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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

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Bound for the Baltic. Channel Fleet Encounters A Storm. Torpedo Boats Damage[?] London, Thursday, 3.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 1

Whilst leaving Esberg, Denmark, a storm struck the Channel Fleet (under Sir A. K. Wilson) bound for the Baltic. Three of the destroyers of the squadron…

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British Fleet in a Storm. Three Destroyers Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--In a storm which struck the Channel Fleet as it was leaving Esbjerg (Denmark), three torpedo destroyers were damaged…

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Channel Fleet. in a Storm. Three Destroyers Damaged. London, Aug. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 11

Whilst leaving Esbjerg, on the southwest const of Jutland, Demmark, the Channel Fleet, under Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson, was struck by a severe storm…

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Seventy-one Lives Lost. in the Marshall Islands Hurricane. a Storm of Terrible Fury

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 9

Seventy-one lives were lost at Jaluit in the big hurricane which swept over the Marshall Group. This news was contained in a letter which reached Sydney yesterday…

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Thunderstorms and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 August 1905 · page 4

On Saturday evening a violent thunderstorm burst over the city. The lightning was very vivid, and the storm was accompanied by a heavy shower of rain. Rain continued…

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Swimming the Channel Burgess' Latest Attempt. Encounters a Gale. London, Monday. 3.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 1

W. T. Burgess has again failed to swim the Channel. After sustaining the effort for nine hours Burgess encountered a gale, and was…

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Floods in Ireland

Evening News · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 3.45 p.m.—Great dam-age has been done by floods in Ireland. Nearly 3 1/2 inches of rain fell in Doblin in 24 hours…

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Violent Thunderstorm at Dubbo. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 7

A violent thunderstorm passed over the district on Saturday night, when heavy rain fell in Dubbo. Some damage resulted to property. Phelan's Railway Hotel was struck, and many windows in the building were…

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Floods in Ireland. Great Damage Done. LONDON, Monday, 3.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 1

Heavy floods are reported from Ireland. As a result of the inundation great damage has been done. In Dublin nearly [?]. of rain fell in 24…

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Cyclonic Storm Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 8

A cyclonic storm was raging off Cape Borda, South Australia, yesterday, and the disturbance is expected to cause rough seas in Bass's Straits, and along the south coast of New South Wales…

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Shipping Casualties. Steamship Founders in a Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Advices from Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A., state that the steamship Peconic foundered during a storm. Twenty of those on board were drowned and…

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Cyclonic Storm. Fierce Gales on the Coast. a Velocity of 51 Miles. Very Heavy Seas Running

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 August 1905 · page 8

The cyclonic disturbance, the approach of which was notified in yesterday's issue of the "Herald," reached the coast of New South Wales yesterday, and exceptionally boisterous…

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Cyclonic Storm. Heavy Snow and Rain. Boisterous Conditions General

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 August 1905 · page 7

Stormy weather, with snow and rain, was reported over the State yesterday, as a result of the cyclonic disturbance that made its influence felt in southern parts of the continent…

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Gales on the Coast. Tremendous Seas. Yacht Ashore at Manly. Wreckage at Newcastle. Fears Fob the Jones Brothers. Bondi Baths Damaged

Evening News · Thursday 31 August 1905 · page 4

"Worse than I've seen it for years," said an old Manly resident this morning, as he stepped from the Kuring-gai at Circular Quay. It appears that an extremely nasty sea is…

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The Storm. Gales Moderating. Heavy Seas Running

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 6

As was generally feared, the great cyc[?]nic storm which reached the coast of New South Wales on Wednesday was responsible for much damage to shipping, and it is with regret that…

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The Gales

The Australian Star · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 4

August did not go out without giving a too tragical reminder of what elemental disturbances might naturally be looked for at such a season of the year. The loss of the…

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Storm Signals Flying. Tremendous Sea on the Coast. Ships That Weathered the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 8

The cyclonic disturbance raged with terrific fury along the coast on Wednesday night, and yesterday morning tremendous seas were running the whole length of the seaboard. The waves…

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Pilbarra in a Gale

Evening News · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 4

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer pilbarra, from Fiji, arrived at Sydney this morning having had a lively 24 hours when approaching Sydney Heads. The steamer encountered…

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The Wollowra in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 8

The Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Wollowra arrived at 4.45 p.m. yesterday, after a rough trip from Melbourne, which port she left at 4.30 p.m. on August 29. Captain Knight…

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After the Gale. Belated Vessels

The Australian Star · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 5

The steamer Warrego, of the A.U.S.N. line, left Brisbane on Tuesday for Sydney, and passed the Richmond River Heads at 8.30 on Wednesday morning. She did not…

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