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Floods & storms, 1901

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Gales on the Coast

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 5

Stormy conditions again prevailed along the coast this morning, westerly and south-westerly gales being reported from a number of stations…

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Violent Storm at Wilcannia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 8

A telegram from Wilcannla Government Astronomer last evening slated:--"3 p.m.--Gale increased. Sand and dust like solid wall to southwest, equal to worst summer experience. Few…

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The Coldest Day. Cutting Westerlies. Heavy Snowstorms in the Country. Gales Off the Coast. a Ship Partially Dismasted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 8

Yesterday was the coldest day of the season. Throughout the day a cutting westerly wind, reaching at times the force of a gale, swept the city. it came in sharp squalls, bringing up…

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Flood at Port Adelaide. Valuable Timber Washed Away

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Men had to be engaged to raise the present embankment along the Port River from Queenstown to Portland, but still the high tide again lust night overflowed and flooded…

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The Weather. Snowstorms in the Country. Gales and Rain

Evening News · Thursday 20 June 1901 · page 3

Tuesday was one of the coldest days experienced in New South Wales so far this season. A cutting westerly wind swept throughout the State, and at a number of…

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Another Cold Day. Wintry South-west Blasts. Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 11

Yesterday was the coldest day of the season, the conditions being intensified by a driving rain of icy coldness, brought up by a south-west gale. Starting with a velocity of 23 miles an hour, the…

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The Weather. [?] of the Items In this Issue appeared in our Latest. [?]tion yesterday. Rain, Snow, and Gales

Evening News · Saturday 22 June 1901 · page 6

ARMIDALE, Friday.—The weather continues severe. It has been snowing almost continuously since Monday. A heavy fall occurred last night. It is still snowing, with a bitterly…

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The Gale at Wollongong

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1901 · page 6

"WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—A strong southwesterly sale, accompanied by showers of rain, blew on Friday, causing the sea to rapidly rise, and making it a difficult matter to enter Belmore…

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Island News Storms at Fiji. Wrecks and Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 7

Heavy weather has swept over the Fiji group, entailing' much damage to shipping and the loss of 13 lives. News by the Union S.S. Company's island trading steamer Manapouri last evening…

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Boisterous Conditions. Storms and Rough Seas on the Coast. Heavy Rain in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 9

Boisterous weather was experienced all along the coast yesterday. North of Sydney moderato to heavy gales raged all day, accompanied by thick rain and heavy seas. The storms were…

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The Weather. Rain and Gales

Evening News · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 6

Showery conditions prevailed in the metropolis, along the entire coastline, and in the northern districts, on Thursday night, and early yesterday some especially heavy downpours occurring…

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A Coming Storm

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 16

A CABLE message this week intimated that the French Senate has passed the Bill for the suppression of religious congregations. The Cardinal received…

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Yesterday's Gale. Steamer Manly Disabled. Narrow Escape From Wreck

Evening News · Monday 1 July 1901 · page 4

Whenever a big blow comes along the N.S.W. coast, people naturally think of ships at sea, and also of the Maitland gale. On Sunday the wind blew with great velocity across the harbor,…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 7

The storm[?] is described by the Government Astronomer as being of a cyclonic character, and owed its origin to a low pressure area, which was over the Great Australian Bight last week…

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Storm Signals

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 7

The new signals, a square red flag, with a diamond-shape below, were hoisted at the masthead of the northern flagstaff at the Signal Station, Fort Phillip, yesterday to bring the ferry…

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Sheltering From the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 7

MACLEAY RIVER, Monday.--The weather is very stormy, and it is blowing a moderate gale from the south-west, with a heavy sea. The steamer Nambucca put into this port this…

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Inter-state Steamers in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 7

Some idea of the severity of the weather can be gathered from the protracted passage of the Queensland steamer Innamincka. So long had been her journey that her supply of coal gave out,…

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Roughest Sea Since the Maitland Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 7

CLIFTON, Monday.--A strong southerly wind, with thick rain squa[?]ls and heavy sea, has been experienced here since yesterday, at times reaching a moderate gale. About 2[?]. of rain…

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The Brighton Baths. Damaged by the Gale

Evening News · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 4

Among other places where the gale and heavy seas did considerable damage was Lady Robinson's Beach. Saywell's Baths, which have withstood many a buffeting from giant waves, gave…

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The Gales. Wind and Sea Subsiding. Coasters Still Sheltering

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 5

Along the coast this morning the weather had considerably moderated. The wind was still fairly strong from the S. W., and a heavy sea prevailed all along the coast, but the…

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