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Floods & storms, 1904

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Southerly Gale. Rough Seas on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 10

A southerly gale was raging along the coast yesterday, and the accompanying rough sea made things extremely lively for shipping. One result of the storm was the wreck of the French…

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The Storm on the North Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 10

The steamer Mareeba arrived off Newcastle from Melbourne at 2.20 p.m., but owing to the dangerous state of the bar she stood out to sea. Port Stephens reported that the steamer Albany…

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Boisterous Weather. Gales and Heavy Seas. Lowest Temperature for 21 Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 12

Tempestuous conditions continue to rule at sea, and vessels which arrived in port yesterday reported having experienced very rough passages Strong southerly and…

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Shipping in a Storm. Ship Mount Stewart's Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 10

The ship Mount Stewart, which arrived yesterday from London, ran into the storm off the coast. It commenced in the vicinity of Cape Otway, and was at its height while the ship was…

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Vessels in the Gales. Sails Blown Away

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 8

The barque Melanope, Captain Wills, which left Puget Sound on July 15, arrived here yesterday. She had fine weather to the meridian of Greenwich, thence a continuation of…

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Southerly Gales. Experiences of Vessels. Cold Weather Inland. Low Temperatures. Unsettled Conditions Probable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 8

Cold weather continues to be experienced generally in most parts of the State, and heavy gales have been raging on the northern coast. The winds…

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After the Storm. Position of the Adolphe. a Depressing Picture. Arrival of the Damascus

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--No change In the position of the wrecked barque Adolpho has taken place since Friday afternoon. In the smooth water now surrounding her she looks…

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Eleven Inches From a Thunderstorm. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 8

A telegram from Mackay states that there was a splendid thunderstorm on Friday night. The fall in the centre of Mackay registered 824 points, and at the State Nursery it was…

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"The Flood Tide" at the Theatre Royal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 6

The last five nights of "The Flood Tide, at, the Theatre Royal, are announced. It is expected that to-night's performance will be largely attended, because the piece has all those…

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South-west Gale. Shipping Sheltering

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 6

A south-west gale prevailed along the coast yesterday with a moderate sea. The followings vessels were reported bar-bound by the signal-masters along the coast Trial Bay;…

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A Severe Storm. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 10

This evening a storm came from the north-west, accompanied with a good deal of hail and lightning. Trees, verandahs, and roofs of outhouses were blown down. Fifty points of rain were recorded here at 7…

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Electrical Storm at Cowra. Telegraph Office Ignited. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 8

At 20 minutes past 2 o'clock this morning there was a violent thunderstorm, which was accompanied by a high wind, hail, and heavy rain. During the storm Mr. Molloy, the telegraph master, who resides with…

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Rookwood Storm Water

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 8

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor (Alderman Larcombe) and members of the Rookwood Council, waited on the Minister for Works yesterday, to ask for a channel to prevent storm…

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The Ship Fire. the Mount Stewart Seriously Damaged. Vessel Beached in Berry's Bay. Hold Flooded with Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 11

As reported in the second edition of the "Herald" yesterday, a fire broke out early in the morning on the British ship Mount Stewart, lying at Pnrbury's Wharf, Miller's…

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Great Gale Raging. London, October 8

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 October 1904 · page 5

A great gale is raging at Port Arthur…

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A Trying Trip. In Gales for 20 Days

The Australian Star · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 5

So many rough passages have been mads in the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Sydney, recently that it is no small wonder to find, that the barquentine Pendie Hill,…

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Fires on Ships. How They Should Be Extinguished. Is Water-flooding Abortive?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 3

The disastrous fire that broke out on the Mount Stewart early on Friday morning has revived an old question of the most effective means of dealing with confi[?]grations on board…

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Good General Rains Expected. Some Floods Probable

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 5

When seen last evening Mr. Hunt, Acting Metrorologist, said "The mo[?] dip in the Isobars mentioned last week as being over western Queensland, resulted on Sunday in light to…

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Princess Spinaway's Department. Tales for Piccaninnies. Vii.—"the Storm Sprite."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 38

"Tell me some more, Nan; I would never get tired of listening, and this is the time when I can best see all the things you tell me of!" And the lame child stretched himsolf on the…

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Violent Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 8

The Labor Day celebrations were marred by rain in most parts of the colony. The celebrations at Wellington had to be entirely bus pended owing to a fierce southerly gale and…

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