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

Floods & storms, 1892

46 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 3

Flood in the Murray

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 November 1892 · page 2

A HEAVY flood is reported in the River Murray, which on Saturday was 13ft. 6in. above summer level, and is still rising. Lieutenant Edyvean, an officer of the Salvation Army,…

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A Southerly Gale and Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1892 · page 4

FROM midday on Friday until considerably after midnight on Saturday rain fell almost continuously in Sydney and in the northern districts. Shortly after sunset on Saturday the wind, which had…

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Sensational Incident during a Thunderstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 December 1892 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A sensational incident occurred at W. McCulloch's Woodland station yesterday morning. During a thunderstorm a young man named Fred…

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Wanted, a Cyclone

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 December 1892 · page 4

I wonder would it be possible to import an American cyclone, or manufacture something approaching one. The last really good one they had over there is said to have out a…

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Storms in the Atlantic. London, Dec. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 December 1892 · page 2

Heavy storms are prevailing in the Atlantic, and ocean-going steamers arrive covered with ice, and with their compasses frozen. The Belgian steamer Noordland broke down…

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The Gales in the Atlantic. London, Dec. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 4

A ship which has arrived reports that she sighted the Umbria on 25th December in longitude 58 W. The Canard vessel was then disabled, but offers of assistance were refused…

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