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Floods & storms, 1895

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The Storm at Sea. Running Before It Under Bare Poles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 November 1895 · page 5

Twenty-seven miles per hour was the highest wind velocity recorded yesterday at Sydney during the southerly blow. South Head lookout station gave it much stronger, and all the reports from the…

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Flood at Croki. Ten Inches of Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 November 1895 · page 6

CROKI, Monday.--Heavy rain commenced on Saturday, and continued incessantly until this afternoon, over 10 inches being recorded. This has caused the river to…

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In the Country. Heavy Fall in the West and North-west. a Threatened Flood on the Macleay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 November 1895 · page 6

KEMPSEY, Monday.--From drought to flood is likely to he the term used here shortly. As heavy rain commenced yesterday and continued all night and…

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A Leaky Ship. The Carondetel in a Gale. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 November 1895 · page 7

The American ship Carondetel, from Paget Sound to Port Pirie, put into Hobson's Bay last night in a leaky condition, The vessel encountered a strong S.W. gale…

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A Barque Disabled. the Tamerlane in the Recent Storm. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1895 · page 5

The steamer Gosford, from Port Stephens, this evening reports having been in company with the barque Tamerlane, which left Newcastle for Valparaiso on Friday last. The barque had lost her…

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The Weather. a New Disturbance Reported. in the Recent Storm. an Outward Bound Vessel in Distress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1895 · page 5

By g o'clock yesterday morning Green Cape was the only place in the colony that was having rain, and by the afternoon reports it had cleared off there, Everywhere inland the sky was clear,…

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Caught in a Gale. The Tamerlane Dismasted. Towed Into Sydney

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 November 1895 · page 6

There are few who have any idea of the force of the gale of Sunday and Monday along the coast, simply because its effect was not fully apparent in Sydney. At sea,…

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The Weather. the Recent Gale Rough Trip of the Rosedale. the Vessel Hove-to 30 Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 November 1895 · page 6

The storm of Saturday, Sunday,and Monday last was severely felt seaward, judging from the reports of shipmasters arriving at the port. The dismasting of the barque Tamer…

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The Sohooner Western Star in a Gale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 November 1895 · page 5

The chooner Western Star, Captain W. Armour, arrived at noon to-day, and reports leaving Sydney on Saturday morning coal-laden for Richmond River. On Sunday night when off…

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The Weather. a Southerly Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 November 1895 · page 6

The warm weather of Saturday and yesterday afternoon proved to be the precursor of a southerly gale. The storm came up in the shape of a southerly buster, and…

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Last Night's Storm

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 November 1895 · page 8

About the strongest blow of the year was the southerly gale of last night, but fortunately it was not of long duration. Between 7 and 8 o'clock the wind attained a velocity…

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The Gale at the Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 November 1895 · page 6

Our South Head correspondent telegraphed last evening:--"Shortly after 6.30 o'clock a strong southerly buster came up, quickly Increasing to a gale, accompanied By terrific…

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The Weather. a Violent Storm. Hail and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 November 1895 · page 6

Between 6 and 8.30 o'clock last evening a violent storm burst over Sydney, and for half an hour hall and rain fell, 15 points of rain being recorded at the Observatory. Hot and…

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The Storm in the Harbor--a Steamer Adrift

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 November 1895 · page 6

The southerly buster made things lively for the shipping in the harbor. The 4000 ton steamer Fort Salisbury, moored in Neutral Bay. broke adrift in one of the squalls and…

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Telephoning During Electric Storms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 November 1895 · page 31

Instances of injury while using the telephone during electric storms are becoming numerous enough, according to an English contemporary, to call for some protection…

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Destructive Storms. Fierce Tornado Near Casino

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 November 1895 · page 6

BINGARA, Monday.--A destructive storm yesterday did heavy damage to fruit gardens, and uprooted trees, but only 14 points of rain fell…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms in the Country. Severe Hailstorms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 November 1895 · page 5

It was like a good thunderstorm about Sydney yesterday. The stuffy tropical atmosphere and the darkly) over[?]st sky all day promised an outbreak, but the promise was broken, if a few…

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The Weather. Heavy Thunderstorms Cause Copious Rains

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 November 1895 · page 6

Heavy thunderstorms occurred, in some of the country districts, principally in the northern part of the colony, on Sunday, the storms in some instances being accompanied…

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Hunter River Floods

Evening News · Thursday 21 November 1895 · page 5

The Minister for Works was spoken to by Mr. Price, M.L.A., yesterday, regarding a deputation which waited upon him regarding the question of…

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Disastrous Gales

The Australian Star · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 5

Severe north-east gales are being experienced in England, and in consequence the Channel service has been suspended. Many casualties involving…

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