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

Floods & storms, 1899

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The Yass River Flooded

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 14 August 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday last the Yass River overflowed its banks and spread its waters over the flats and on to the Chinamen’s garden, reaching at its highest point 18 feet…

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Heavy Rain at Yass. the River in Flood

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 2

AFTER several days of heavy rain and snow, the weather cleared on Friday morning last and kept fine until the afternoon when rain again set in and…

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Did She Know the Storm Was Coming?

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 1

A swan, belonging to a gentleman, was sitting on her eggs on an island in a river. One morning her owner found her very busy collecting sticks and other rubbish, and…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 2

The Government Astronomer states that 38 inches of rain has fallen in Sydney this year, and there is more to come. It rained all day on Saturday making…

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Floods Near Marrickville

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 2

After the steady downpour of the last ten days, the low-lying land at Tramvale, near Marrickville, is lying under three or four feet of water. The unusual…

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Floods in Goulburn No I.

Goulburn Herald · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 4

THE recent continues wet weather having caused much interest in respect to former heavy rainfalls in Goulburn we have been induced to reproduce…

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No. Ii.—flood of 1860

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

ON Wednesday, 8:h Feb., rain began to descend, but not to any very great extent. It continued to fall steadily during the night, and heavily and…

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Floods in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

(THE [?] continues [?] weather having caused much interest in [?] to former heavy rainfalls in Goulburn we have been induced to reproduce accounts of them from the files of the Goulburn Herald.)…

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Floods in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 2

[THE raceon continuous wet weather having caused much interest in rospe to the former heavy rainfalls in Goulburn we have been induced to reproduce accounts of them from the files of the Goulburn Herald]…

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No. V.—flood of 1870

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 4

YESTERDAY there was the highest flood ever witnessed in Goulburn. Up to the present the flood of 1864 has been the highest known in this…

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Floods in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 4

[THE recent [?] wet weather having caused much interest in respect to former heavy rainfalls is Goulburn we have boin induced to reproduce accounts of them from the files of the Goulburn Herald.]…

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Floods in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 2

AFTER such floods as we had to record within the past fortnight that on Thursday night is insignificant. At any other period however it would…

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The Floods of 1870

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 14 September 1899 · page 4

THE Goulburn Herald, writing about the 70 floods, re-prints the following from their issue of .30th April, 1870:—“As might be expected from the statement in…

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Floods in Goulburn No. Vii.—snowstorm 1876

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 4

[THE recent continuous wet weather having caused much interest in respect to former heavy rainfalls in Goulburn we have been induced to reproduce accounts of them from the files of the Goulburn Herald.]…

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Floods in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

[THE iccen continuous wet weather having caused much interest in respect to former heavy rainfalls in Goulburn we have been introduced to reproduce accounts of them from the files of the Goulburn Herald.]…

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Viii.—flood of 1879

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

DURING the present season the prevailing weather has reminded old residents of that which was common many years ago, when floods were not…

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Queanbeyan. Police COURT.—Wednesday. Before Messrs. Stephen Murphy, P.M., and John Gale, William Beatty, and Thomas Whitehead, Js.P

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 4

Before Messrs. Stephen Murphy, P.M., and John Gale, William Beatty, and Thomas Whitehead, Js.P. John Currie was charged with using indecent…

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Cyclone in Bengal

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 4

FROM the accounts which we are enabled to publish from various correspondents in Behar (says The Englishman) it transpires that the great…

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Brownie Douglas. Chapter Xxiv. Taken by Storm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 November 1899 · page 4

He took from his pocket as he spoke the elegant sleeve-button, which he had always carried with him since…

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