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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 29

A Disastrous Cyclone. Gales Off the Coast. the Protector Capsizes. Loss of Six Lives. Another Steamboat Wrecked. the Captain and Three Men Perish. Easterly Gales in the Tasman Sea. Their Effect on the New South Wales Seaboard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 5

It was mentioned in connection with the stranding of the steamer Manly, which took place on Sunday night and is referred to elsewhere, that though the southerly and south-west gales were not as heavy…

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Heavy Gales. Perils of the Sea. How the Shipping Fared

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 7

The heavy gales which have raged for the last two days along the coast interfered considerably with the shipping of the port, and lent increased danger to "they that go down to [?]…

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The Weather. (Some of the Items in this Issue appeared in our Latest Edition yesterday.) Boisterous Conditions. Gales on the Coast. Shipping Disasters

Evening News · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 6

Boisterous weather set in on Sunday. A strong south-westerly gale was reported on the south coast early in the day, and it rapidly came on to Sydney. The storm was accompanied by heavy…

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Steamers in the Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 7

Captain J. O. Anderson reports that the Rosedale crossed out of Maclcay at 6.45 p.m. on June 30, encountered a very heavy southerly sea, wind S.S.W.; called off Port Macquarie bar at daybreak of July 1…

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Gales in the Islands. Loss of Three Cutters

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 5

The "Western Pacific Herald" of June 8 states that the Fijians have been very unfortunate this year owing to the unsettled state of the weather and the many gales…

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Newcastle Breakwater Damaged. Steamer Saint Mary in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 7

The steamer Saint Mary arrived at Newcastle from Melbourne yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. She fell in with bad weather soon after rounding Wilson's Promontory, and kept company with it…

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Round the City Electorates. a Flood of Talk. the Last Word

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 7

Probably never before has the opportunity to say a last word to the electors on the eve of a general election been so largely availed of by candidates in the city as last night. Go…

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After the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 4

The disturbance which prevailed with such disastrous results on Sunday and Monday showed considerable moderation yesterday. As a result stations south of Sydney chiefly reported slight…

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Victims of the Gale. Burials at Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The remains of John Pratt, seaman of the wrecked steamer Alexander Berry, found on the beach near Port Kembla, were interred in the Church of England…

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Gales in the Tasman Sea. Tempestuous Passage of the Chittoor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 9

NELSON'S BAY, Friday. -- The barquentine Chittoor, which left Westport on May 20th, arrived here to-day, with her foretopmast, royal, and topgallant mast gone, and with her maintop…

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The Week's Miscellany: a Compilation of the News of the World. a Disastrous Gale. Several Wrecks—many Lives Lost—heartrending Scenes—doomed Men's Farewells to Wives and Families

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 July 1901 · page 8

During Sunday evening a cyclonic gale raged along the coast of N.S.W., and a terrific sea was raised from the south-east, calculated to be as bad, if not worse, than…

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A Storm- Tossed Barque. Nelson's Bay

The Australian Star · Monday 8 July 1901 · page 6

The barquentine Chittoor, which left Westport (N.Z.) for Sydney on May 20, put in here yesterday under jury rig and short of provisions. Captain Brown describes the voyage…

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A Flooded City Spot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 July 1901 · page 7

Though the rain in the city was not very heavy, those who had to cross the bridge to Pyrmont yesterday found the approsch very nearly impassable. By some means both the drains had become choked, with…

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The Track of the Storm. Forster

The Australian Star · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 4

A boat was found on the beach on Monday between here and Halliday's Point, bearing no name. It is supposed to have been washed ashore during the late gales…

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Gales on the N.z. Coast. Schooner Amelia Sims Disabled

Evening News · Wednesday 10 July 1901 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Tuesday Afternoon.—The schooner Amelia Sims, of 97 tons, which left Newcastle on June 22 with a cargo of 122 tons of coal, has been towed into Nelson in a disabled…

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Storm-tossed Vessels. the Brig Vision Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 July 1901 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The brig Vision loft Newcastle on June 21, and five hours later ran into a terrific gale. A big sea broke aboard, smashing the bulwarks and causing much…

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Floods in China. London, July 9

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 July 1901 · page 4

The "Standard" reports that an inundation has taken place in the Yangtse-Kiang, and that 4000 have been drowned…

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Gale Off the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 July 1901 · page 7

Last night the wind freshened to the force of a gale, with a rising sea. For 350 miles, or from Gabo Island to Seal Rocks, it was blowing hard. Green Cape reported the sea rough, Jervis Bay a moderate…

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A Southerly Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 4

A strong southerly gale, nearly equalling in violence that of the previous week, but happily unattended with disaster, swept along the length of the seaboard yesterday. Shipping…

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The Recent Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 23

THE BRIGHTON TOWING THE MANLY OUT OF DANGER HAULING PASSENGERS ASHORE FROM THE MANLY. RESCUE OF THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE ALEXANDER BERRY…

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