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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1853

2 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Hail Storm

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1853 · page 3

HAIL STORM.—On Thursday the 27th ult. about three o'clock in the afternoon, a most fearful hail storm visited the neighbourhood of Cooma, which not only surprised the oldest inhabitants but broke…

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Awful Flood at Braidwood and Queanbeyan, with Destruction of Life

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1853 · page 2

WE were in hopes that this year would have passed away without our being compelled to record any serious floods with loss of life, but Almighty Providence has ordained it otherwise…

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