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1897 Dec. 26th, 10.30
a.m.
Onslow Travelled from Onslow to
Eucla, 30th
Port Headland, 5.9″; Condon,
5.3″; Onslow, 2″; To-
wara, 6.5″
Minimum barometer, 28.57; wrecked
Onslow. Terminated a hot spell in
Victoria on 31st
1898 Apl. 2nd, 5 p.m. Cossack From Wyndham 29th;
through Derby and Broome,
30th; to Cossack
Bamboo Creek, 16″; Whim
Creek, 36″; Cossack, 15″
Wind at Cossack (at maximum of gale)
as a hurricane from east, evidently
towards deep barometric depressions
at sea; s.s. Albany, 27.8 All boats
in creek at Cossack, except police
boat, wrecked
1899 Jan. 12th Off Wyndham (see
map)
Along coast to Condon, then
recurved and traced to
Tasmania
Marble Bar, 7″; Nullagine,
9″; Mt. Margaret, 3″, on
16th
s.s. Tangier encountered "willy-willy"
on 12th off the N.W. coast
1900 Mar. 5th, at 3.15
p.m.
Cossack Along coast from N.E., passed
inland south of Cossack,
and then crossed the gold-
fields to the Bight
Wyndham, 3″; Derby, 5″,
3rd and 4th; Marble Bar,
6″, 6th; Cossack, 8″, 6th;
Cue, 1½″, 9th; Laverton,
2″, 10th; Whim Creek,
13″, on 5th and 6th
Minimum barometer, 29.34. Hurricane
from S.W., not so disastrous as
previous cases. 13″ of rain fell at
Whim Creek, near Cossack, on the 5th
and 6th. The value of these violent
disturbances in bringing rain to the
interior is obvious
1900 Mar. 6th, at 8 a.m. Onslow (see map)      
1901 Jan. 30th s.s. Australind,
south of Java
Storm travelling W.S.W.   Ship hove to. Barometer 29.36. A
very interesting hurricane, for its
course at sea can be traced from re-
ports of the Australind
1901 Feb. 7th Cossack Approaching coast from W. Port Hedland, 13″; Peak
Hill, 3″, 8th; Eastern
Gold-fields, 3″, on 9th
Barometer at Condon, 28.78. Ap-
parently same storm as above
1902 Feb. 9th, at 12.30
p.m.
Cossack Travelled along the coast from
Wyndham to Cossack,
thence inland to Coolgardie
and Eyre
Hall's Creek, 4″, 2nd to 6th;
La Grange, 7″, 4th-8th;
Condon, 7″, 9th-10th; Peak
Hill, 3″, 10th-11th; Men-
zies, 3″, on 11th
Barometer, 29.03, was the minimum re-
corded at Cossack. "Willy-willy"
did a good deal of damage at Cossack.
Prior to the rains the clouds in the in-
terior were moving from N. to N.W.
1903 Jan. 10th Off East Kimber-
ley Coast
Recurved north of Broome
on 16th; passed inland just
touching east of gold-fields;
thence to South Australia
Wyndham, 25″, 9th to 13th;
Turkey Creek, 10″; Hall's
Creek, 6″; Quanbun, 2″;
Menzies, 1.7″, on 19th
Wind not so severe as usual. Barometer
only fell to 29.65
1904 Apl. 17th Off Broome, 30
hours
  Broome, 5.5″; Yeada, 8″ Schooner Star of the West wrecked