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

Floods & storms, 1886

28 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

The Late Storm Near Cootamundra

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 7 January 1886 · page 2

THE following graphic narrative of the recent terrible storm near Cootamundra is furnished to the Daily Telegraph by one of the passengers in the mail train:…

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Violent Storm in the Cootamundra District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1886 · page 4

COOTAMUNDRA, Monday.—A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied with almost a hurricane of wind and a tremendous fall of rain, passed over this district on Saturday evening, and about 1¾ inches of rain fell…

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Heavy Storm and Damage to the Railway Line near Cootamundra

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 January 1886 · page 2

A LITTLE before seven o'clock on Saturday evening an unusually heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by torrents of rain and hail, broke over the southern railway…

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Violent Storm Near Cootamundra. Dam[?] to the Railway. Mails Eight Hours Behind Time

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 January 1886 · page 3

On Saturday evening, a violent storm of rain and wind occurred near Cootamundra, doing considerable damage to the railway line between the two sections…

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Heavy Storm

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 3

Yesterday a thunderstorm, accompanied with a heavy fall of rain and hail, occurred between Marulan and Towrang. Upon the afternoon passenger train from Sydney reaching…

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Terrific Storm on Breadalbane Plains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1886 · page 2

ONE of the most terrific storms of rain that has for many years been known in this district occurred last night on the Breadalbane Plains, about ten miles from Goulburn. There was a good fall of…

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Heavy Thunderstorms

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 3

The weather during week has been exceedingly oppressive, and heavy thunderstorms have occured in various parts of the district On Wednesday evening in Goulburn…

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The Thunderstorms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 4

THOUGH the storms that have visited us during the week have done a good deal of good, they have, unfortunately, been the cause of no inconsiderable loss. Wednesday's storm did a great deal of damage…

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Storm at Michelago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 4

THE, Michelago correspondent of the Age, writing under date Jan. 21, says:—Yesterday we had one of the heaviest thunderstorms that has been seen for many years past. For about half an hour the rain…

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Destructive Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 January 1886 · page 3

A HALL or ice storm of unprecedented severity swept over the town and district of Woodburn on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Pieces of ice measuring up to 12 inches in circumference, and…

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Another Gale at the Fiji Islands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 April 1886 · page 2

INTELLIGENCE has been received (says the Suva Times of March 31) of another strong gale of wind which swept over the northern portion of the island of Kadavu, Fiji group, accompanied by a tidal or…

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Calm and Storm

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 22 July 1886 · page 4

As, azure domed, And silver foamed, And flecked by many a snowy sail, The ocean lay,…

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Heavy Floods in Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 July 1886 · page 4

HEAVY rain is reported to have fallen in the southern and south-western districts of Queensland. At Charleville the river Warrego is two miles wide, and the low-lying country is flooded. Seven…

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Floods in Queensland

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 July 1886 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Brisbane on Monday says :--" Heavy rain is reported to have fallen in the southern and sonth-western districts, At Charleville the River…

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Select Poetry. Calm and Storm

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 4

As, a[?] ure domed, And silver foamed, And flecked by many a snowy sail, The ocean lay…

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Queanbeyan. Police COURT.—Tuesday. BEFORE Messrs. Willans and Gale, and Dr. Richardson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 6

BEFORE Messrs. Willans and Gale, and Dr. Richardson. John Jones pleaded guilty to a charge of obscene language in a public place, explaining…

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Small Debts COURT.—Tuesday. Before Messrs. Willans and Gale and Dr. Richardson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 August 1886 · page 6

T. Buttle v. Lyn Nettleton.—Claim for rent, 25s, Verdict for plaintiff with 5s costs. C. Beatty v. T. M. Evans.—Goods sold and delivered, £3 11s 4d. Verdict for…

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The Terrific Storm at Albury

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 August 1886 · page 4

THE Albury correspondent of the Melbourne Age telegraphs that at 8 o'clock on Saturday night a windstorm, having almost cyclone velocity, and possessing the peculiar feature of…

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Flood in the Tumut District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 2

A great flood has occurred in the Tumut River, and all the neighboring low lands are covered with water. It is expected that much damage will be done to the crops and to the fencing. Several head…

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My Wife or His. Chapter Xvii. After the Storm

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 18 September 1886 · page 2

IT will kill Minnie," was Miss Grayson's first thought when she read her brother's letter, but her niece was made of sterner stuff than she thought. It did not hill her, thought the shock made her very ill…

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