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

Floods & storms, 1896

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Floods in France. London, Nov. 1

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

Severe floods have occurred in the Valley of the Rhone, France. Much damage has been done at Lyons, Avignon and Nimes. Nov. 2…

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A Terrible Experience of a Snow Storm in Africa. Chief Constable Hudson Could Not Gist Shelter

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 November 1896 · page 1

A terrible snow storm occurred awhile ago in Griqualand East, South Africa. Mr. E. W. Hudson, Chief Constable of Twolo, in a letter dated 15th July, writes…

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Heavy Thunderstorm in Sydney. Phenomenal Thunder and Lightning. a Drenching Downpour

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 November 1896 · page 2

THE heaviest storm that has visited Sydney for some time passed over the city on Saturday. During the whole of the morning the weather had been threatening, and at about…

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Terrific Storm in Victoria

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 November 1896 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Terrific storms were experienced at Numurkah this afternoon, and heavy hailstones foil, Considerable damage was done to…

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Terrific Thunderstorm in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 November 1896 · page 4

PEOPLE in the oily will not soon forget the thunderstorm of Saturday afternoon last. The forenoon had been sultry, the kind of closeness…

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Terrific Storm in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 November 1896 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Terrific storms were experienced at Numurkah this afternoon, and heavy hailstones fell. Considerable damage was done to property, and injuries to persons. The principal…

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Terrific Storm in Victoria. a House Blown Down

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 November 1896 · page 3

Melbourne, Monday. -- Terrific storms were experienced at Numurkah this afternoon, and heavy hailstones fell. Considerable damage was done to property, and injuries to persons…

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News by the Mail. Notes From Various Sources Terrific Thunderstorm at Liverpool, England. Footballers Struck by Lightning

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 November 1896 · page 2

A HEAVY thunderstorm passed over Liverpool and tho district on Saturday afternoon, 10th October, the city being for a considerable time enveloped in dense darkness. During the…

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Damage from Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 November 1896 · page 2

THE rainfall caused by the recent thunderstorms has been very patchy, in some parts the rain coming down very heavily as compared with the fall a mile or two away. Some of the gardens have sustained…

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Telegrams. District, Sydney, and Colonial. Crookwell, Monday, noon. THUNDERSTORM

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 December 1896 · page 3

A Heavy thunderstorm passed over here on Sunday afternoon, during which the Salvation Army Barracks were struck by lightning. There were about forty persons inside, but…

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Heavy Rain and Terrific Storms

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 December 1896 · page 2

EARLY on Sunday morning last black clouds could be seen in the west, in the direction of Black Range, denoting that slight storms were passing round, whilst in the town the…

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The Gale in the English Channel. London, Dec. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 December 1896 · page 2

In addition to the destruction of the famous Chain Pier at Brighton during the late south-easterly gale, great damage has been caused to the West Pier, which was cut in halves by the wreckage from the…

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The Storm at Murrumbateman Considerable Damage Done

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 December 1896 · page 2

A VIOLENT storm passed over Murrumbateman on Sunday afternoon doing no end of damage. The thunder and lightning were very vivid, after which a terrific hail storm occurred, the…

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Storm at Gundaroo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 December 1896 · page 4

GUNDAROO, Monday.—Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock a terrific thunderstorm occurred, lasting about 30 minutes, during which time the wind blew with hurricane force, unrooting portion of Mr…

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Rain and Thunderstorms

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

OVER the northern and north-western districts rain has again fallen. At Bourke a quarter of an inch fell, and north of that about the same quantity. During Monday the rain was coastal, and by last…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Tuesday, 12.52 p.m. a Town Destroyed by a Cyclone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 December 1896 · page 2

THE township of Nevertire has been completely wrecked by a cyclone, every building being flattened to the ground. The residents were terrorised and were hiding in underground tanks. Several persons…

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