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

Floods & storms, 1896

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Re Wm Gale, Ex Parte the Official Assignee (Robert C. Joplin and Others, Respondents)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 February 1896 · page 2

IN the Supreme Court, on Monday, in Banco, before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Cohen in the above matter Mr. Gordon appeared for the applicants, Blanche Gale and her…

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Violent Storm at Maitland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1896 · page 2

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—One of the most violent and destructive hailstorms witnessed in the Maitland district for the past 20 years occurred yesterday evening. The storm only lasted about 10…

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The Flood Estate, Leichardt

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 3

A FEW years ago the above estate was sold by the legatees of the late Edward Floud to the National Building Society. The society at the time paid a considerable amount of…

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The Tigris in Flood

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 2

The river Tigris, in Asiatic Turkey, has overflowed its banks and flooded the surrounding country. Six hundred Arabs in Mesopotamia have been drowned…

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Heavy Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 March 1896 · page 2

ON Monday night, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a heavy storm broke over Sydney, and rain fell in torrents. Nearly three-quarters of an inch fell during the storm, which lasted scarcely an hour…

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A Queensland Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 March 1896 · page 2

THIS is how the Northern Miner (Queensland) commences a report on a recent storm:—All last week Charters Towers was oppressed by a muggy heat, and on Friday night a sharp thunderstorm was…

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Re William Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 March 1896 · page 2

In the Bankruptcy Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, before the Registrar, an application was made for an order to discharge the order for sequestration and for the release of the estate. An order was…

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In Re William Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 2

IN the Bankruptcy Court, Sydney, on Friday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Manning, the above matter was considered. Hr. Gordon, instructed by Messrs. Sly and Russell, appeared in…

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Terrible Cyclone in America. London, May 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 4

A terrible cyclone has passed over the State of Missouri, U.S.A. Many hotels, works, and electors in the city of St. Louis were razed to the ground. All the…

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The Cyclone in America—an Awful Panic. London, May 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 3

The disastrous cyclone which swept over the State of Missouri, U.S.A., also passed over the adjoining States of Indiana and Illinois. Many towns were destroyed…

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The Cyclone in America. London, May 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 June 1896 · page 4

The latest details to hand regarding the disastrous cyclone which passed over the States of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, U.S.A., show that 540 persons were killed and 700 were injured…

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The Cyclone in America. LONDON. Thursday Night

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 June 1896 · page 2

Later telegrams from New York state t[?] the cyclone which swept over the State of Missouri also passed over the adjoining Status of [?] and Illinois…

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The Cyclone in America

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 June 1896 · page 3

Later telegrams from New York state that the cyclone which swept over the State of Missouri also passed over the adjoining States of Indiana aud Illinois…

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The Weather--heavy Snow Storm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2

Very heavy rain set in at 1 o'clock on Friday morning last, and continued to fall until about 9 o'clock, when it steadied down and snow and rain fell until about 5 o'clock in the…

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Floods in Japan. London, July 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 4

Disastrous floods have occurred in the Toyama district, Japan. Three thousand houses have been destroyed. Mr. Agar Wynne, M.L.C. of Victoria, has…

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Disastrous Floods in Italy. London, Aug. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1896 · page 2

Enormous damage has been done by floods in the northern provinces of Italy. The province of Massa Carrara suffered most severely…

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The Cyclone in Paris. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 September 1896 · page 2

Further particulars concerning the disastrous cyclone in Parts show that the cyclone originated in the Square of St. Sulpico. The wind reached a force of 360 kilometres per hour…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Thursday, 2.30 p.m. THUNDERSTORM

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 October 1896 · page 2

A HEAVY thunderstorm passed over this afternoon accompanied by a downpour of rain. COLLISION. The steamer Tekapo collided with the dredger…

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Remarkable Storm at Albury

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 2

ALBURY, Friday.—A phenomenally severe thunder and hail storm passed over the town at four o'clock this morning. The hail, which ranged in measure from the size of a small marble to that of an…

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Heavy Rains in the West. Miles of Country Flooded

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 2

Wilcannia, Saturday.--According to reports received, heavy thunderstorms have been experienced in several parts of the district, especially at Grasmere, where the township is under…

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