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Floods & storms, 1891

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The Jubilee in a Gale. an Exciting Experience in Mid-ocean. Stokehole Flooded and Fires Out. Some Narrow Escapes From Drowning. Some Thrilling Incidents. Return of the Steamer to Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 6

One of those perils of the sea that every now and then falls to the lot of the best of ships, the steamer Jubilee, of Sydney, was exposed to on last Friday and Saturday out in mid-ocean, distant about 500…

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The Jubilee in a Storm. The Fires Washed Out. Steamer Returned to Port

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 2

MR. J. C. ELLIS' steamship Jubilee encountered exceptionally heavy weather shortly after staring on her voyage from Sydney to Wellington which so severely…

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The Steamer Jubilee in a Gale. Narrow Escape of Foundering. a Thrilling Experience--the Vessel Returns to Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 6

The surprise occasioned by the return to port of the Ellis liner Jubilee yesterday deepened into the wildest excitement when the ship berthed at Pyrmont and it became…

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Cyclone at Yass. a Destructive Storm. YASS

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 5

The cyclone that passed over a portion of the town yesterday unroofed the goods shed at the Yass tramway station, took away the roof of the verandah and front part of the…

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Destructive Storm at Yass

Evening News · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 5

YASS, Thursday.—No estimate can be given at present of the amount of damage that has been done by the cyclone which passed over one portion of the town yesterday. The cyclone came along…

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The Weather. a Heavy Southerly Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 7

The light easterly wind of yesterday morning freshened as the day lengthened until it reached the force of a strong breeze. Between east and northeast it blew with varying strength until evening. A…

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Storm at Yass. Yass

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 6

A most destructive storm passed over portion of tho town to-day, unroofing houses and doing immense damage to property…

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Violent Storm at Yass. Buildings Unroofed

Evening News · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 6

YASS, Wednesday.—A violent and destructive storm has just passed over the town, unroofing Crago and Barber's flour mills, Sunderland's store, Moore's house, and a portion of the Saluta…

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A Ship Ashore. Gale at Port Phillip. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 6

A fierce south-west gale was experienced in Port Phillip Bay last night and this morning. The ship Kate Davenport parted anchors and went ashore on the mud-bank,…

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Cyclone at Yass. Wholesale Destruction of Property. Accidents and Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 5

YASS, Wednesday.--Shortly after 1 o'clock to-day the town was visited by a cyclone, carrying with it in its course complete destruction. Between Dr. Campbell's residence…

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The Terrible Cyclone. the Foundering of the Enterprise. the Destruction of an Indian Penal Building

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Further particulars have been received of the terrible cyclone which visited the South Andaman Island, on the east side of the Bay of…

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Terrific Storm at Yass. Great Damage to Property. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 7

A terrible hurricane passed over the upper portion of Cooma-street between 1 and 2 o'clock Lightning and hail with heavy rain could be seen coming in the distance, and the roar of the wind could be heard…

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Destructive Flood at Mount Hope

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--During a thunderstorm last night a cloud burst over the Mount Hope district, flooding the country for miles around. Hundreds of acres of…

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The Weather. a Southerly Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

The southerly wind which set in on Wednesday increased to a gale yesterday, attended by rain squalls. The storm was pretty general along the southern coast, and…

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Heavy Gale in Hobson's Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A heavy gale blew over tho harbor last night and this morning, necessitating the suspension of larbor traffic. Early in the morning the…

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The Yass Cyclone. Effects at Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday.--The fringe of tho Yass cyclone struck Goulburn at 3 o'clock yesterday. The wind was moderately heavy and was accompanied by terrific floods of…

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Stormy Weather. Navigation Interfered With. Violent Gales Along the Coast

The Australian Star · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

SOME fearfully rough weather is at present being experienced off the coast of New South Wales. Gales were frequent last night, and shipping had a precarious…

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Gales in England. Loss of Life. Destruction of Property. Shipping Disasters. LONDON, November 11

The Australian Star · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

A severe gale is raging in England, and several shipping disasters, attended by loss of life, have occurred in the English Channel…

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Terrific Gale in England. Enormous Damages and Loss Oe Life. Shipping Disasters in the Channel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A severe gale has been experienced in the south of England, and several shipping disasters, attended with loss of life, have occurred in…

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Heavy Gale in Port Phillip. a Ship Ashore. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

Last night and this morning a heavy S.W. gale raged in Port Philip, raising a high sea. The ship Kate Davenport, recently from Port Blakeley, was lying off the Port Melbourne pier with two…

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