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Floods & storms, 1895

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Shipping in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 6

The shipping delayed by the recent southerly gale arrived yesterday. The French mail liner, Tamils, from Noumea, was nearly 21 hours late in reaching port, owing to the…

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A Ship in a Gale. a Seaman Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The barque St. Julien, which reached the harbor yesterday from Capetown, reports having lost a seaman overboard. The accident happened…

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The Gale

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 5

The south-west gale of yesterday was too violent to last long, and as was expected, blew itself out during the night. Fortunately there were no serious accidents to…

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Gale on New Zealand Coast

Evening News · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 4

On the 23rd ultimo a heavy gale was raging in the bay at Gisborne, raising a very high sea. During the night the schooners Awanui and Spray arrived from…

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The Gale in Newcastle. Exciting Experiences of Shipping

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The weather has been fine but very boisterous to-day; the wind was blowing from the west in the morning, but towards noon it freshened considerably,…

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A Storm on the Victorian Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A heavy storm occurred along the Victorian coast early this morning; the shipping in the bay was roughly used, and numerous small craft sank. The…

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A Gale on the Coast. Shipping Sheltering.--a Crippled Vessel

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 6

Stormy weather prevails along the coast. At Gabo and Green Cape a south-south-west gale, with squally weather and a very rough sea, was reported, and essels going south…

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The Weather. Gales in the Tasman Sea. a Schooner Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 5

Exceptionally violent weather has lately swept across the Tasman Sea, testimony to this effect being given by shipmasters arriving from New Zealand. The schooner Hula came…

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H.M.S. Dart in a Gale. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 9

H.M.S. Dart arrived at Brisbane yesterday on her way north on a surveying cruise. She left Sydney on Sunday. On Monday afternoon, when 210 miles north of Sydney, a furious gale blew…

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H.m.s. Dart in a Gale. Captain and a Sailor Hurt

Evening News · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 5

H.M.S. Dart, which arrived on Thursday at Brisbane from Sydney, had an exceedingly rough passage. When about 210 miles north of Sydney on Monday afternoon, the warship…

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Disaster in Germany. Bursting of a Storm Cloud. Houses Destroyed--thirty-two Persons Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--A disastrous raincloud burst yesterday over Wurtemburg, Germany, sweeping across a large district, and doing…

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H.M.S. DART. Caught in a Gale. Captain Heming Injured. Two Ribs Broken--A Sailor Severely Bruised--The Vessel Swept by Seas--Furniture and Crockery Broken--The Fires Nearly Extinguished. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 6

H.M.S. Dart, which arrived yesterday from Sydney, had an exceptionally rough passage. When about 210 miles north of Sydney on Monday afternoon she was…

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The Arcadia Detained. To-day's Westerly Gale

Evening News · Monday 10 June 1895 · page 5

It is a rare thing for the weather in Sydney Harbor to interfere with the movements of the ocean mail steamers, but to-day's westerly gale prevented the P. and…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Floods in Europe. Bursting of a Waterspout. Many Lives Lost. London, June 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1895 · page 5

A waterspout has burst over Kobersdorf, in Germany, and caused disastrous floods for miles around. One hundred lives have been lost…

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Tram Vale Flood Waters. Report From Mr. C. W. Darley an Important Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 June 1895 · page 2

The member for Marrickville, Mr. F. E. M'Lean, has received from the Under-Secretary (Mr. J. Barling) a letter in regard to the question of dredging Cook's River…

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Floods in Hungary. a Town Submerged-- Loss of Fifty Lives

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 June 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night. -- The market town of Kobersdorf, 12 miles from Oldenburg, Hungary, has been submerged by floods. Fifty of the…

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Shipping in Trouble. Yesterday's Gale

Evening News · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 3

As was to be expected in a blow like that of yesterday considerable inconvenience was caused to a number of small vessels about the harbor, as well as to the…

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Past Sydney Storm Records

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 5

In 1893 from the 1st to the 3rd of January, a S. and S.E. gale blew at Sydney, doing a great deal of damage in the eastern suburbs. On that occasion it blew with such violence as to…

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The Gale. Detention of the Arcadia

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 6

The fresh breeze this morning freshened up during the day to a hard gale from the westward, with squalls of considerable force. The coastal signals were to the same effect, but…

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Where the Storm Came From

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 5

"There was nothing of this to be seen on Saturday," Mr. Russell remarked. "It came at a great pace across from the westward, and in 18 hours the barometers fell half an inch—a most…

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