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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1898

743 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 38

In the Harbor. the Heaviest Storm for Years. Ferry Boats Have a Rough Time

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

The full violence of the storm was felt in the harbor, and ferryboat masters describe it as the heaviest gale experienced for years. The squalls were of terrific fury, and there was quite a lumpy…

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The Storm in Sydney. Rain Throughout the Colony Nearly 5 Inches in the City. Vessels Endangered. a Steam Launch Sunk

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

Howling and shrieking winds, with the velocity of gales, and heavy rain, driven before it at a sharp angle, or falling with the weight of a hail storm between the fiercer gusts, prevailed from…

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The Gales. Terrible Shipping Disaster Near Bulli. Wreck of the Brig Amy. All Hands Lost. Beach Strewn with Wreck­age. Searching for the Bodies. Sudden Death of a Rescuer

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

BULLI, Monday.-During the violent southerly gales Which have beep raging here since Sunday morning, the brig Amy, a well-known collier on the southern coast, was totally wrecked on…

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Floods in Queensland. Telegraphic Lines Interrupted

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.-Good rain has teen falling over the colony generally. Showery weather has set in locally, with appearances of continuous heavy rains. In the central and western districts of the colony…

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What Mr. Russell Says. Floods Inevitable

The Australian Star · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

"What is most surprising," Mr. Russell to a "Star" reporter this, morning, is that more damage has not been reported, for the wind last night was the strongest we…

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Queensland. Flood on the Bulloo River

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1898 · page 5

THARGOMINDAH, Saturday.--Steady rain set in last night, and continued all night, registering 98 points. The bulloo River is in big flood, caused…

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The Gales. Storm on the Coast. the Oonah Has a Rough Time

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

Mr. Rhoades of Messrs. Lever Brothers, Pitt-street, who who was passenger by the U.S.S. Company's steamer Oonah, which arrived from Hobart yesterday, gives the following account of the voyage : " Immediately…

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Another Storm. Marrickville Flooded

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

A very heavy rainstorm or cloudburst broke over the western suburbs yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock. At 3 o'clock the rain came down in torrents, which continued hill about 4.50 p.m., and the streets…

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The Storm

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

The monsoonal depression which recently visited this colony came as a boon to the people. So long as the community lives, under, free-trade, upon primitive Industries the…

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Violent Storms at Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

LIVERPOOL, Monday.--One of the most violent storms ever experienced in this district occurred last night. Throughout yesterday rain fell in torrents, and the wind blew with terrific force,…

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The Recent Gales. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

Considerable anxiety was manifested among the shipping community of this port during the recent gales, but fortunately, as far as the northern coast is concerned, there are no mishaps of any…

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Warrigal in the Gale

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

The Lund liner Warrigal left Melbourne as far back as Thursday last, and naturally her non-appearance was just beginning to create some uneasiness as to lier safety. However,…

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The Arawatta in the Gale

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

The effect of the weather on a powerful steamship like the A.U.S.N. Co.'s Arawatta is apparent from the fact that though the weather as a rule causes but little trouble in…

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The Gales. Mails Delayed. "Creeks in Extraordinary Flood." Extensive Landslip. (Continued from page 6.)

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

Mails are still delayed in various parts of the colony owing to the flooded state of the creeks and boggy roads Mails from Bega, Bodalla, Moama, Bombala, Candelo, Cotargo, Captain's Flat, and…

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The Barque Renfield. Caught in the Gale

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. Tuesday.-The four-masted barque Renfield arrived this morning from Fremantle, and reports having experienced the fall force of the hurricane storm which swept the coast Captain Slade…

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The Steamer Mount Kembla in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

The steamer Mount Kembla was out in the gale, and her experience, with the schooner Loch Lee in tow, was of the roughest description. The Mount Kembla, which is in charge of Captain…

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The Tyrain in the Gale. a Perilous Time

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 6

Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' well-knows passenger steamer Tyrian experienced a very trying time of it in the gale of Saturday and Sunday when on her journey from Melbourne to Sydney, and but…

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The Storm. Effect on the Railways

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

Although slight washaways occurred on the South Coast, Southern and Western lines during the excessively heavy rain, the Railway Commissioners state that there was no…

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Victoria. the Gale Off the Coast. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

The gale which blew yesterday and to-day proved exceptionally severe along the coast and in Hobson's Bay, and threatened danger to the shipping. Throughout Saturday afternoon the…

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Sydney Water Supply. the Recent Storms. Cataract Dam Bursts

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 4

News was received this morning by Mr. Holmes secretary of the Water and Sewerage Board, that a portion of the embankment of the Cataract Dam had bean carried away…

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