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

Floods & storms, 1873

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

Floods and Destruction of Property in Sydney. (From the Evening News. )

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 27 February 1873 · page 3

Since Saturday last the heaviest rains that have been experienced here for a considerable period have fallen and a good deal of damage has been done to the streets and buildings. On Brickfield-hill the…

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The Late Floods

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 March 1873 · page 7

VERY serious consequences have followed the unusually heavy rains of Sunday night and Tuesday morning, in the city and suburbs. In the lower parts of the city, where drainage has been impeded…

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The Storm

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Sunday 20 April 1873 · page 2

AIR—Cest ramour, ramour. DANCE, dear children, dance away! Your age Escapes the tempest's rage:…

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The Storms of Life

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 28 June 1873 · page 2

I GAZED upon the silent cloud As it hung in threatening awe; The tokens of a coming storm In the rising gloom I saw…

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