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

Floods & storms, 1895

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The Gales in England. London, Dec. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 4

Renewed gales have taken place on the British coasts, and many wrecks are reported. The barque Osseo was wrecked off Holyhead, on the coast of Wales, and 26 lives were lost…

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Bankruptcy Meetings. Several matters in bankruptcy came before Mr. Caswell this (Thursday) morning. Re William Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 2

SEVERAL matters in bankruptcy came before Mr. Caswell this (Thursday) morning. RE WILLIAM GALE. A single meeting in the above estate was held,…

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Floods at Port Macquarie

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 January 1895 · page 3

Heavy rain is reported at Kempsey, ten inches being recorded. At Port Macquarie the water is over the top of the fences. There are prospects of continued rain, and the floods…

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The Rainfall.—Heavy Rain at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 4

STEADY, soaking rain continues to fall in this district. The heaviest rain has been experienced in and around Taralga, the total amount registered up to yesterday morning since Tuesday…

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Heavy Floods

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 3

There was a phenomenal and quite unprecedented flood late on late Saturday evening at Bingara. On Saturday 230 points of rain were recorded, making nine inches for the…

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Floods at Bingara, a Big Water Wave. Bingara

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

A phenomenal and quite unprecedented flood of a disastrous nature occurred here late on Saturday, by which a number of farms have been destroyed and many families rendered destitute and homeless…

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The Gales in England. London, Feb. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 1

Further heavy snowstorms have occurred, in London and the provinces. The Ramsgate lifeboat, which it was feared had been lost during a heavy gale, is safe. The crew…

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Phenomenally Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 3

KIAMA, Friday.—The heaviest downpour of rain on record here took place last night between 8 o'clock and midnight, causing considerable damage to town property, also to roads and bridges. From…

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Terrible Storms in the Atlantic. London, Feb. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

The French-American liner Gascoigne, and the Cephalonia, of the Cunard line, are overdue; and as the Majestic of the Inman line has reported having experienced terrible storms in the Atlantic, and…

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POLICE COURT—Monday, 11th Feb. Before Messrs. Maitland, P.M., and G. Gale and P. Doyle, Js.P

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 4

Senior-constable Kennedy read the proclamation wherein Mr. Maitland was appointed Police-Magistrate, after which, previous to the commencement of the…

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So the Storm Passed. Chapter I.

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 6

"IT's unendurable, Elise, and your patience is the most maddening part of the whole affair." "Would impatience make things…

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Re William Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

THE bankrupt, a woolbuyer at Goulburn, was examined in Sydney on Thursday, and the further examination was adjourned until 1st March…

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So the Storm Passed. Chapter 1 (Continued)

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 6

ALAS for plans and planners, for the innocent hopes destined to perish so soon, for the happy dreams that were to end in such a cruel waking! The…

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So the Storm Passed. Chapter in Continued

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 6

"IT will all come right, dear!" she said again and again, caring little what meaning her words conveyed, so long as they qu[?]ed the excitement…

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So the Storm Passed. Chapter V.

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 6

"WHERE am I?" Nell Rateliffe came back to earth from the strange wild world in which she had wandered for three weeks or…

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Cable News. Great Storm in the Mediterranean. London, March 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 4

A terrific storm has occurred in the Mediterranean, sweeping the coast of Morocco. At Tangier the sea rose to a height of 90 feet. Forty vessels are reported to have been wrecked…

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The Cyclone Store Sale

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 2

ON reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that Messrs. Munro and Adamson will offer by auction, to-day, and to-morrow, the whole of the stock of the Cyclone Store. The goods…

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So the Storm Passed. Chapter Vii

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 6

"IT is the dance of the season, Nell." "Still I would rather not go." "And so make it a dance ma[?] by robbing it of the season beauty…

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Late Cables. Mediterranean Gales. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 4

It is believed that the Spanish warship Reian Regente, which is supposed to have been lost during the late heavy gales in the Mediterranean, went ashore near Bajon,…

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So the Storm Passed. Chapter Viii (Continued)

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 6

NELL was tired of the heat and noise and laughter, tired of the dull, gnawing anxiety at her heart, and the throbbing ache in her head; but had…

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