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Hurricanes in Western Australia—continued.
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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 |
