Parfait beats the storm
Rain held off just long enough yesterday for Parfait to win the first race at Canterbury…
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Test Match crowd -- before and after the storm
12.54 pm: Test Match spectators jammed the Sydney Cricket Ground. Many sat on newspapers on the grass. Some men discarded shirts and shoes. The sky had darkened and Australia's opening batsmen, Barnes and Morris, appealed against the light. [?]-5 pm: The crowd had rushed for shelter after the storm-broke. A southerly gale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Furious storm rages through City; one death, big damage
Hundreds of Hill spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground took off their coats and shirts and hung them on the pickets to dry after the terrific storm. But they only got wet again later. Rear of a furniture repository facing Victoria-street, Marri ckville. The roof was blown off, walls partially demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freak storm wrecks six houses 78 m.p.h. "funnel" tears through Sydney suburb
Twelve houses and two large stores were badly damaged yesterday by a violent thunderstorm which struck Sydney and suburbs about 1 p.m. Greatest damage was done at Marrickville where a freak funnel…
Continued on Trove, page 56 →After the storm had swept The Hill Good Test wicket expected for Australia's innings tomorrow
Heavy rain is unlikely today, and Australia should bat on a good wicket when the Second Test continues tomorrow. Cricket Ground curator Wal Gorman said last night that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Havoc Over Two States Five Airliners Wrecked In Brisbane Gale
The cycle of destructive thunder, hail and wind storms which struck Sydney on Saturday, moved on in a wide arc through the North-west, and swept down…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Hits Aerodrome
BRISBANE, Monday. -- Extensive damage was done to planes at Archerfield Aerodrome and to buildings in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Hits Aerodrome
BRISBANE, Monday. -- Extensive damage was done to planes at Archerfield Aerodrome and to buildings in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post-mortem on Man Who Died in Storm
A POST-MORTEM will be held to- day to determine whether George Linden Smith (30), Malakoff Street, Marrickville. who died at the height…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Post-mortem on Man Who Died in Storm
A POST-MORTEM will be held today to determine whether George Linden Smith (30). Malakoff Street, Marrickville. who died at the height…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Record Gale Damages Planes, Homes £50,000 Loss At Northern Airfield
BRISBANE, Sunday.--An 89-mile-an-hour gale which swept Archerfield aerodrome at 5.5 p.m. today badly damaged five Douglas passenger planes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Man Dies, Roofs Lifted In City Thunderstorm
A man collapsed and died, and a girl cyclist was injured by a falling pole during a fierce thunderstorm in Sydney early on Saturday afternoon. Several houses were unroofed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood-lighting Showground
Penrith Rugby League Football Club asked Council to grant financial assistance toward the cost of flood-lighting the training area on the Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Romance Outsails Time And Storm
IN an age of rockets, helicopters and jet-propulsion, the ship which rides the sea, whether driven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Flood of Money Today
Largest wager written yesterday against the Villiers winner, Native Son, was £2000 to £320 by Jim Hackett. Native Son's price hovered between 7's and 10's. Yesterday's Villiers attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Towns, Villages Flooded
At 4.20 a.m. Japanese time yesterday (6.20 a.m. Sydney time) 50,000 square miles of southern Japan was violently shaken by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Line Washed Away During Heavy Storm
PART of the railway line between A Yass and Gunning was washed away during a heavy storm last night. The line was scoured out in several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Line Washed Away During Heavy Storm
PART of the railway line between Yass and Gunning was washed away during a heavy storm last night. The line was scoured out in several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Line Washed Away During Heavy Storm
PART of the railway line between Yass and Gunning was washed a way during a heavy storm last night. The line was scoured out in several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Line Washed Away During Heavy Storm
PART of the railway line between Yass and Gunning was washed away during a heavy storm last night. The line was scoured out in several…
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