Storms in the Southern Ocean. Barque Excelsior Has a Rough Time
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 7
The Norwegian barque Excelsior, which arrived on Wednesday from Fredrikstadt, had a hard battle with the elements whilst crossing the Southern Ocean. She left Fredrikstadt on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The English Derby. Run in a Thunderstorm. LONDON
The Australian Star · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 3
His Majesty the King and the Prince of Wales were present to witness the Derby. The race was run in a severe thunderstorm, and St. Amant, who took the lead at the rise…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fight at Vagenfau. in a Severe Thunderstorm. Japanese Cavalry Out-classed
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.--From Russian accounts it would appear that the engagement at Vagenfau, on the railway line, about 70 miles north of Port Arthur, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sou'-west Gale. The Waikare Roughly Handled. Vessels Delayed
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 June 1904 · page 1
A south-west gale made matters lively On the coast during yesterday and throughout the night. Ports and shipping to the southward are most affected, and all reports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Double Harness." Chapter Xv.—in the Teeth of the Storm
Sunday Times · Sunday 5 June 1904 · page 4
An instinct of furtiveness, newly awakened by the suggestion of Christine Fanshaw's letter, had led Grantley Imason to send no word of his coming. He hired a fly at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The River Hunter in the Gales. Short of Supplies
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 9
The barquentine River Hunter, which left Kaipara for Sydney with a cargo of timber on May 18, has also been buffeted by the recent gales. On the 28th ult. she was sighted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storms in the Tasman Sea. the Steamer Suffolk Has a Rough Time
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 9
The heavy gales which have been raging in the Tasman Sea during the past week were mat by the steamer Suffolk, of the Federal line. She arrived yesterday morning from New Zealand,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Returned to Port. Barque Armenia Beset by Gales. Rough Time in Bass Straits
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1904 · page 7
The Norwegian barque Armenia, a vessel of 1168 tons, which left Newcastle on the 23rd ult. for Bunbury, West Australia, in ballast, under the command of Captain Torgesen, put into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Town Flooded Seventeen Paupers Drowned. London, June 9
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 5
Owing to the bursting of a dam wall the town of Mamers, in the department of Sarthe, France, has been flooded and devastated. Seventeen inmates of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Township Flooded. Seventeen Lives Lost
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.--The bursting of the wall of a dam near the town of Mamers, in the department of Sarthe, in France, has resulted in the town being devastated by a flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales on the New Zealand Coast. Rough Experiences of Steamers
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 10
The steamer Westralia, which arrived last evening from New Zealand, had a rough experience in a westerly gale during her passage along the New Zealand coast…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Victoria. the Stassfurt in a Storm. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 12
The German Australian steamer Stassfurt, which reached the bay this afternoon, presented a storm-beaten appearance, but beyond the fact that she had "a very bad time" Captain Jurgenson declined to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Double Harness." Chapter Xv. (Continued).—IN the Teeth of the Storm
Sunday Times · Sunday 12 June 1904 · page 4
The loud voice cable from a distance—from the bottom of the stairs apparently. The landlord was talking to himself, for all that appeared—no other voice made itself…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Steamer in the Gales. the Fiona Damaged
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1904 · page 8
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company's steamer Fiona, which returned to Sydney yesterday from her cruise among the islands of the Fiji Group, encountered a terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Light Showers. Gales in the South
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 11
Light showers were reported yesterday morning from about a dozen stations along the South Coast, a few places on the southern tableland, and scattered places inland. Snow fell on the southern highlands. Boisterous…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gales in the South. the Steamer Glaucus Damaged
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 June 1904 · page 7
All the inter-State steamers which left here on Saturday for Melbourne report heavy weather after passing Gabo Island. The steamer Glaucus was especially hard pressed by the storms,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bursting of a Water Main. Cleveland-street Flooded. Houses in Danger. Tram Traffic Suspended
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 7
Great excitement was caused in Cleveland-street yesterday by the bursting of a water main in that thoroughfare, between Bourke and Dowling streets. The fractured pipe was one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Admiral Kamimura. Electrical Storms Spoil Intelligence. London, June 20
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 7
Vice-Admiral Kamimura has been severely criticised in Japan in connection with the Kinshiu Maru and the latest raid. He was at Tsu Shima, in the Straits…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kamimura in Pursuit. Criticised by His Countrymen. Russians Helped by a Storm
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 June 1904 · page 5
LONDON, Monday. -- Vice-Admiral Kamimura has been severely criticised in Japan in connection with the sinking of the transport Kiushu Maru on April 26, and also this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE R.M.S. Britannia in a Gale. Decks Continually Flooded. Passengers Confined to the Cabins. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 10
The R.M.S. Britannia arrived at Fremantle from Adelaide at 9 o'clock this morning, 24 hours behind time. She experienced very bad Weather during the trip across. On…
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