Two Sailors Washed Overboard During a Dreadful Storm
The Italian barque Maria, which left Albany for Buenos Ayres on the 11th inst. loaded with Karri timber, returned to port in a disabled condition. The captain…
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A Long Nervous Storm
If you ever watched a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, white cotton thread. How can so contemptible a thing inflict such a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Steamers Wrecked in a Gale
Advices have been received in Manila that a furious typhoon raged at Vigan on Tuesday. May 15, the wind being chiefly from the south-east. Two vessels were driven upon the beach by the…
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Wintry conditions still prevail in Victoria Rain, snow, and hall storms have been frequent and in some parts of the colony particularly heavy. During the last few days nearly 4in. of…
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The R.M.S. Ophir, homeward bound, had a lively time on the voyage from Melbourne to Adelaide, encountering some of the worst of the weather. The passengers say the vessel behaved very well…
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At a recent meeting of the Waterloo Council the question of the proposed storm water sewer, to connect with Shea's Creek, was again brought forward, and a minute by the Mayor, in the form of a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Recent Gales. H.m.s. Wallaroo and Boomerang
Lying in Jervis Bay throughout the gales there were the cruiser Wallaroo and the torpedo gunboat Boomerang, and a report from the bay states that the Wallaroo rolled gunwales under during some of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Storm-water Sewer. Vigorous Protest From Waterloo
The residents of Waterloo are clamoring for the construction of a storm-water sewer to connect McEvoy-street with Shea's Creek, and the Mayor of the borough has urged upon the Works…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Perils of the Sea. H.m.s. Porpoise Returns to Port. Caught in a Violent Gale. Swept by Heavy Seas. Boats Lost and Damaged
Considerable surprise was occasioned in naval circles yesterday by the arrival of H.M.S. Porpoise. The vessel left here over a week ago for Jervis Bay for the usual quarterly shot practice,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ships in the Recent Storm. H.m.s Porpoise Arrives in Port Damaged. the Oimara with a Sugar Freight Seeks Shelter. Captain Feaes the Cargo Has Suffered
The westerly and south-westerly gales which at Sydney have proved so constant and viclent lately were not restricted in their area to this part of the New South Wales coast. They made it very lively for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bleak Conditions. Storms Approaching. Rain in the Country. Probable General Fall
Under the bleak conditions of yesterday, the maximum temperature only reached 48.8 degrees, the lowest record so far this season. The minimum reading was 42.6 degrees, giving a range of scarcely more than 6 degrees…
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ARMIDALE, Thursday.-A heavy fall of snow occurred last night, and the country side is covered. It is snowing slightly this morning. BOWRAL, Thursday.-Heavy continuous rain…
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The calm conditions of the day gave place to heavy gusts of wind at night from the eastward, one of the worst of storm, for shipping. By 8 p.m. it was blowing a gale…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 5.30 P.m. Gales and Rain. Boisterous Day in Sydney. Violent Storms. Continuous Wet Weather
For a week there has been no rain-only clear, bright, bracing days and cold frosty nights, rejoicing the heart of the long-damped Sydney-sider. Alas! one short week of glorious sunshine, and…
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At a special meeting of the council a letter was read from Mr. J. Monaghan,representing the land-owners, submitting the following resolutions passed by them on the 25th June:—That the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Along the Coast. Approach of Another Easterly Gale
The conditions along the coast to-day point to the probable repetition of the easterly gale that raged along the seaboard of this colony a week or two ago. At Kiama, Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale on the Coast. Heavy Sea at the Heads
The meteorological conditions on the coast yesterday were very "wild," nearly all stations, particularly south of Sydney, reporting strong winds, thick rain, and heavy sea. Bateman's Bay reported moderate north-easterly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wet Weather. No Indication of Change. Snow on the Mountains. Floods in the Country
New South Wales is very wet to-day. And there are no indications upon which to make an estimate as to when the drying process will commence. The present spell of wet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Commonwealth Bill. Calm After Storm. the Delegates at the Derby. Mr. Deakin As a Reviewer. Mr. Barton's Interest in Bullets. Who Is to Be Governor-general? the New Court of Appeal. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, June 1
Since the second resding of the Commonwealth Bill, which ensured its ultimate passing and thus practically exhausted public interest in the subject on this side of the world, we have beard but little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm and Floods. Heavy Rain and Snow. on the Coast and Highlands Rivers Rising Rapidly. Telegraphic Lines Down
As far as could be gathered from the rather meagre meteorological reports which were available in the city, the centre of the storm yesterday was on the coastal districts from Sydney to Jervis…
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