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

Floods & storms, 1894

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Flood in the Murray. Lands Covered with Water

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1894 · page 2

THE authorities at Albury on Saturday received a telegram from Tiutaldra, Upper Murray, to the effect that the river is running a banker, and that all the low-lying…

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Last Night's Thunderstorm. Heavy Rainfall

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 5

AFTER several sultry days, a change in the weather occurred last night. For some hours heavy clouds were seen to the south-west of the city, accompanied by vivid lightning…

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Heavy Rain. Washaways on the Railway. Two Horses Struck by Lightning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

IN another part of to-day's issue we report a fall of 132 points of rain on Thursday night. Another heavy thunderstorm broke over the city last night, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning and…

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A Series of Thunder-storms. Two Washaways on the Cooma Railway Line

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

IN Friday's issue a fall of 132 points of rain on Thursday night was reported. Another heavy storm occurred on Friday night, when eighty-two points of rain were registered…

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The Storm at Kingsdale. a Horse Killed

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

DURING the storm on Friday night a horse, the property of Mr. Alfred Gray, of Kingsdale, was struck by lightning and killed. The poor beast as having a feed at the time and, as…

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Severe Storm Near Albury Great Damage to Orchards and Crops

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

A SEVERE storm passed over Albury on Friday night, with heavy rain for half-an-hour. The wind blew with burricane force, doing great damage to orchards and crops…

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Flood at Yass. Considerable Damage Done

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

A SEVERE storm of rain, thunder and lightning occurred on Thursday night, lasting for two hours. The Government drain in Cooma-street was choked with debris, and…

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Return of Mr. Copeland to Sydney. Disastrous Floods in Gippsland. Sydney, Monday, 6.30 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 3

MR. HENRY COPELAND, the Minister for Lands, was back at his office to-day after his visit to Gippsland. During his stay at that place, very severe…

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Severe Storms

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

ON Thursday last, the atmosphere was close and the thermometer registered 97 in the shade. In the evening dark clouds began to rise and thunder could be heard in the…

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Heavy Storms at Wagga.—Damage to Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

Two of the severest thunderstorms experienced in Wagga for over 20 years occurred on Thursday and Friday evenings (says the Advertiser). On Thursday evening a violent wind sprang up, and from the…

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Friday Night's Storm at Woollogorang

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

THERE was quite a deluge at Woollogorang on Friday night, no less than 6 inches 70 points falling in four hours. The flats were inundated, and considerable damage was done through the washing…

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Floods in the Monaro District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

COOMA, Saturday.—A fierce storm passed over Berridale yesterday, flooding, all the creeks at Kiah Lake. The water in Mr. Eceleston's house was 3ft deer, while in Mr. T. Green's house at Mittagang…

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Disastrous Floods on Monaro.—Thousands of Sheep Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 3

COMMA, Monday.—Reports are received of damage by floods throughout the district. It is estimated that between 90,000 and 100,000 sheep have been killed by the cold or drowned. Many small…

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Heavy Storm at Captain's Flat. Damage to the Mines

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 2

A THUNDERSTORM of unusual violence passed over Captain's Flat and district on Monday evening. The rain which fell was the heaviest experienced for many years. In a few…

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A Waterspout at Kiah Lake. Disastrous Floods in the District

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 2

ON Kiah Lake station house on Friday a waterspout broke, five inches of rain falling in no hour. The dowopour destroyed every fence in the homestead, stripped the…

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Friday Night's Storm.—Heavy Losses at Bangalore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

Our correspondent at Bangalore writes:—On Friday night last we were visited by one of the greatest falls of rain ever known in our district. At about 7 o'clock thunder was heard rumbling in the…

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Heavy Storm at Captain's Flat.—Mines Damaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 4

CAPATIN'S FLAT, Tuesday.—A thunderstrom of unusual violence passed over the district yesterday evening. The rain which fell was the heaviest experienced for many years. In a few minutes every…

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Floods at Bungendore

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 3

ON Friday evening the people of Bungendore had one of the most terrific thunderstorms ever witnessed there. The rain commenced falling about 6 p.m. and continued without…

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Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 4

THE heat was excessive In Goulburn on Tuesday last, the mercury ascending to 94½ degrees. A change occurred in the afternoon and at about six o'clock a very heavy storm passed over the city…

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The Storm at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 2

Crookwell, Wednesday.—The rain yesterday did a deal of damage to the roads and bridges. The bridge over the Wollondilly-road was washed away completely and other bridges received a savers…

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