Desdemona in the Gale. Enormous Seas Shipped. NEWCASTLE
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 May 1903 · page 5
The ship Desdemona, which arrived here from Algoa Bay yesterday, felt the full force of the recent stormy weather on the coast, Captain Jones reports that on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Gale. Oakland Survivors in Sydney. the Weather Moderating. Coastal Boats Again Running
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 May 1903 · page 5
The gale on the coast has moderated. The shocking doom of the Oakland was the sole appalling event that darkened the week's shipping news. The calamity is one that will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Through the Gale. Stirring Experience of a Baraue Enters Port with a Heavy List
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 May 1903 · page 5
There was a heavy list to port on the British barque Caithness-shire when a "Sun" reporter boarded her last night at the back of Garden Island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Track of the Storm. the Ship Desdemona's Fight for Life. Newcastle, Saturday Night
Sunday Times · Sunday 31 May 1903 · page 5
The ship Desdemona, Captain Jones, experienced the full force of the recent gale. The captain states that early on Tuesday morning, when dirty weather threatened, he…
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The Australian Star · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 5
There was a heavy list to port on the British barque Caithness-shire when a "Star" reporter boarded her on Saturday night at the back of Garden Island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Zealandia in the Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 8
The steamer Zealandia, owned by Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., which is engaged in the Sydney[?] New Zealand service, entered the harbour at an early hour yesterday morning, and proceeded to her…
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The Australian Star · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 5
The ship Desdemona, which arrived here from Algoa Bay yesterday, felt the full force of the recent stormy weather on the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Gale. Sailing Vessels Damaged. Terrific Seas
Evening News · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 4
Several sailing ships had terrible experiences in the recent "Oakland gale." It was reported in the "Evening News" on Saturday that the clipper ship Torridon had been sighted off Jervis Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Disastrous Storm. Many Ships Suffer Damage
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 5
One "lame duck" after another comes unexpectedly into port, battered and with, rags of sails flying as though they had been used as targets for some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From the East. The Australian in the Gale. Popular Captains
The Australian Star · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 6
The pretty E. and A. liner Australian, popularly called the yacht of the company, arrived from China and Japan on Saturday and berthed at Circular Quay. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamers That Weathered the Storms. Belated Sydney, Kembla, and Newcastle Boats
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 6
The steamers Hobart, Mooraboot, and New Guinea were severely hampered by the storms on the run to Melbourne, the firstnamed from Sydney and Kembla and the other two from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arrival of the Caithnessshire. Rough Experience in the Gale. Boats Washed Away
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 8
The barque Caithness-shire arrived from Buenos Ay[?]es on Saturday evening laden with grain. Her voyage was a long one, [?]ccupying 88days, but it was not until off the Australian co[?]st that anything…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broached to and Badly Listed. the Ship Desdemona in the Gale. Twenty-seven Hours of Awful Peril
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 6
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--The perils through which the ship Desdemona passed on Tuesday and Wednesday last could not be exaggerated. She was exposed, under the worst possible…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Perilous Experience of a Ship. the Desdemona Broached To. the Sand Ballast Shifts in a Gale. Heroic Efforts of the Crew. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 7
The ship Desdemona which has just arrived from Algoa Bay, passed through the full brunt of the stormy weather last week on the way up the coast to Newcastle. She is a British ship…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Battling with Storms. Thrilling Voyage of the Ship Torridon. Several of the Crew Injured. Struck by a Tidal Wave. Vessel Makes Port in Distress
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 5
When the numbers went up at the signal station yesterday notifying that a ship had made the pert in distress, shipping people at once gussed that it was the Torridon. The steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] Terrible Disaster. Twixt Fire and Flood. Windespread Inundations. a Burning Town. Thousands in Danger. Five Hundred Beyond Hope
Evening News · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 6
LONDON, May 31, 7.30 a.m.—Disastrous floods are reported from Kansas, causing immense destruction of property and heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeka…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Floods in America. Heavy Loss of Life. London, May 31
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 7
Disastrous floods are reported from Kansas. There has been heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeka, and immense destruction of property…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Devastating Floods
The Australian Star · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 3
Heavy loss of life, and great devastation of property have resulted from floods that have occurred in Kansas (U.S.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Flood. Appalling Disasters. Thousands Homeless. London
The Australian Star · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 4
Unprecedented rains have fallen in Indian territory, United States. The rivers Ocklahowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa are in flood, and 20,000 people have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The United States. Disastrous Floods Reported. Great Loss of Life
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 5
LONDON, Sunday.--Disastrous floods have occurred in Kansas (U.S.A.). Immense destruction of property and heavy loss of life are reported, particularly from North…
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