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Hurricanes in Western Australiacontinued.

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1905 Feb. 8th Onslow From N.W. coast across in-
terior to the Bight
Onslow, 1.5″; Fortescue,
2.7″; Carnarvon, 2″; New
Forest, 7″; Field's Find,
2″
Barometer at Onslow, 29.11; damage
to shipping and loss of life
1907 Jan. 14th La Grange   Wallal, 8.4″; La Grange,
4″; Broome, 6″
Barometer at Broome, 29.51. Heavier
gale than April, 1908
1907 Mar. 13th, 14th   From Kimberley down coast
to Shark's Bay; thence
across continent to the
Bight
Cossack 13.5″, 11th to 15th;
Chinginana, 7″, 9th to 16th;
Winning Pool, 3.5″; Clif-
ton Downs, 4.2″, 15th;
general heavy rain through-
out North-west Gascoyne
and gold-fields, reaching
Eyre, 2.3″, on 17th
Mildura wrecked. Barometer at Ons-
low, 29.30, on 14th; and at Yalgoo,
29.24, on 15th. No heavy winds re-
ported
1908 Apl. 26th and 27th
(midnight)
La Grange Bay
(Broome)
Broome to Walal (180 miles
to S.W.)
Derby, 3″; Broome, 8½″;
La Grange, 5½″; Bohemia
Downs, 5.6″
Barometer, 29.54. Pearling fleet
wrecked; damage, £40,000; 50 lives
lost. Apparently a local hurricane
1908 Dec. 8th La grange to Wal-
lal
  La Grange, 3.9″; Wallal,
8.5″; Eel Creek, 2.5″;
Red Hill, 2.6″
Cutty Sark wrecked
1909 Jan. 19th 11.45
p.m.
Onslow Moving S.E. over Onslow Onslow, 8.8″; Leonora, 5″,
on 21st
Barometer at Onslow, 28.945. E.N.E
wind at maximum force of gale.
Fout luggers and 24 men lost
1909 Apl. 6th, noon   Moving towards S.S.E. over
Onslow; thence overland
to South Australia
Onslow, 5.4″; Yaurie, 6″;
Bangomal, 3.5″; Abbotts,
2.6″
Barometer at Onslow, 29.188
1910 Nov. 19th, at 2
p.m.
Broome On the 19th a marked "low"
moved over Broome from
the sea; on 20th over La
Grange; on 21st dissi-
pated
Broome, 11″; Derby 5.7″;
La Grange, 7.4″; Rollah,
10″
Twenty-six luggere and 40 lives lost.
This hurricane did not give a well-
marked track. Barometer at Broome,
28.64