CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT,]
♦ SNOW AND STORM. BAD WEATHER IN AUSTRALIA. [FRESS ASSOCIATION.! ' SYDNEY, September 6. The westerly storm continues, and it is bitterly cold, the result of a heavy fall of snow on the tablelands. \ A temperature of 40.8deg was registered in the city at noon to-day, this being the lowest noon record since 1864. Scattered flakes of snow fell, a most unusual experience. There is bad weather on the coast south of Sydney. The ketches Kia Ora and Hero were driven ashore at Gabo. The crews are safe. UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE IN " VICTORIA. DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. (Received September 7, 9.53 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Gales and snowstorms are reported from all parts of the State. In a number of places snow was seen where it has never been known, before. A woman died of exposure at Diamond Creek. THE WAIKARE DELAYED.'* (Received September 7, 9.53 a.m.) SYDNEY, This -Day. The Waikare, from New Zealand, arrived early this morning. She was delayed by a westerly gale in crossing the Tasman Sea. WRECKS ON LAKE SUPERIOR. LOSS OF LD?E. (Received September 7, 8.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, 6th September. A storm on Lake Superior (the largest sheet of fresh water in the world) resulted in a number of wrecks. Thirty-nine seamen were drownd.
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Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 59, 7 September 1905, Page 5
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