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

Floods & storms, 1898

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The Recent Wind-storm

Goulburn Herald · Monday 10 October 1898 · page 2

DID considerable damage in the city to dwellings, fences, trees, &c. On Saturday morning a butcher's shop in Grafton-street occupied by Mr. James Marshall had portion of…

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Floods in China. London, Nov. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 November 1898 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred in the Shantung province, China. The Yellow River overflowed its banks, and 2000 square miles of country are submerged…

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Floods in China

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 2

DISASTROUS floods have occurred in the Shantung Province, China, the Yellow River overflowing its banks and submerging 2000 square miles of country…

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Terrific Wind and Dust Storm

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 November 1898 · page 2

SATURDAY was one of the worst day experienced in Goulburn for many years—some old residents say the worst they have ever known when all things are considered…

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The Storms in the United States. London, Nov. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 2

A terrific storm has swept the New England coast. Two hundred wrecks are reported, including the American steamer Portland, which was driven…

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Gales and Wrecks

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 3

The Atlantic gales on the eastern sea board of the United States continue, with disastrous results to life and shipping. Seventy wrecks have occurred off the…

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Atlantic Storms

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 3

The storm which raged off the New England coast was of terrific fury. The steamer Portland, 2,284 tons, owned by the Bortland Steam Packet…

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