A Schooner in a Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8
The Ada and Eva, schooner, arrived from Kaipara with a cargo of timber last evening, and anchored for the night in Watson's Bay. She sailed on Feb. 22, and for five days experienced light north-easterly breezes, followed by…
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The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 4
The barque Luna has been wrecked on the Brissons, two rocks near Land's End. Several bodies and pieces of wreckage have been washed ashore near St. Just…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Water Channel at Rookwood
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8
The members of the Rookwood Municipal Council are agitated at the delay of the Government in redeeming their promise to provide a channel that will carry off the storm water from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Gales in Great Britiain. the Wreck on the Cornish Coast
Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 5
LONDON, March 4.—The barque wrecked on the Brisons, off Cornwall, was the Luna, which left Liverpool on February 17 for Wellington (N.Z.)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Melbourne. Suburban Buildings Damaged. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8
At 1 p.m. yesterday a violent squall broke over the city and drenching showers fell. The weather continued showery in the afternoon. Reports from the coast show that some damage was done by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Gale on the British Coast. Identifying the Brissons Wreck Several Bodies Washed Ashore
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 5
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--There is an impression at Lloyd's that the vessel which was wrecked on the Brissons, near Laud's End, on Sunday night, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales in Great Britain. the Wreck on the Cornwall Coast. Supposed to Be the Luna. London, March 3
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 7
There is an impression at Lloyd's that the barque wrecked on the Prison's, off Cornwall, is the Luna, which left Liverpool on February 17 for Wellington (N.Z.)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Southerly Change Brings Light Rain, Thunderstorms in the Country
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 6
As the outcome of the southerly change on Tuesday, light general rain fell over the southern part of the State, and showers were also reported from scattered stations in the west end…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thunderstorm at Adelaide. Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 8
A heavy thunderstorm occurred yesterday morning. Shortly after 11 o'clock 54 points of rain fell in 20 minutes, flooding the water tables and low-lying country. A boy was washed under a culvert in one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.m.s. Miowera at Brisbane. Heavy Gale Encountered
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 4
BRISBANE. Thursday.--The R.M.S. Miowera, of the Canadian-Australian line, reached the wharf this morning from Vancouver. She brings the following passengers. For Sydney:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale on the British Coast. the Wreck of the Luna. How It Occurred
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The steamer Killarney lost three lifeboats in endeavoring to carry a line aboard the Luna. The captain of the Killarney then declared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the " Herald's London Correspondents. the Gales in Great Britain. the Wreck of the Luna. Fourteen Lives Lost. the Merion Re-floated. London, March 4
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 7
Tue steamer Killarney lost three lifeboats in carrying a line aboard the Luna. The captain then declared he had no tow rope, contradicting his previous statement. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Result of the Gales
Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4
LONDON, March 6, 3.15 p.m.—During the recent gales in Great Britain, telegraphic communication was almost totally interrupted. In consequence, the underground telegraph lines are being…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6
One result of the recent gales is the extension of the system of underground telegraphy throughout the Midlands and Scotland, and also the west coasts of Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Watermain Bursts. Flood in Newtown-road Tram Traffic Interrupted
Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6
There was nothing resembling drought con-ditions at the junction of Newtown-road and Cleveland-street, yesterday. Shortly after 5 a.M. A 3ft watermain, which crosses Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood in the Currawong. Strange Animals Seen
Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6
MURRUMBURRAH, Friday.—Several days of exceptionally warm weather culminated on Wednesday in a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by splendid rain. Again, in the afternoon, storms…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cyclone in England Great Damage and Loss of Life
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 March 1903 · page 8
The gales in Great Britain, some details of which were given by our London correspondent by cable last week, caused the deaths on land of 25 persons. The vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Result of the Gales. What Saved a Channel Steamer
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 5
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--During the recent gales, in Great Britain, telegraphic communication was almost totally interrupted. In consequence, the underground telegraph lines are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Voyage of the R.m.s. Miowera—a Terrific Gale Encountered
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 8
The R.M.S. Miowera, of the Canadian-Australian mail line (Captain F. A. Hemming), arrived from British Columbia and way ports at 2.30 on Saturday afternooon, and berthed at Flood's Wharf, Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Ship Brilliant, From London.—a Furious Gale of Three Weeks' Duration
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 8
The Brilliant, sh., after an eventful passage of 110 days from London, arrived in [?] yesterday afterno[?] and anchored below Garden Island. She left London on Nov. 17, and a fresh [?]asterly breeze took her down to Start…
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