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1911 Feb. 7th, at 4.30
a.m.
Onslow Moving down the coast from
N.E. to Carnarvon
Whim Creek, 6″, on 7th;
Winning Pool, 3″, on 8th
Barometer, minimum 28.77, at Onslow,
and wind E.S.E. Glenbank wrecked
off Legendre Island at 9 p.m. on 6th.
All the crew drowned but one man
1912 Mar. 6th Broome   Broome, 7″, from 4th to 6th;
La Grange, 8.7″
Barometer 29.33
1912 Mar. 21st, at 11
p.m.
Cossack (see map) From N.E. to Cossack; and
thence to Murchison and
Coolgardie Gold-fields
Cossack, 9″; Nullagine, 4″;
Tambrey, 6.6″
Barometer, mininum 28.86. Wind
changed from east through south to
west during the hurricane at Cossack;
Koombana wrecked off Condon; all lives lost


The hurricanes are thus most numerous in the hottest months. Of the thirty-one tabulated above—

January has nine; April has six;
February has six; December has three;
March has six; November has one.