported
PARIS, Monday.--Hitler is already dissatisfied with Herr von Ribbentrop, Germany's new Foreign Minister, writes Madame Taubois, diplomatic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone Feared in Darwin Darwin
Launch and shipowners are [?] all secure to-day, as they declare the glass is falling indications point to rough weather…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Delays Arctic Rescue Riga
The Russian ice-breaker, Taimir, reports to Moscow that a storm destroyed all preparations for an aerodrome on an ice floe from which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ruin in Wake of Storm London
A LIFEBOAT saved the six members of the crew of the British tanker Tartary and the skipper's wife when the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seas Sweep Inland. Villagers Flee. Storm in England. LONDON, Feb. 14
During the storm that swept over England yesterday the big seas broke a three-mile gap in the Norfolk coast, and, sweeping five miles inland,…
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