Floods in the North
A GREAT storm Cooktown (Q) lasted from Saturday till Tuesday. Many houses were wrecked. The fire- engine shed was totally wrecked, and shipping suffered considerably…
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Floods & storms, 1899
72 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 4
Floods in America
Severe weather has prevailed in the United States. The Mississippi, Ohio, and other rivers overflowing, inundated several villages, which were destroyed…
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To lift a large pail or tank measuring two feet each way and filled with, two gases, oxygen and hydrogen, chemically combined in certain proportions, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thunderstorm Rains in the Country
On the western slopes of the northern highlands thunder rains have fallen up to three quarters of an inch, also on the coast from Port Stephens up to Port Macquarie. Then down south they had in the…
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The snowstorms in the midland counties and the gales along the British coasts are unabated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ‘52 Flood. Gundagai Washed Away
IT was in June, in the year 1852, that the town of Gundagai, which was then built on what is now known as the Reserve, was completely swept away by a rushing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stormy Winds and Rain. the City Swept by a Gale
THE southerly gale that roared and rattled about the housetops of Sydney on Tuesday and surged through the city’s tortuous thoroughfares holds the record for the past 12 months. Not since the…
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MR. RUSSELL, the Government Astronomer, has prepared a special chart showing the extent of the rainfall from April 1 to April 6. The first noticeable feature of…
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THE terrific storm that passed over Yass on Monday afternoon last reached Murrumbateman about 4 o'clock. The lighting was very vivid and the rain fell in torrents. The residents say…
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IT would be inconvenient, to say the least, if London were some day to find itself at the bottom of several miles of water. Yet some geologists assert that…
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AT Kirksville, Mo., on April 27, at 6p.m., a cyclone swept a broad, clean path nearly a quarter of a mile in width. The cast side of the town was entirely destroyed…
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A heavy thunderstorm occurred to-day at Aldershot. The tents of the New South Wales Lancers were flooded, and they had to take refuge in the barracks…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Floods in Texas. Great Loss of Life. London, July 6
Appalling floods have occurred in Texas,. United States. A tract of country 600 miles long and 50 miles wide is submerged. The Brazos Valley has been…
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THE friends of Mr. Robert Kirkpatrick, the sheep overseer at Dunlop, will be exceedingly sorry to hear that on the 18th inst. (June) his dead body was found on…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. — Heavy rain commenced to fall at 10 o’clock on Sunday morning, and continued without intermission until 9 a.m. on Monday. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Cable. Great Floods in America Deaths of Refugees Dreadful Experiences
Terrible floods have occurred in Texas Unitted State of America a treat of country 180 miles long and 50 miles wide being under water 150 persons lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Flood Prevention Scheme
Mr. Napier Bell's report on flood prevention in the Hunter River was laid on table of the Council last Tuesday. He recommends straightening the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local & General News. Snow Storm
The weather on Monday last was very cold and wet with occasional slight falls of snow, but north of the town and towards Bowning it was falling…
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THE rain which set in here on Thursday has proved one of the most bountiful visitations received for many years. The rain has been very heavy at times and up to the time of writing nearly three inches…
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THE residents of our town and district were treated to a novelty in the shape of a big snow storm last Tuesday morning, and the sight was one that…
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