Tie Great Storm Magnificent Rains Mr. Hunt Interviewed More Rough Weather Coming
The Australian Star · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 5
The bountiful rains with which the State has been blessed during the last day or two continue. "It is still raining, over two thirds of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last Night's Gale. Big Vessel Ashore. on the North Coast. Rolling Heavily on a Reef. Incoming Steamers' Experiences
Evening News · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 4
A terrific night was experienced along the coast on Thursday, a fierce gale, accompanied by heavy seas and pouring rain, having continued during the evening until early this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good News from Prospect. Great Rain Over Catchment Area. Rivers in Flood
Evening News · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 4
Mr. Keele, the president of the Water and Sewerage Board, when seen this morning at his office in Pitt-street, had some interesting figures relative to Thursday's heavy rainstorm,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 7
The Acting Government Meteorologist, Mf. H. A. Hunt, said last night that barometers continue high to the south of the continent, but a considerable fail has taken place…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Storm
The Mosman Mail · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 3
Thursday’s rain wound up in a great storm that will greatly benefit very many parts of the country. At about midnight there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Storm. Record Rains. Gale on the Coast. Yarrow Escape of a Barque. Rivers Is Flood. No Dear of a Water Famine
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 13
The month's rainfall has been the heaviest general fall recorded over the Stale this year, and the districts which needed it for the growing crops have benefited materially…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →After the Storm. the Sokoto Safe
Evening News · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 6
Latest information from the Manning River shows that the four masted barque Sokoto, which was reported ashore yesterday, and bumping heavily on Mermaid Reef, is safe, a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ships That Weathered the Gale. Experience of the Sonoma
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 14
Among the vessels which encountered the full force of the gale wan the mail steamer Sonoma, which reached port from San Francisco yesterday morning. The wind was with the vessel, but…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Conditions Moderating. Shipping Operations Partly Resumed. Rains and Gales Again Predicted
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 14
The gales moderated early yesterday, and although rough seas are still running along the greater part of the coast, they are rapidly falling. At Sydney Heads, the conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Furious Squalls. Seventy Miles an Hour Storm-beaten Vessels
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 14
Violent as were the blasts on Thursday afternoon, they were quite overshadowed by the fury of the storm which burst upon the city during the night. Records taken at the Observatory…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Experiences of Shipping. R.m.s. Sonoma in the Gales. Hove-to for Five Hours
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 13
The San Francisco mail steamer Sonoma, which reached Sydney early yesterday morning, had a very rough passage across the Tasman Sea. Captain J. H. Trask, who now…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm Still in the South . More Rain Expected When the Wind Chances
The Australian Star · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 1
The Government Acting-Meteorologist was asked this morning by a "Star" reporter if he had any reports to hand to indicate to what extent the dry western portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hawkesbury River Rising. Floods at Windsor
Evening News · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4
WINDSOR, Saturday.—The Hawkesbury River has risen to within a few feet of the floor of the Windsor Bridge. The river is still rising slowly. All its tributaries, being in fresh, are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in the North
Evening News · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4
The weather reports from the country show that heavy rain, accompanied by a strong easterly gale, commenced to fall at Jones' Island on Wednesday night, and continued till 6 o'clock…
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Evening News · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4
LONDON, Friday, 2.55 p.m.—Heavy floods following upon the poor harvests in Bengal and East Bengal will cause serious famine. Many crops have been swept away…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood and Famine One Disaster Follows Another in Bengal London, Friday, 2.35 p.m
The Australian Star · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 1
One disaster has succeeded another in Bengal. The people were already having to lament the poor harvests, and these now have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood at Kendall
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 14
KENDALL, Friday. -- Unprecedented rain has fallen during the last 36 hours, 9in. being registered. The river is in flood, and running over the public wharf at Kendall. Maize was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Country Reports. Ten Inches on the Manning. Low Lying Lands Flooded
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 14
JONES ISLAND, Friday. -- Heavy rain, accompanied by a strong easterly gale, commenced to fall here on Wednesday night, and continued without intermission up till 6 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Famine in Bengal Poor Harvests and Floods. London, Friday Afternoon
Sunday Times · Sunday 2 September 1906 · page 5
Heavy floods, following poor harvests in Bengal and East Bengal, have caused a serious famine, much of the crops having been swept away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Sunny Corner. Sunny Corner, Snturday
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 5
Heavy rain fell here on Thursday night accompanied by a gale of wind. Fences and trees were blown down, and sheds unroofed[?] 150 points of rain were registered. This was…
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