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

Floods & storms, 1880

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

Terrible Floods in Spain

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 4
Also in Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post

A disaster unparalleled in Spain even by the floods of 1651 has occurred through the terrible inundation in Murcia. It appears that a…

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Cyclone at Fiji

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1880 · page 3

THE Fiji Argus gives the following particulars of cyclone that passed over Fiji on the 11th December:—- "In Levnka, the barometer, which…

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Perils of the Sea. the Missionary Ship John Wesley in a Storm

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 3

THE following very interesting letter, written by the Rev. George Brown, and addressed to the Rev. B. Chapman, has been court-cously handed to us (Echo) for publication:—…

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Cyclone at New Caledonia. Noumra. February 7

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 February 1880 · page 2

DURING the night of the 23rd January the weather became so threatening that the most experienced persons felt the approach of a storm of no ordinary character, On the…

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Cyclone at New Caledonia. Noumea, Feb. 7

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 February 1880 · page 8

DURING the night of the 23rd January the weather became threatening. At 10 a. m. next morning the wind, already very strong, increased progressively up to 2 p. m. The…

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The Steamer Chimborazo in a Gale. Several Lives Lost and Many Persons Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 31 March 1880 · page 4

Plymouth, February 10—The Orient line steamer Chimborazo, Captain French, which left Plymouth on Sunday with 862 passengers for Australia, put back here…

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Destructive Floods in Victoria

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 September 1880 · page 4

The reports received from Gippsland and Geelong show that the floods in those districts have been very disastrous. At Geelong the flood was the highest known since 1875, and…

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Terrific Gale at Newcastle. Newcastle, Tuesday, 9 a.m

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 29 September 1880 · page 2

A FULL-EIGGED ship, supposed to be the Cape of Good Hope, bound from London to Newcastle direct, is now drifting on to the Oyster Banks, and is in a very dangerous position. The life-boat and…

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Destructive Storms

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 25 October 1880 · page 4

American papers give some particulars of the tremendous hurricane which swept over the American continent on the 12th of August. The storm…

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