In a Cyclone
The barque Chiltonford, which arrived at Sydney from Callao on Saturday, had an exciting time in a cyclone on March 28. The wind suddenly came away from…
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Floods & storms, 1907
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Gales and Rough Seas. Shipping in the Storm
The stormy weather which set in on Thursday evening, continued throughout the night. Yesterday morning broken dull and showery, with a strong south-east…
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A correspondent, writing from Onslow, on the north-west coast of Australia, under data April 10, gives a vivid description of a storm which struck the pearling…
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The ship Verbena, on a voyage from Hamburg to Melbourne, had a critical adventure. On May 4, when the vessel was in latitude 40deg. south, and long, 130deg…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Ten balloons competed for the Harbord Cup, the route being from London to Goring. The balloons traversed a…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Several balloons ascended during a heavy thunderstorm at Ranelagh, London for a race, and narrowly escaped…
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LONDON, Thursday.—For several weeks there has boon continuous rain in the United Kingdom, which has seriously affected the fruit and…
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Very heavy rain foil in Fremantle early this morning and later in the day. At times many of the streets were almost entirely under water…
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The steamer Coolgardie, of the Howard Smith line, arrived at 7 o'clock this morning, after an eight days' passage from Adelaide. The captain reports that rough…
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This morning Mr. G. A. Ferrier arrived from Moora, after having spend an exciting time in the floods, working up to his armpits in rescue operations. The…
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In the course of a severe gale at Albany on Monday, John Henderson, second engineer of the steamer Wingfield, was blown over the jetty, and was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. All Talking "Tariff."—things We Can Do, and Should Do.—developing Our Rubber Industry.—the Ship That Got Here Too Late.—what a Gale Can Do in the Way of an Accident.—discovered—another Baronet. Sydney
Football for those without wrinkles, but the tariff for those who have grown grey in the service of making their way. Thus, although there was a great exodus of the…
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The Acting Government Meteorologist of South Australia (Mr. R. F. Griffiths) has intimated to the Adelaide Marine Board that when the Federal…
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The passage from Adelaide of the R.M.S. Himalaya, with the Governor-General and Lady Northcote among the passengers, was marked by a…
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The Hamburg-American liner Scandia, which arrived at Hongkong on July 7, lost eight. Chinese overboard during a storm between Aden and Colombo. The Chinese…
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The P. and O. liner India on her voyage from England to Australia, had a rough experience before reaching Fremantle. The vessel encountered a severe…
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A most unpleasant trip was experienced by the "Blue Anchor" liner Narrung across the Southern Ocean, heavy northwest to south-west storms keeping her…
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The Italian ship Elisa, which put into Pori Phillip on Tuesday evening, had a rough and sensational passage. She left the Tyne on April 26 for San Francisco…
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It is fifty years to-day since the greatest of the three floods in 1857 occurred in the Hunter River district, when all the towns between Hoxham and Murrurandi…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A great gale has swept the Newfoundland coast. Eleven vessels laden with fish were stranded, and the damage to fishing…
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