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

Floods & storms, 1899

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Terrible Gales. Wracks and Loss of Life

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

The terrible weather in the English channel and elsewhere has resulted in [?]trous losses of shipping. The Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s…

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Something Like a Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A telegram from Gayndah states that Mr. J. J. Keenan has passed through from St. Helens with 1110 bullocks for Widgon Station. Keenan reports that when…

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Fierce Gale in the British Isles. London, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 2

A fierce south-westerly gale has swept over the United Kingdom, causing much damage to property. Several trains were blown off the lines. The channel steam services are suspended…

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The Gale in England. London, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 4

During the gale an extraordinary railway accident occurred in Llanfairfeehan, Carnarvonshire, North Wales. At a point where the line runs close to the…

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Fierce Gale in the British Isles. London, Jan. 13

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

A FIERCE south-westerly gale has swept over the United Kingdom, causing much damage to property. Several trains…

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Something Like a Storm

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 19 January 1899 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— A telegram from Gayndah states that Mr. J. J. Keenan has passed through from St. Helens with 1110 bullocks for Widgen…

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Great Gale in England. Trains Blown off the Lines

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

Extensive and extraordinary damage was done by the furious southwest gale which swept over the United Kingdom on Thursday and Friday, and which was…

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Heavy Rain in the South-East

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 4

TELEGRAMS from Monaro and Braidwood on Saturday night report a fine fall of rain. Araluen got 135 points, Bega 119, and Bombala'103 Steady rain fell all the evening in Braidwood. and news…

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Old Memories. Floods and Droughts. (By D. Reid.)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 4

I CAN well recollect the fearfully dry seasons of 1837 and 1838. It was owing to the severe drought of these years that I formed the resolution of seeking "fresh fields and pastures…

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Storms in the Atlantic. London, Feb. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

The following rates are being charged by the underwriters for reinsuring the overdue Atlantic liners:—Pavonia, 20 guineas per cent.; Bulgaria, 70 guineas per cent…

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Fierce Atlantic Storm

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

The steamer Pavonia, 5,587 torn, of the Cunard line, arrived at Liverpool from New York, considerably after her due date…

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Storms in the Atlantic. London, Feb. 16

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 4

It is reported from the Azores that a steamer, the name of which is not known, rescued a boatload of passengers from the Bulgaria. The Hamburg-American liner Pretoria…

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Storm in the Council

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday night a "friendly" meeting was called for the purpose of deciding what steps should be taken in defending the case Brown v. the Council, which will probably come on…

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The Atlantic Storms. London, Feb. 20

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 3

Farther details have been received of the disablement in the Atlantic of the Cunard steamer Pavonia. For 20 days the Pavonia was adrift in the Atlantic and experienced terrific weather…

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Storms in the Atlantic. London, Feb. 16

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

THE Cunard liner Etruria has arrived at New York after a terrible passage across the Atlantic. When off the American…

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The Atlantic Storms

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

Further details have been received of the disablement in the Atlantic of the Cunard steamer Pavonia. For 20 days the Pavonia was adrift in the Atlantic and…

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Storms in the Atlantic. London, Feb. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 4

A vessel has arrived at Baltimore with four persons who were picked up in the Atlantic from one of the boats of the steamer Bulgaria, which was abandoned in a sinking condition…

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Wind Storm

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 2

ON Tuesday afternoon a heavy storm of wind accompanied by rain passed over Yass. Several sheets of iron were blown from the roof of the horse sheds at the…

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Heavy Storm

The Yass Courier · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 2

A VERY heavy storm passed over Yass on Tuesday afternoon last at 3 o'clock p.m. The storm got up very quickly the wind blew a hurricane and the rain fell heavily for a short…

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Damage by Storm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

THE Doncaster Hotel at Harden was very much damaged during the severe storm which passed over the town last Tuesday afternoon. It seems the wind…

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