In a Gale
The steamer Victoria, which arrived at Sydney on Thursday from Kaipara, had a rough voyage. On the 19th instant she left the New Zealand port, and had fine weather until Friday, the 21st instant,…
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Floods & storms, 1902
71 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 4
Storms in America
LONDON, Tuesday.—During a storm at Knoxville, Pennsylvania, the wind unroofed a church, which fell. Forty-five persons who were injured are not…
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The strong south-westerly gale that prevailed yesterday, accompanied by moderate and heavy seas, caused masters of vessels on the coast a considerable…
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At the council meeting held on Thursday evening the inspector of nuisances reported that the borough was in a good sanitary condition, with the exception of…
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The River Boyne, barquentine, has had an exceptionally rough passage from Newcastle to Wellington. She left Newcastle on the 16th ult. For three days a severe equinoctial gale from the…
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The barque Kathleen Hilds, which left the Thames at the beginning of the month for Melbourne with a cargo of timber, encountered a fierce gale shortly after leaving port. The storm raged…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A disastrous gale has swept over the Strait of Dover. Three fishing schooners belonging to…
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The south-westerly gale which has been raging with exceptional severity along the coast for the past four days allowed no sign of abating at midnight…
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LONDON, Monday.—A gale has occurred in Japanese waters which has wrecked a fishing fleet to the westward of the Island of Yezo…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A cyclone has occurred in the Bay of Bengal, and it in feared that the Camorta, one of the British India Steam Navigation Company's…
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European scientific journals remark that the great storm of rod dust that swept up from Africa over Europe last March performed a service for which…
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Mr. Clement Wragge sent us over the other day one of his urgent weather 'warnings and close on the heels of his cablegram the "weather"…
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LONDON, Friday.—It has been ascertained that the British India Company's vessel Camorta foundered in a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Peace Reigns Supreme in Everyone's Mouth.—those Fodder Duties.—a Little Account of Hail Storms.—new Zealand Fumigates Our Correspondence, and We—fume.—admiral Rawson and the Term English. Sydney
"Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war." The quote is very uppermost just now, but it is questionable if more than a small percentage know its…
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On the 4th ult., after a very long passage, the ship Corunna arrived [?] San Francisco from Newcastle, whence she sailed on February 3 with a large cargo of coal and coke. Four days after leaving Newcastle…
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On the arrival of the kotch Zelma at Port Macquarie yesterday afternoon the captain reported the loss of man overboard off Seal Rocks at 7.30 on Sunday evening. The sea at the time was…
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In Newcastle and suburbs it rained practically the whole of Sunday night and there were but few intervals in the downpour yesterday. The fall, on the…
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The steamer Easby, which arrived at Melbourne on Sunday from Newcastle experienced the full force of a southerly gale, which blow with hurricane force, accompanied by very heavy cross seas…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A disastrous hurricane has swept over Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, United States. Twelve persons were killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque in Peril. Dismasted in a Gale. the Silverhow's Experience
The barque Silverhow returned to Newcastle last evening partially dismasted, and showing other evidences of the perilous experience through which she has…
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