Thursday's Gale
The gale of Thursday blew itself out during the night, and this morning it was found that the wind bad hauled back to the west, blowing fairly strong and piercingly cold. Coastal reports go…
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Floods and Storms in the Country
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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipping Delayed by the Gale
Shipping movements were interrupted by the gale, and ships that had booked tug boats to proceed to Newcastle had to cancel their orders, and remain at the anchorage. The four-masted…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gale in the Harbour
It was a grand sight in the barbour. On the norhtern shores the high-crested waves broke against the rocks in grest fury, and sheets of seetihimg [?] covered the bays and inlets. Out in midstream the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Easterly Gale at Kiama. Kiama, Thursady
One of the flercest exeterly gales experienced on this coast for some years past has been raging here to-day. Last night the wind reached to hurricane fercs. The rain recorded at 9 a.m. to-day was nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gales and Floods. a Dangerous Coastal Storm. Gusts at Seventy Miles an Hour. Scenes in the Harbour. the Rainfall in the Country. Unprecedented Floods and Snowstorms. Railway Traffic Blocked. Telegraph Lines Interrupted. Interview with Mr. Russell
Snow on the monutains, torrents of rain on the coast, and what nantical people call a "living " gale along the seaboard, made hfe yesterday uncomfortable To add to the vicissitudes of the day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales and Rain. (Some of the Items in this Issue appeared in our Latest Edition yesterday.) Boisterous Day in Sydney. Violent Storms. Continuous Wet Weather
For a week there has bees 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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm at Woollongong. Wollongong
To-day was one of the stormiest experienced in the Illawarrs distriet for many years. It has been raining in torrents all day, with a heavy south-east gale blowing continuously. Business has been practically…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Coast. Heavy Gales and Rough Sea. Vessels Sheltering
From all stations south of Sydney nothing but heavy gales, with rain and high sons, were reported, and quite a fleet of coasters had to run for shelter. One or two of the coastal sailing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gale on the Harbor. the Ferry Traffic Hampered
The waters of Port Jackson were feather-white daring the gale, and the squalls are described as the heaviest known on the harbor. As was to be expected, terry traffic on the harbor was carried…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Fierce South-easterly Gale. a Velocity of 70 Miles
The south-easterly gale with which Sydney wusswept yesterday afternoon proved an extremely fierce one. The wind' freshened considerably between 12 and 1 o'clock, and gradually…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Violence of the Storm at Bondi. a Man Injured
The violence of thu storm at Bondi waa responsible for a serious accident which happened to a man named Willam Fleming, aged 43. Fleming. who resides in Francis-street, has ascended to the roof…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents in the Gale. Struck by a Flying Roof. a Carter Seriously Injured
During the height of the storm yesterday a man named James Abbott was driving one of the New South Wales Bakery Company's carts along Darling-street, East Balmain, when portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gale at the Heads. the Pilot Steamer Ordered to Botany. a Rough Experience
Our South Head correspondent telegraphed last evening: -- "At 2.45 o'clock this afternoon, the pilot steamer Captain Cook was ordered to Botany Bay, where a man was reported to be on a boat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Storm in the Countky. Floods at Goulburn. Heaviest for Thirty Years. Unpleasant Experiences. People Taken From Houses in Boats a Family Seeks Reeuge in Some Trees. Goulburn, Thursady
Four hundred and sixty points of rain fell for the 21 nours ended at 8.30 a.m. to-day. This excessive fall descending ou saturated ground has resulted in the biggest flood seen on the Mulwaree River for 3d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Vessel Dismasted. Schooner Stanley in the Storm. Loses Hop Mainmast and Sails
The extreme severity of yesterday's southeasterly gale has naturally occasioned a good deal of anxiety as to the fate of some of the vessels that were likely to have been caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Gale in the City. Velocity of Seventy Miles an Hour. Fierce Squalls and Heavy Rains
Sydney was the centre of the storm yesterday, The rain came down incessantly, though somewhat fitfully. Occasionally it was light, and then again it pelted down literally in sheets…
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WINDSOR, Friday Morning.-The worst fears in regard to a flood in the Hawkesbury have been realised. The river rose exceedingly fast all day yesterday, and rose at a rate seldom seen on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Mr. Russell Says. Heavy Floods in the Hawkesbuky Expected
Mr. Bussell said that very beavy rains had fallen over the tributaries of the Hawkesbury, where heavy Hoods are expected. On the Hunter the rain has been light, and no Hoods are anticipated The whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Flood Expected in the Nepean. Penkith
The weather has been very rough since Tuesday night, and up to 4.30 p.m to-day 5 inches 88 pointe of rain had fallen All the low-lying land have been flooder, and with the very heavy rain at Goulburn…
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