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Hurricanes in Western Australia.

(Tropical Cyclones or "Willy-Willies.")

Year. Month. Time of
Maximum.
Chief Locality. Direction of Movement. Rain. Remarks,
Pressure, Minima, &c.
1872 No particulars available.      
1877 Feb. 15 to 18th Lacepede Island
N. of Broome)
From N. E. Not tabulated Barometer, 29.49 Winds veered from
E.S.E., E., N., N.E.
1878 Dec. 24th Lacepede Island   Not tabulated Barometer, 29.52. Wind at maximum
from N.W. Runnymede lost
1879 Jan. 23rd Broome      
1879 Jan. 25th, 5 a.m. Roeburne Towards S. W. Not tabulated Barometer at Roeburne, 28.92. Sulina
and Manfred lost
1880 Jan. 9th Yarnmadarra
Creek
  Not tabulated Adalia lost. Tidal wave 25 feet over
H.W.M.
1881 Jan. 7th Cossack Started Cape Carney; moved
along coast to Cape Lockyer
Not Tabulated Barometer, 26.00, on Alpha (doubtful);
four pearling boats reported 27.00.
Many luggers lost. Wind veered from
N.E. to N.W.
1882 Mar. 7th, at 9 p.m. Roeburne Extended 25 miles E. and 50
miles W. but no distance
inland
6½″ at Cossack More severe than 1872. Barometer at
Cossack, 28.1. Wind from E.N.E.
at maximum
1887 Feb. 12th     Cossack, 8.6″ Barometer, 29.176, at Cossack
1887 Apl. 22nd S.W. of Wallal 90-
mile Beach
    Over 200 lives lost
1888 Jan. 7th, 8th Derby   Wyndham, 4″; Derby, 17″ Barometer at Derby, 29.134. Wind
S.E., E., and later N.W.
1888 Apl. 22nd 90-mile Beach     Many pearling boats lost, and 114 men
drowned
1889 Mar. 1st Roeburne Travelled from near Broome
to near Onslow
Roeburne, 5.9″; Onslow,
3.4″; Fortescue, 5″
A "circular hurricane," i.e., wind veered
from S. through N.E. to W. Three
boats wrecked near Cossack
1890 Jan. 27th Kimberley   Wyndham, 11.6″; Derby,
5.4″
Barometer, 29.357, at Wyndham