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

Floods & storms, 1893

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Great Flood in the Clarence Valley.—17 Cattle Struck by Lightning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 June 1893 · page 4

MACLEAN, Tuesday.—Nearly half the town is under water, but the rise is not yet within about 18 inches of the highest rise of the series of floods which have occurred this year. Numbers of people…

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High Floods at Maclean. Seventeen Cattle Struck Dead by Lightning. Maclean

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 2

The "Echo" says :—Yesterday morning the weather was pretty clear although light showers fell at intervals. Nearly half the town is under water, but the rise is not yet within about 18in. of…

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Great Floods at Kempsey

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 4

DURING the past few days the district of the Macleay has been visited by the highest flood ever known. Central Kempsey was inundated, and many houses were swept…

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Great Flood at Kempsey. Many Houses Swept Away. a Fierce Gale and Heavy Rain. Enormous Losses of Stock and Property

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 June 1893 · page 2

KEMPSEY, Tuesday Afternoon.--The biggest flood ever known has occurred here, and has caused widespread devastation. Rain commenced to fall on Wednesday last, and…

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Floods in China—ten Thousand Drowned. London, July 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 3

Disastrous floods have taken place in China; 10,000 persons were drowned…

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Storm on Lake Michigan. London, July 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 4

A terrific storm took place on Lake Michigan, and 30 persons were drowned by the upsetting of boats. During the height of the storm a panic occurred among the people in the Chicago Exhibition…

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Floods in Tasmania

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 2

Launceston, Friday.—Rain fell heavily to-day from an early hour. The Mayor of Launceston—Mr. Dean—went round Inveresk and ordered all the people to prepare to leave their bones at a…

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Storms in the Baltic. London, Aug. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 2

Disastrous storms have taken place in the Baltic, Thirty fisherman were drowned…

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Disastrous Cyclone in America. London, Aug. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 4

A disastrous cyclone has passed over the State of Georgia, U.S A. Forty persons were killed, and property was destroyed to the extent of 10,000,000 dollars…

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Cable News. the Cyclone in America.—terrible Disasters. London, Aug. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

After the destructive cyclone which passed over the States of Georgia and North and South Carolina a tidal wave arose and nearly swept away the town of Port Royal, in South Carolina. One…

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Destructive Cyclone in America

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 2

After the destructive cyclone which passed over the States Of Georgin and North and South Carolina a tidal wave rose and nearly swept away the town of Port Royal, in South…

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The Cyclone in America.—terrible Havoc at Charleston. London, Aug. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 5

Telegrams from New York state that the cyclone and tidal wave which visited North and South Carolina caused terrible have at Charleston, on the coast of South Carolina. Seventy churches were…

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The Cyclone in America. London, Sept. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 4

At Port Royal, in South Carolina, which was recently devastated by a tidal wave, thousands of destitute negroes are fighting for food. It is estimated that the mortality caused by the…

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Storms at Braidwood and Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Sunday 10 September 1893 · page 2

Braidwood, Monday.—A terrific storm, which was accompanied hail and rain, broke over the district yesterday evening. The lightning was very vivid. Fifty points of rain fell in an hour…

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Floods in the North of England. London, Sept. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 4

Disastrous floods have taken place at Newcastle-on-Tyne, attended with loss of life. The waters rose very rapidly, and many persons in the low-lying parts of the city were unable to escape from…

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Floods in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday—Heavy floods are reported in the Western district, causing serious loss to stock and threatening a number of bridges. The flood at Hamilton is reported as the biggest since…

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A Mine Flooded. London, Sept. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 4

A mine in Michigan has been flooded with water. 37 of the miners were drowned…

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Cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico. London, Oct. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 October 1893 · page 2

It has now transpired that what was at first regarded as a hurricane which was confined to the State of New Orleans, U.S.A., was in reality a cyclone, the centre of the disturbance being in the…

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Severe Storm in New Orleans. London, Oct. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 October 1893 · page 4

A severe storm has occurred in New Orleans, U.S.A., which occasioned the death of 25 citizens. Many persons were injured…

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Great Storm in America. London, Oct. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 2

The Atlantic coast of the United States has been swept by a teriffic storm, causing great destruction of property. Many persons were killed during the height of…

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