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

Floods & storms, 1900

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Furious Gale in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 1

Telegrams from various parts of Victoria show that the change in the weather on Thursday night was preceded by a furious gale, which did a great deal of damage…

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Heavy Storm at Cobar

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

ON Saturday a light thunderstorm passed over Cobar. Very heavy rain was experienced in many parts of the district. The railway line from Cobar to Nyngan was damaged…

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A Cyclone

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon, between 1 and 2 o’clock, a cyclone of considerable violence passed along the Yass river in the direction of Mundoonan, doing much…

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Storms in the Country

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 2

FROM many places in the colony heavy thunder. storms have been reported. Yass, Wednesday.—Heavy thunderstorms have passed round the town every day since Sunday with…

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Cyclone Near Yass

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 4

HEAVY thunderstorms have passed around Yass every day since Sunday with vivid lightning. Several inches of rain fell. On Wednesday a terrific…

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Local & General News. Severe Storms. Cyclone on Yass River. Hay Stacks Destoyed by Lightning

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

For several days past heavy storms have occurred around the district, the town only getting the tail end of them. The lightning having been more vivid…

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Storm at Cowra

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

A terrifle thunderstorm with a waterspont occurred at Lyndhurst on Wednesday evening. The Two-Mile creek overflowed. Two houses were almost swept away. A woman…

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Fearful Storm at Wallabadah. Six Inches of Rain in an Hour

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 January 1900 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon a tremendous storm of hail broke over Wallabadah and Castle Mountain, causing a great deal of damage to the roofs, windows,…

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Tremendous Storm at Wallabadah. Six Inches of Rain in an Hour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 4

QUIRINDI, Friday—On Wednesday afternoon a tremendous storm of hail broke over Wallabadah and Castle Mountain, causing a great deal of damage to the roofs, windows, and fences. In parts…

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The War. Attack During a Storm. Colesberg Bridge Wrecked. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 4

Further particulars are to hand relative to the recent engagement between a section of Major-General French's troops and the Boers near Rendsburg. During a blinding…

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The Late Storm

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 2

The storm which passed along the Murrumbidgee and up the Yass River on Wednesday evening last did considerably more damage that was at first…

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The War the Storm[?] Disaster

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 January 1900 · page 1

The special correspondent of the Cape Argus sent his paper a despatch dated Molteno, Monday morning, 18th December. He says:—…

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Floods in Queensland

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 29 January 1900 · page 3

HEAVY rains have occurred in the northern portion of the colony at Geraldton, Cairns, and Georgetown. For the 24 hours ended nine on Wednesday morning…

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Threat to Flood Ladysmith

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 4

Reports received from Delagoa Bay state that the Boers are sending huge quantities of timber and sandbags to dam the Klip River, with the object of flooding Ladysmith,…

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The Attempt to Flood Ladysmith

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2

The enemy's scheme for flooding Ladysmith by damming the Klip River is regarded as impracticable, although 1300 natives are employed in blocking the river…

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Violent Storm in Japan

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 15 February 1900 · page 2

A TERRIFIC storm recently burst over Kobe and Osaka, doing considerable damage and causing loss of life. The most serious accident is reported from…

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Dust Storms

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1900 · page 2

A GREAT duststorm broke over While [?] on Monday and lasted two hours. A [?] children were lost, and a butcher lost his [?] for an hour. About 150 persons [?]…

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Dust Storms

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 March 1900 · page 2

A great duststorm broke over White Cliffs on Monday and lasted two hours A few children were lost, and a butcher lost his cart for an hour. About 150…

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Heavy Flood at Molong

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 3

ABOUT midnight to Tuesday rain fell in torrents at Molong. All the low-lying portions of the town were flooded. One man had to wade knee-deep in his house, while carrying…

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Heavy Storm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

On Saturday evening last about 7 o'clock, the storm which had been threatening for about two hours, broke over the town. The wind blew a…

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