Steamer Melbourne in the Gale
The steamer Melbourne, which arrived this morning, brings tidings of a hurricane raging all down the coast. The following is Captain M'Grath's own story…
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Other Vessels in the Storm
The appearance of the Orient liner Orizaba when she arrived to-day, perhaps better than anything else, illustrates the fearful force of the gale along the coast. She was encrusted with…
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The steamer Undaunted was in the thick of the gale, off Lonsdale, Reef, when her steering gear carried away, doing sundry damage. Jury tackles were rigged smartly,…
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It was briefly announced by cable message on March 27 that a tornado had swept over Alabama (U.S.) and killed 25 people and injured about 500 others…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Coastal Gales. a Wreck at Cape Patterson. All Hands Safe, the George T. Hay Disabled. Melbourne
A report received from Cowes to-day respecting the wreck at Cape Patterson states that the name of the vessel is not known. She is a total wreck. All hands have been saved, but it has not been possible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales on the Victorian Coast. Barque Artisan Ashore. Remarkable Escape of the Crew. Another Vessel in the Breakers. Tremendous Seas Running. Steamers Making Heavy Weather
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Eager anxiety was displayed this morning for news of the vessels which were last night reported to be in peril along the coast. In shipping circles the opinion…
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There will be sincere sympathy here with respect to the people of Victoria in the calamity which has suddenly come upon them. Melbourne has again been visited by a flood,…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Although the rainfall was less persistent to-day, the danger of floods has not yet abated. Since Saturday last about six inches of rain has fallen in Melbourne…
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Steady rain fell in Sydney last night and this morning, and at noon to-day it was still raining heavily. It was also raining heavily along the southern coast this morning, and a number of…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The rain has stopped, and there is promise of finer weather. The River Yarra is falling, and should there not be an unexpected rush of flood waters from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm Subsiding
The danger of a flood in Melbourne is steadily abating. Since yesterday the waters have gradually receded, and the rainfall last night and to-day has been comparatively light…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tasmanian Wrecks. Steamer Tambo in the Gale
HOBART, Thursday.—The barquentine Mary Wadley, which went ashore at Garden Island Creek, has been abandoned to the underwriters. The ketch Priscilla is ashore at Nine-mile…
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The floods have been responsible for another death. This evening a youth named Leahy, 18, employed by a farmer at Rosedale,. In Gippsland, rode out on horseback to rescue some cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain in the City. Nearly Two Inches and a Half Recorded. Gale on the Coast. Shipping Sheltering
The showery conditions of Thursday night proved to be the precursor of a heavy, rainstorm, and throughout yesterday there was a steady downpour in tho city. At 9 a.m. the record was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Collier in a Gale
The collier Norkoowa which left Newcastle on Saturday last with a full cargo of coal for Melbourne arrived lost evening. Coming down the eastern coast the weather was extremely rough, and ne[?]ring…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Southerly Gale. ("Pall Mall Gazette.")
A SOUTHERLY gale which arose suddenly early on a March morning, before the boats had returned from their night's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gales on the Victorian Coast. a Captain's Experience
The well-known coastal steamer Melbourne, belonging to the Melbourne Steamship Company, Limited, dropped anchor in the bay at midnight on Tuesday, after a terrible experience of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coastal Gales. Rough Trips to Melbourne. A Body Passed at Sea. MELBOURNE
The steamers Arawatta and Coolgardie arrived last night after very rough passages from Sydney. From Sydney Heads to Wilson's Promontory both had to steam against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Are Floods Coming?
KIAMA, Friday Morning.—Heavy rain commenced last night, and has continued since without abatement. Aborigines in the southern lowlands are said to be making for the hills, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Week's Miscellany: a Compilation of the News of the World. Terrible Floods and Wrecks: Some Remarkable Escapes
Weather of an almost unprecedented character was experienced during the week in victoria and off the coast, particularly about Bass' Straits, the result of an…
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