Foundered in a Gale
LONDON, Monday.--The Canadian passenger steamer City of Monticello has foundered during a gale in the Bay of Fundy. Thirty-three persons were drowned…
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A Barque in a Gale
The French barque Marguerite Dollfur, 1342 tons, threshed up the bay this morning, bearing traces of rough weather. She lately left Cardiff for Madagascar where 625 head of cattle were…
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URALLA, Tuesday.—A terrible hailstorm passed over the town and Rocky River on Saturday last, hailstones as big as hen eggs falling. Nearly all the fruit crop was destroyed on the Rocky. At…
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WELLINGTON (N,Z.), Thursday.--The Union Company's steamer Waikare had a very rough passage from Sydney until reaching Cape Farewell. The decks were continually under water,…
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Mr. GILLIES attempted to move the adjournment of the House, to call attention to the "delay of the Government in dealing with the mitigation of floods in the Hunter River Valley."…
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The slip Melville Island, which arrived in Hobson's Bay, Victoria, on Thursday morning from Santos, Brazil, in ballast, had a most sensational experience on October 6…
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Mr. Russell has received the following telegram from Wilcannia:—" A southerly gale, set in between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. yesterday (Saturday), continued all night and all to-day,…
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During last night and the early part of this morning more than ordinary attention was paid to lines and moorings, in mary instances extra hawsers were sent from the ship to the wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Coast. Gales and Rough Seas
From the far north to the extreme south of the coast the conditions on Saturday and yesterday were very boisterous, strong winds, thick rain, thunderstorms, and rough seas…
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'A' telegram received yesterday by the Government Astronomer from Wilcannia, timed 3 p.m., stated: "Southerly gale set in between 5 and 6 o'clock yesterday evening, continued all night…
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Yesterday's storm was heavy all along the coast but was felt most in the southern parts, very rough seas being reported at some stations, with easterly gales and heavy rain. At…
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Our South Head correspondent telegraphed last evening:--"Terrific rain fell at South Head this afternoon. It was the heaviest known for over ten years. Several houses were flooded by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Thunderstorms. Remarkable Electrical Disturbance. a Dwelling Struck by Lightning and a Boy Killed. Bloods in City and Suburbs. Mr. Russell's Report. Shipmasters' Accounts of the Storm. Damage to Buildings
The cool southerly of Friday night along the coast had hauled to the east by 9 o'clock on Saturday morning with an ominously dark sky, while at that hour the direction of the wind at the Observatory…
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For the past few weeks Sydney's citizens, as well as their country cousins, have been glancing skyward each morning, and wondering when, if ever again, it was going to rain. Now they…
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The heavy rains which fell throughout yesterday were responsible for a considerable amount of flooding in the low-lying suburbs of Marrickville and Waterloo. As the result of the…
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The storm yesterday wrought a considerable amount of destruction in many parts of the northern suburbs, and, after the heavy downpour at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the…
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At Sydney there was a heavy downpour, and a good deal of damage was done by the stormwater. The rain began as a thick mist during the forenoon of Saturday, and the afternoon was…
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BRISBANE, Monday Afternoon.-The great heat and oppressive weather which has been experienced during the last few days was broken by severe thunderstorms and heavy rain…
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In the western suburbs a good deal of inconvenience was caused by the storm, and in many instances considerable damage was done to the streets, in consequence of which there will be…
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From shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday, when the mournful rainclouds lifted slightly and desisted from flooding Sydney with the deluges which, they had for the previous 40 hours been…
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