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

Floods & storms, 1895

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Terrific Gales in England. London, March 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 2

Terrific gales have swept over London and the southern and midland counties in England. The Peterborough Cathedral and many provincial churches have been damaged. Many casualties…

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The Gales in England. London, Mar. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1895 · page 3

The heavy gale which swept over the southern and midland counties of England on Sunday proved very destructive in many parts of London. Two thousand trees were uprooted at Sandringham, the…

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Cable Intelligence. the Weather in England. Terrific Gales

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 March 1895 · page 3

London, March 25.--Terrific gales have swept over London and the southern midland counties in England. Peterborough Cathedral and many churches and warehouses have been damaged…

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So the Storm Passed. Chapter Ix. (Continued.)

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 March 1895 · page 6

WALTER spoke with a passionate, convincing tone, honestly looking straight into the grey, angry face of his interlocutor with eyes that were as…

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Heavy Rain at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 2

IT appears that Crookwell got a large share of the storm on Sunday last. Only a few points fell in Goulburn, but Crookwell reports having received an inch and a half, which fell in a very short time…

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Floods in Northern Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 April 1895 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.—A telegram from Port Douglas states that news has been brought there by the Daintree mailman of the loss of six lives on Friday night. The river rose during the night 8ft…

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Bungendore. Police COURT.—Monday, 8th April. BEFORE Mr. Maitland, P.M., and Messrs. Leahy, Gale, and Doyle, Js.P

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 4

Thos. Sherd v. John Donnelly; damage done to coach by careless driving on main road from Bywong to Bungendore on 27th February. Mr. Millard for plaintiff, Mr. Downing for…

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Floods in North Queensland

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 April 1895 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Mayor received to-day a telegram from the chairman of the Port- Douglas divisional board, making an urgent appeal for funds from the Central…

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Floods in North Queensland

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 17 April 1895 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Mayor received to-day a telegram from the chairman of the Port Douglas divisional board, making an urgent appeal for funds from…

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In Bankruptcy.—William Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 April 1895 · page 2

RE the bankrupt estate of William Gale.—The official assignee applied on Monday to the Court to make an order against R. C. Joplin, William Gale, Blanche Gale, Elizabeth Mt. W. Gale, Annie A…

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Storms in New Zealand. Bridges and Houses Washed Away

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1895 · page 4

THE New Zealand files just to hand give accounts of the disastrous hurricane which passed over the island on April 14. Besides several persons…

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The Flood Relief Funds and City Distress

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 May 1895 · page 4

FOR some time past a considerable sum has been lying in the bank to the credit of the trustees of the fund known as the Queensland Flood and Northern Rivers Flood Relief Fund. It occurred to some of the…

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Floods in Europe. London, June 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 4

A waterspout has burst over Kobersdorf, in Germany, and caused disastrous floods for miles round. One hundred lives have been lost. Terrible floods have occurred in Northern…

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Cyclone in America. London, July 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 July 1895 · page 2

A disastrous cyclone has passed over New Jersey, in the United States. Many casualties resulted. Forty-four persons were either killed or wounded, and 110 houses were…

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Terrible Floods in Japan. London, Aug. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 August 1895 · page 4

Terrible floods have taken place in Japan, causing an enormous amount of damage. The failure of the rice crop is likely to cause a famine in Japan…

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Appeal Re William Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 3

THE only case in the list for the consideration of the Full Court on Monday was the bankruptcy appeal re William Gale ex parte the official assignee (Robert C. Joplin and others respondents), but the…

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In Re Gale

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 3

ON Monday there was no sitting of the full court, consequent on an adjournment of the only case on the list for the day. The matter was an appeal against a decision of Mr…

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In Re Gale

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 5

THIS case was an appeal from the finding of Mr. Justice Manning in regard to property claimed by the official assignee of the estate of Wm. Gale of Goulburn. It was set down…

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Re William Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

RE William Gale, ex parte the official assignee (R. C. Joplin and others respondent).—In the Supreme Court on Friday, before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Windeyer, and Mr. Acting Justice…

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A Cattle Cargo in a Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 4

THE officer in charge of the cattle shipped by the Echuca writes:—"We have reached Aden after a very disasnous passage. Almost immediately after leaving Port Adelaide on…

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