Deluge Of Rain In City
TORRENTIAL rain, commencing at 12.20 are., poured down on Sydney from a heavily-overcast sky early this morning. It was one of…
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Cruiser in Gales. Melbourne
The British cruiser Leander, of the New Zealand squadron, [?]rthed at Port Melbourne to-day in a fierce thunderstorm, which was accompanied by lightning, blinding rain, and…
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Telephone and telegraph communication between Sydney and Melbourne was severed by a severe storm at Wagga yesterday…
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AS a result of heavy storms late yesterday afternoon in the Riverina district, telephone communication with many towns was cut off last…
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A series of fierce storms swept the south-western slopes and western Riverina yesterday afternoon. The wind was of hurricane force, with…
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A COMPETITOR in the Tasman yacht race, the Wayfarer, encountered a hurricane 120 miles west of Cape Maria Van Dieman, and…
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City streets were plunged in darkness, yachts were overturned on the Harbor, a house, was struck by lightning and decorations were stripped from city poles and awnings during a fierce thunder squall which swept…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rockdale and Its Floods
Almost every winter serious floods occur in Bay Street, Rockdale, near the tram depot, owing to low-lying ground. A special minute on this…
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The flood lighting of Government and public buildings last night, showed them in a new perspective. The Mitchell Library in its new setting caused many sightseers to gaze in admiration upon it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Gales Lash English Sea Coast
TOWNS ON THE SUSSEX COAST lashed by gales reaching 70 m.p.h. Huge waves arc here breaking over the promenade at Brighton. AND WHAT docs he think of it? Satinwood Sandsprite, a handsome young Sealyham read the directions carefully when he arrived at the National Terrier Show in England…
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Standards which had borne gaily-flowing pennants during Wednesday's pageant, suffered severely in yesterday's terrific storm in the city. Many of them were torn completely from their holds and moorings, and were scattered over the flooded streets. The above picture speaks for itself. It was taken in George Street, opposite the Town Hall…
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YESTERDAY afternoon's cyclonic thunderstorm will always be a particularly vivid memory for Jimmy Bartlett,…
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A TRAM and two houses were struck by lightning in the, severethunderstorm which descended with sudden fury on…
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YESTERDAY'S SUDDEN STORM Embarrassed competitors in the second heat of the World 18-Footer Championship on the Harbor. The picture shows the New Zealander, Irina which finished third…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Afternoon Gloom During City Storm
A "night-scene" taken in King Street at four o'clock yesterday afternoon during the torrential downpour which struck the city. Within a few minutes the streets became rushing streams, through which trams and cars with their headlights switched on to dispel the gloom, splashed their way, while pedestrians vainly sought shelter under raincoats and umbrellas and huddled…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sudden Storm Plunges City in Darkness Photonews
CITY LIGHTS had to be switched on at 4 p.m. yesterday when a terrific rainstorm transformed every street into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bowls Title Matches Washed Out By Storm
YESTERDAY afternoon's storm again disorganised the Australian bowls championship…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Deluge on Bands Display Unrehearsed End To Splendid March In City Contests Start
TWENTY-ONE of the bands which ore competing in the 150th Anniversary Australian Band championships presented a most spectacular…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Taree Is 1st World Champion 18-Footer Race Was Sensational Gale Menace
TAREE, owned by W. Scoh[?] and skippered by Bert Swinbourne, is the first world 18-footer champion. Yesterday she followed up her first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sailing. Taree Wins Title. World's Championship. Exciting Race in Storm
Her construction completed only a month ago and making her fifth appearance in a race, the 18-footer Taree yesterday won the second heat of the world championship. She was also…
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