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

Floods & storms, 1864

25 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 2

The Late Violent Gale. the Storm at Newcastle

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1864 · page 2

THE heaviest storm experienced on this coast for a long time occurred on Friday night last, and continued with unabated violence during a good part of Saturday. The…

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The You Yangs, Steamer, in the Gale

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1864 · page 2

The screw steamer You Yangs arrived at Sydney about noon yesterday, having encountered the full force of the late heavy gale, without sustaining the slightest…

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The Cyclone at Calcutta

The Yass Courier · Saturday 19 November 1864 · page 3

WHILE we write, a hurricane of some severity is sweeping over Calcutta. It commenced last night with heavy storms of rain and frequent gusts of wind, the strength of which gradually increased,…

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Terrible Cyclone at Calcutta

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 November 1864 · page 8

The ravages of the cyclone with which Calcutta was visited on Wednesday last (Oct. 5) have been of so formidable a nature as to baffle all description, and it is…

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The Cyclone and Inundation at Madras

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 6

WE take the following particulars of this second terrible calamity, which, during the last four months, has visited India, from the Overland Athenæum of the 12th…

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