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

Floods & storms, 1893

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The Queensland Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 4

THE flood Relief Executive Committee has sent the following cablegram to London:—"More floods, as high as ever, and extending to Logan, Maryborough, and Bundsberg, Enormous…

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Queensland & Northern Rivers Floods. Relief Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting convened by the mayor was held in the Town-hall on Friday evening, for the purpose of taking steps to assist in relieving the distress caused by the late…

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LONDON, Sunday. Great Floods in Poland

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 3

DISASTROUS floods are reported from Poland. Numerous villages have been submerged, and great distress provaile in consequence. FIGHTING ON THE CONGO…

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The Floods Relief Fund

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the Queensland Floods Relief Fund was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening. There were present—the Mayor, and Messrs. C Gillespie, M. D'Arcy-Irvine, B.A.,…

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Queensland and Northern Rivers Floods

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 2

A MEETING of the Queensland and Northern Rivers Flood Relief Committee was held in the Town-hall on Monday ; present the Mayor (in the chair) and Messrs. C. Gillespie, M…

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The Flood Relief Fund Concert

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 2

THE entertainment provided for Friday next by the Goulburn Liedertafel in aid of the Queensland flood relief fund, in the shape of a vocal and instrumental concert, is expected…

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Gales in Western Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 4

THE heaviest gales ever known at Hamelin Poole, on the Western Australian coast, occurred on Saturday night. Twenty-five cutters dragged their anchors, and when morning broke eight cutters…

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Flood Relief Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 2

THE concert to be given by the Liedertafel to-morrow (Friday) evening at the Academy of Music in aid of the Queensland Flood Relief Fund will not be forgotten by the public. The three points in…

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Floods in Hungary. London, Feb. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 4

A terrible flood been experienced in Hungary through the sudden rise of the Danube. The river rose most unexpectedly, and in a few minutes several villages along its banks were submerged…

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A Heavy Storm.—Great Fall of Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 4

MURRUMSURRAH, Friday.—A terri[?]o storm of wind, thunder, lightning, and rain passed over this district yesterday afternoon. Between here and Young, in the vicinity of Ti[?]rton, trees, some of…

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Flood Relief Fund Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 4

"CHARMING," "delightful," "splendid," and such like expressions of admiration were in free requisition last evening to describe the concert given by the members of the Goulburn Liedertafel in the…

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Liedertafel Concert in Aid of the Sufferers by the Queensland Floods

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 March 1893 · page 2

ON Friday evening in the Academy of Music the members of the Goulburn Liedertafel, assisted by others, gave a concert in aid of the above. The charges for admission were…

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Floods at Moss Vale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 4

Moss VALE, Sunday.—The greatest downpour of rain known here for some time fell this morning, 6in. being registered within four hours. The centre of the town was completely flooded and immense…

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A Flood at Bowral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 4

BOWRAL, Sunday.—One of the heaviest floods ever known in Bowral occurred to-day. The weather on Friday and Saturday was excessively hot, and a thunderstorm, accompanied with rain,…

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Floods Relief Fund

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 2

THE hon. treasurer and hon. secretary of the Goulburn Liedertafel have forwarded to the bon. treasurers of the floods relief fund £51 18/6, as the net proceeds of the concert given…

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Flood at Crookwell—A Man Drowned

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 2

TELEGRAMS from Crookwell report rough weather, On Saturday a thunderatorm, which was unusually severe, commenced about four o'clock, and within two hours 2in. of rain fell,…

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Queensland Floods

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 2

WE understand that a list for subscriptions in aid of the sufferers by the Queensland floods is now lying at the Bank of N.S. Wales, Crookwell, where the…

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The Recent Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

Reports from Crookwell show that fortunately not much damage was done in the immediate vicinity of the town by the recent storms; but at the Licking-hole creek, the farmers and orchardists…

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The Weather and Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

Mr. H. O. Russell, the Government astronomer, when interviewed on Wednesday night, said the rainfall at Sydney for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. on Tuesday was heavier than at any other station…

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Disastrous Flood in the Hunter. a Large Portion of Maitland Under Water. Sad Loss of Life

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—Another disastrous flood has, suddenly come upon the residents of Maitland and the Hunter River districts, bringing widespread ruin…

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