Storm Over Kotzebue
This is my first winter at Kotzebue, the mission that is the farthest north in the Western Hemisphere; and what a winter it has been! For three whole…
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682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 35
Mission Activity in Flooded Area of North China
Created only last, year, the new Prefecture of Kinghsien, in charge of the Society of Jesus, has suffered much from the disastrous floods that…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →S.A. Rats Face Floods Adelaide
Hordes of rats, which have invaded northern South Australia from Queensland, are eating everything left uncovered at…
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Storm warnings have been issued along the northern seaboard at the approach of another cyclone, the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--Following a severe storm about 300 miles north-north-east of Mackay, warnings have been issued along the north coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Cyclone. Brisbane
Another cyclone is approaching the northern Queensland coast, and is expected to cause heavy rain. Heavy seas are lashing the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Follow Rain in North Brisbane
Many centres in the north report further flooding, following the heavy rains, but the cyclone which struck Mackay early to-day caused only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain in North Ends Drought
The drought which has gripped the State all summer began to break yesterday. Heavy rain started to fall over a huge triangle extending 400 miles N.W. of Sydney and 450 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Goes, Big Areas Still Dry Coff's Harbor Deluge 12 Inches In Gale
Rain which has cheered the north-east quarter of the State has cleared off. The remainder of New South Wales must still endure the dry spell…
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A cyclone passed over the coast between Mackay and St, Lawrence at midnight last night, bringing heavy rain. Several minor washaways on the main railway line occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gale in Antarctic Washington
A radio report from Rear-Admiral Byrd states that a gale, which reached 65 miles an hour, has halted preparation of the east base and temporarily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Dubbo. Best Rain for Five Months. DUBBO
About [?] o'clock this evening a terrific storm struck Dubbo, and the dust was so thick that visibility was restricted to about 50 yards, and the town was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pig Horde Stampedes When Danube Floods Budapest
Troops failed to stop a stampede of 22,000 pigs through flooded Hungarian fields. The Danube flooded the country's greatest pig-breeding…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- Early this afternoon the body of Charles Herbert Aspinall, 49, dairy fanner in the Maryvale district, was found at North Branch…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gale Halts Antarctic Explorers. Washington, March 20. (A.A.P.)
Rear-Admiral Byrd, leader of the American expedition which is exploring Antarctica, sent a wireless message stating that a 65-mlle-anhour gale had halted the preparation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →U.S. Envoy Causes Storm Our Own Cable Service
WASHINGTON, Wed -- A storm has broken over the head of America's millionaire representative in Canada, Mr. James R. Cromwell,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods in North China
Floods have added to the burden of the missionaries in North China as shown from this news report:—As a result of heavy rains this…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →New Cyclone Deluges Town Brisbane
A fierce easterly cyclone, with heavy rainsqualls, hammered Innisfall most of last night, and 395 points of rain were recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warm Weather to Continue Cyclone May Bring Showers Later
The present warm, sultry weather should continue until Monday, but there is a possibility that Sydney may come under the influence of a cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australiana Floods
THE bad reputation of the Hawkesbury with respect to flooding in the tipper reaches is run fairly close by that Of the Shoalhaven, which excelled…
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