Change Approaching. West and South-west Gales
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 5
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Hunt, Acting-Meteorologist, issued a special forecast, in which he stated that westerly and south-westerly gales would probably prevail between Sydney and…
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Evening News · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 2
Heavy storms and rains hare occurred on the west coast of Tasmania. At Queenstown the whole of the West Queen tram, used by the Mount Lyell Company, has been swept away by…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4
GORMANSTON (Tas.), Wednesday.--Terrific storms and rains have been raging on the West Coast during the past few days. At Queenstown tho whole of tho West Queen tram used…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 9
The general manager of the Mt. Lyell Mining Company reports by wire that heavy floods have occurred at Queenstown, and on the Mt. Lyell railway lines some minor bridges have…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Rains in Tasmania. Floods at Queenstown. Queenstown
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 7
The heaviest rainfall known here for years occurred on Sunday and Monday. Rain fell in torrents for about 16 hours continuously, causing the Queen River to overflow the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 5
BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--The flooding of the Junction mine and, as a consequence, the Junction North aud North mines, began between 5 and 6 o'clock last evening. An…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 9
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The general manager of the Mount Lyell Mining Company reports by wire that there have been heavy floods at Queenstown, and that on the Mount Lyell railway line some minor bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rain in Monaro. Snowy River in Flood. Cooma
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 10
Some exceptionally heavy rainstorms are reported in the western portions of the district. Adaminaby received 3 inches yesterday, and last night even heavier falls must have…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 10
Considerable damage was done at Norfolk Island by the cyclonic storm which swept over the island on March 20. Pine trees were uprooted, and the roads covered with falling…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sensational Voyage. Missionary Schooner in a Cyclone. Narrow Escape From Destruction. a Fever-stricken Crew
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 21
After a most sensational and protracted voyage from Gorman Now Guinea, the Catholic missionary schooner Raphael, belonging to the Fathers of the Society of the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →What Burros Owes Ireland. Over Sixty Songs of Irish Origin. Lecture by Mr. Grattan-flood
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 7
A lecture of interest to the literary world, and to Irishmen and Soots in particular, was given in Dublin on Monday, Feb. 26, by Mr. W. H. Grattan-Flood, on "Burns as an…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1906 · page 5
A high wind prevailed last night and today until late in the afternoon. Vessels in the bay suffered somewhat, a few small boats being sunk at their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →366 Fishermen Drowned Result of Storms. Christiania, March 9
Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1906 · page 5
The storms which have raged around the coast of Norway during the last two months have accounted for 366 deaths among the fishing population…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cumberland Orchards. the Late Storms
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 9
Practically no rain has fallen in the fruitgrowing districts of Cumberland since the heavy storm a few weeks ago, and as the weather since then has been unusually hot it can…
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The Australian Star · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 6
The gale which blew at Sorrento this afternon was so severe that several small boats were sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unsettled Conditions. Northerly Gales in the Straits. Rainstorm in Sydney
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 8
Unsettled weather has again been the rule along the seaboard for the past two days, and a number of stations reported thunderstorms, in some place's accompanied by rain. At Cape…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1906 · page 8
A great change in the weather took place on Wednesday, when a wind storm approaching a hurricane in violence swept over the district, after which heavy rain set in, and…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 6
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--A heavy southerly, gale swept the coast yesterday, giving ships a severe buffeting. Two steamers passed an upturned schooner off Cape Campbell…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 18
Heavy storms and rains have occurrod on the west coast of Tasmania. At Queenstown the whole of the Wost Queen tram, used by the Mount Lyell Company, has been swopt away by…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Protracted Voyage. Heavy Gales and High Seas
Evening News · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 5
The British ship Albuera, 1502 tons, Captain Walker, carrying a general cargo, arrived in Sydney to-day from Glasgow after a voyage of 119 days. Messrs. Mason Brothers, Limited…
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