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Floods & storms, 1903

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Storms in the South. Damage in the Bega District

Evening News · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 4

BEGA, Wednesday.—The roughest weather experienced for years has prevailed since Saturday midnight last. The intermittent squalls have been driving before them sleety rain, and the…

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Gale on the Coast. Coastal Steamers Weatherbound. Shipping Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 7

A terrific sea was yesterday running at the Heads. Yesterday Gabo Island reported a heavy south-west gale, and the wind hasswept northward, considerably hampering shipping, which has been forced to…

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Rough Voyage. The Monowai in the Gale. Under Half-speed

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 5

The Union Co.'s Moncwai arrived from New Zealand ports at 7, o'clock 'this morning, after c. severe dusting in the gale which is raging off the coast…

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The Gale. Rough Sea on the Coast. Shipping Has a Trying Time. Vessels Run for Shelter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 3

Tho south-west gale experienced on tho coast on Tuesday, increased in violence yesterday, heavy seas being reported from every coastal station. Shipping, as a result, suffered…

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A Wintry Gale. Fierce Gusts From the South-west. Dangerous Sea on the Coast. Vessels Seeking Shelter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 7

As though anxious to start the approaching winter with a sensation, the weather with which we were afflicted yesterday was as unpleasant as it well[?]gh could be. A cold south-west wind, which during the…

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The Gale Moderating

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 6

Late last night the gale was moderating along the whole length of the seaboard. Port Stephens and Manning Heads advised a south-west moderate gale, but the remaining stations…

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The Gale. Shipping Still Delayed. the Tambo Prom the Islands Overdue. the Monowai in the Storm. Rough Trip of the Kadina

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 6

The prevailing stormy conditions continue to cause serious delay to shipping, and several vessels are still overdue at the port. Amongst them is the Island steamer Tambo, which…

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A Collier's Journey. in the Teeth of a Gale

Evening News · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 4

The only collier which went to the South Coast jetties on Wednesday night was the Currajong. She arrived off Bellam[?]i on Thursday morning, leaded, and returned to Sydney. Captain Smith…

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The Tambo in the Gale. Off Port Stephens. Since Sunday Last

Evening News · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 4

Messrs. Burns-Philp's island steamer Tambo arrived at Sydney this morning from the New Hebrides, five days behind time, having experienced the whole of the bad weather which was…

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The Gale. Sophocles and Medic Tossed About. Vessels on the C0asl

The Australian Star · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 7

The Aberdeen liner Sophocles, which left here last Friday to the Cape, met the full force of the disturbance on her way round to Melbourne. Captain! Schieman reported…

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The Steamer Kent Encounters a Cyclone. a Terrible Experience. Oil on the Troubled Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 6

Letters received by the Cape mail yesterday give particulars of the rough trip of the Federal steamer Kent on the run from Sydney to South Africa…

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Wreck. the Oakland Founders. in the Gale. Eleven Lives Lost. Waterlogged Boat Picked Up. by the Bellinger

The Australian Star · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 5

The North Coast steamer Oakland foundered off Long Island on Wednesday morning last in the gale. Eleven people from the ship have been…

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An Idea of the Late Gale

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

The Tambo, which arrived yesterday morning from the South Sea Islands, was steaming against it from the 25th inst. to the 29th inclusive, or five days,…

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The Recent Gales. Ship Desdemona. Narrowly Escapes Foundering

Evening News · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday Afternoon.—The ship Desdemona, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Algoa Bay, encountered the full force of the recent hurricane weather on the coast…

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A Rainmaker and Storm Predictor

The World's News · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 5

Who is there without interest in the-weather? It is the all-important factor in making or marring the success of so many things. The name of Clement L. Wragge, chief of the…

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After the Gale. the Ship Torridon. Dismasted Off Jervis Bay

Evening News · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

When Captain Evans, of the Steel Transport Company's steamer Clam, arrived at Sydney to-day, from Borneo, he reported that he passed the ship Torridon on Friday, off Jervis Bay,…

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Arrival of the Tambo. Delayed by the Gale. Interesting Island News

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 12

Any fears that may have been entertained for the safety of Messrs. Burns, Philip, and Company's island trading steamer Tambo were allayed yesterday by the arrival of the vessel…

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Arrival of the Tambo. the South-west Gale Encountered. No Damage Done

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 10

The island steamer Tambo arrived in Sydney yesterday morning from the New Hebrides. Although there was a little uneasiness regarding the non-arrival of the vessel it was felt in shipping circles that, after the weather…

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The Wreck. Oakland Survivors in Sydney. Tale of the Disaster. Driving Before the Gale Heavy Seas

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 7

The steamer Bellinger, which rescued the Oakland survivors off Port Stephens, arrived at Newcastle late yesterday afternoon, and was met by a big crowd of anxious…

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Shipping Disaster. the Steamer Oakland. Founders in the Gale Off Port Stephens. Eleven Lives Lost. Captain and Officers Among the Dead. Terrible Experiences of Survivors in an Open Boat. Gallant Rescue by the Bellinger

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's steamer Oakland, which left Newcastle for the Richmond and Clarence rivers shortly after midnight on…

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