The scene in George-street West was a memorable one. The water flooded the street. and breaking several shop windows, caused serious damage The derailment of two ...
Article : 335 wordsThe picturesque little town of Punchbowl was again the scene of unwonted activity throughout the heavy rain of Saturday and on Sunday, and the untiring work of the ...
Article : 231 wordsFine rains have fallen generally throughout New South Wales during the past few days, and there is now every indication of the final breaking up of the dry spell. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 wordsEastern, s, 3586 tons, Captain Baikie, from Melbourne and Geelong. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., agents Yankalilla, s, 3477 tons, Captain Le[?]fer, from Melbourne. G. S. Yuill and Co., Ltd., agents. ...
Article : 136 wordsThe storm caused widespread damage throughout the suburbs. Gardens were ruined, trees uprooted, and houses unroofed. From Stanmore to Homebush scarcely a ...
Article : 620 wordsA fatality occured at Waterloo about 11 o'clock on Saturday night. John Clifford, aged 27, a carrier, living in Zamia-street, Redfern, was walking home in the teeth of the ...
Article : 101 wordsSonoma, s, for San Francisco, via ports. Coblenz, s, for Manila, China, and Jaapn, via ports. Riverina, s, for Western Australia, via ports. ...
Article : 111 wordsFrom 9 o'clock on Saturday morning till early this morning 347 points of rain were recorded at Newcastle. During yesterday the wind blew from the south-east and reached a ...
Article : 114 wordsMarama, s, for Vancouver, via ports; Moldavia, R.M.S., for Auckland; Kanna, s, for Strahan, devonport, and Burnie (cargo only); Maianbar, s, for Manning River; Merimbula, s, for the South Coast. ...
Article : 64 wordsMelville Jones, 22, a telephone mechanic, residing at Canterbury-road, Campsie, was badly mutilated by a train on Saturday night. According to his own statement, while on his ...
Article : 84 wordsLangton Hall, s (Bucknall line), arrived at Suez, homeward bound, on Wednesday last. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe steamer Rod Pine was wrecked on Stephen Island in a dense fog, and sank almost immediately in deep water. There was only sufficient time to launch one boat. ...
Article : 95 wordsRobert Lacy, a cabman, while driving in the vicinity of Breakfast Creek Police Station on Saturday afternoon, collided with a tramear, and was thrown out of the vehicle, receiving ...
Article : 45 wordsPatrick O'Donnell, a widower, 58 years of age, and employed as a check weighman, was found drowned in a stormwater channel about 11 o'clock last night. The heavy rain that ...
Article : 147 wordsRookwood received the full force of the storm. The wind blew with hurricane force, and drove the rain underneath verandahs and into houses. Many of the inmates were ...
Article : 366 wordsA washaway occurred last night on the railway line on the other side of Fassifern. Newcastle passengers who travelled by the late train from Sydney last night did not arrive ...
Article : 399 wordsThomas C. Gilbert, 58, was knocked down by a motor car in Argent-street on Thursday night, and sustained a fractured skull, a broken arm, and other injuries. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe United States mail steamer Sonoma sailed on Saturday at 5 p.m for Samoa, Honolulu, and San Francisco. Her passenger list was a very heavy one, some 260 voyagers starting out for Europe by this ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,045 wordsFrederick Gore was driving towards Argents Hill with his wife and young child. The horse suddenly shied and carried the vehicle over a deep cutting. The occupants were thrown out. ...
Article : 95 wordsThe head office of the Union Steamship Company in New Zealand has received a cable from the London office advising that the company's new 13,000 ton liner Niagara ran her trial trips at Glasgow, the results ...
Article : 64 wordsMr. D. J. Mares, Acting Divisional Officer at the Weather Bureau, when seen last night, said that the rainfal constituted a record for the rate of the fall. ...
Article : 464 wordsA wireless message was received yesterday from the steamer Elsass, stating that she would arrive at daylight this morning. ...
Article : 23 wordsNews of a mishap to the tramp steamer Queensland, which was proceeding from Melbourne to Newcastle in ballast, was received to-night. The information was contained in a telegram despatched ...
Article : 128 wordsAfter signing a bill granting an amnesty to 6000 persons imprisoned as a result of the recent rebellion, President Gomez has decided to yield to the American protest, and veto the ...
Article : 37 wordsCourtney's Agency announces that King George and Queen Mary will visit Vienna at the end of May. ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Adelaide Steamship Company, Ltd., received a wireless message late last night from the steamer Warilda, stating that she is experiencing heavy weather, and that she expects to reach Sydney by 8 ...
Article : 39 wordsThe February returns issued by the Board of Trade show that the imports of the United Kingdom increased by £4,077,115, exports by £2,682,424, and re-exports by £21,632, during ...
Article : 37 wordsThe water police launch Argus had a strenuous day, and was kept busy on the Harbour until past 11 p.m. She picked up and towed in half a dozen boats which had upset. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 wordsBRISBANE (516m).—Arr: March 9, Suva, s, from Burketown; Sydney, s, from Hamburg; Morayshire, s, from New Zealand; Limerick, s, from Rockhampton; Griefswald, s, from Newcastle. Dep: March 8, ...
Article : 816 wordsIn the recent rain Vergemont registered 945 points, which fell in 13 days. All the creeks there ran very high, and the flood in Vergemont Creek was higher than in 1906. A ...
Article : 152 wordsUnprecedented seas are being experienced. They have destroyed the extension of the quay and invaded the streets, flooding many residences. ...
Article : 29 wordsBy reason of the phenomenal storm the Metropolitan Fire Brigade has been kept busy. Scores of telephone messages were received for assistance. There seemed to be an idea ...
Article : 318 wordsMr. Frank Foster, M.P. for New England, at a meeting held on Friday evening, said he was prepared to increase the land tax with a view to bursting up big estates. He declared ...
Article : 68 wordsThe remarkable rainstorm which swept over Sydney and its suburbs from Friday night until Saturday night, prevented a ball being bowled in any of the cricket matches. So much rain fell that the various ...
Article : 353 wordsParliament was prorogued to-day. LONDON, March 8. Mr. Sydney Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, has intervened in the bakers' ...
Article : 319 wordsThe inquiry into the death of Walter Seily, who met his death at Shellharbour on Sunday morning last through a gunshot wound in the head, was concluded last night at 10 o'clock. ...
Article : 251 words"Labour and extravagance are syntonymous terms," said Senator Millen in the course of a speech at Kiama on Friday. "The present Government went into office and found a ...
Article : 358 wordsThe report on the administration and general management of the Queen's Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital has been presented to the acting Premier by Mr. V. Tanner, P.M., ...
Article : 430 wordsAt about 9.40 p.m. on Saturday, when the storm wan in full swing, a collision occurred in Mosman Bay between the ferry steamers Kiandra and Kirrule. ...
Article : 169 wordsSerious damage, resulting in much loss of property, and wholesale inconvenience, was done by thw storm throughout the eastern suburbs. The tramway service suffered ...
Article : 312 wordsRegarding the population of New South Wales and Victoria as ascertained by the Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. G. H. Knibbs) on evidence submitted by the Governments and ...
Article : 181 wordsThe death of Mrs. Bamford, wife of Mr. Thomas Bamford, farmer, of Kilfera, which occurred on Thursday evening in mysterious circumstances, has been reported to the ...
Article : 192 wordsCaptain Muir, of the North Coast Company's steamer Tambar, picked up an 18ft skiff off Broken Bay at about 9 a.m. yesterday. It was painted a stone colour, and had four swivel ...
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Advertising : 102 wordsBia, s, from fremantle, Jan. 10, at London. Niwaru, 8, from Melbourne Jan. 25, at Dunkirk DEPATURES. Runic, s, from London, for Sydney. ...
Article : 31 wordsSerious washaways occurred as a result of the storm on the railway line at Minto (near Campbelltown), on the Southern line, at Bankstown, and also near Camden, on the ...
Article : 303 wordsThe decision of the proprietors which was held in Sydney on Friday last was not made known by the proprietors on either Friday or Saturday. Upon inquiry at the office of the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 wordsManly, from one end to the other, suffered from the effects of the storm, but one portion— that near the Quarantine Station—was visited by a veritable tornado, the like of which was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 wordsThe High Court on Friday considered, in the form of a case stated for its opinion, an application made by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, that it should be ...
Article : 68 wordsYesterday, at 5.30 p.m., the dead body of a man between 40 and 45 years, was found by Benjamin Skinner, of Goddes-street, Botany, floating in Botany Bay, near Dent-street. The ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 10 Mar 1913, Page 10
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