Ships Had Battle with Gale
The storm moderated on the coast around Sydney today, but it was still severe to the south, and shipping…
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1,278 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 64
Heavy Rains on Coast Raging Gales, Rising Rivers Augur Unsettled Easter Season
HEAVY rains deluged the coastal districts of N.S.W. at the weekend; a 50 mile-an-hour gale lushed ports and delayed shipping. Inland districts, however, had no rain…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queen Mary Buffeted in Gale London
THE British liner Queen Mary arrived at Plymouth five hours behind schedule to-day, being delayed by a terrific storm in mid-Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooding in North. Heavy Damage. Travellers Marooned. LISMORE
As the flood waters in the Richmond River district receded to-day, widespread damage was uncovered. Repairs to roads and streets are…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Easter Time in Athens. Beauty of the Flood-lit Parthenon. Written for the Women's Supplement by Liska Woodhouse
[?]ARLY on Good Friday evening we made our [?] way to a "kafenelo kafeneion" (cafe), in the [?]n square of Athens. Sitting there, at one of little tables on the pavement, we drank our…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Giant Liner in Storm. Forty Passengers Injured. From Our Special Representative. London, April 12
Forty passengers were injured on board the giant liner Queen Mary, which berthed five hours late at Plymouth after having experienced an 80 miles an hour gale in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Criticises Flood of "Trashy" Reading Perth
PROFESSOR WALTER MURDOCH today supported a recent attack on "trashy literature" made by Mr. Schroeder, S.M., Children's Court Magistrate. Professor Murdoch said that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good Weather Outlook. Showers But No Heavy Rain Expected
So far the Royal Agricultural Society has had good fortune with the weather, and the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said last night that he expected a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →21 Liner Passengers Hurt in Gale London
TWENTY-ONE passengers in the United States liner Washington wore Injured when tho ship was buffeted for three days in a fierce North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Factory Fire Lismore Flood Scenes Photonews
PHEW! THAT'S BETTER! When fire broke out in the basement of the I.X.L. jam factory yesterday, these girls grabbed their belongings and struggled through dense smoke to safety. THESE FIREMEN HAD TO CUT their way through stout wire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electrocuted During Storm
ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday.--A man and a horse were electrocuted during a storm here. The man was William Henry Sandford…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond River Flood Appreciated
Small boys were among the few who enjoyed the flood in the Richmond River at Lismore, which rose to 26ft 6in above normal level. A fox terrier joined the crew of the sailing vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Airman's Fight in Gales
Pilot H. F. Broadbent, who left Mascot at 1 a.m. to-day, landed at Cloncurry at 3.20 p.m., after a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night's Storm in Adelaide Adelaide
More than an inch of rain fell during last night's downpour in Adelaide, 132 points of rain having fallen up to 9 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Storm in Adelaide. Rain, Lightning, Hail. Traffic Stopped. Adelaide
A severe rain, lightning, and hall storm struck Adelaide and the hills districts about 6 p.m. to-day. The storm lasted for only about 15 minutes, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mishaps in Gale. Ships Collide in N.Z. Cruiser on Mudbank. Wellington (N.z.)
During a gale in Wellington Harbour last night the anchor of the inter-Island steamer Rangatira fouled the cable of H.M.S. Achilles, which broke from her…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Zealand Floods. Town Inundated. Stock Lost: Roads Blocked. Christchurch (N.z.)
The Hokitika River, swollen by torrential rains, overflowed its banks last night and submerged a third of the town of Hokitika to an average depth…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Petrol Flood for R.A.A.F. Big Air Pageant Preparations
About 15,000 gallons--enough to take the average car 121 times around the world--will be used by fighting aircraft at the R.A.A.F. station…
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Recent research, much of it done in Australia, suggests that disturbances in the earth's atmosphere, accompanying marked sunspot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in South Australia. Adelaide
Storms raged in Adelaide and surrounding districts at the week-end. The agricultural areas of the State received moderate to heavy falls of rain…
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