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

Floods & storms, 1900

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Telegrams. the War. Mafeking. Forced Marches by Boers. Heavy Rain. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 4

Colonel Baden-Powell reports that on the 13th inst. he captured a Boer trench, and killed 12 of the enemy…

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Terrific Thunder Storm

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 April 1900 · page 2

ONE of the heaviest thunderstorms experienced in Yass for some considerable time occurred yesterday evening about five o’clock. The rain, accompanied by…

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N.s.w. Mounted Rifles Storm a Position

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

When advancing to the attack the infantry extended in open order, and suffered under a sweeping fire from Commandant Sinut's skirmishers who were hidden in the scrub…

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Streets and Lanes Flooded

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 2

After the heavy rain on Friday night and Saturday, morning the weather cleared, the sun came out hot and the atmosphere was quite close. On…

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Storm in a Teacup

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

RECENTLY four lade at Bendigo lowered the German flag under the impression that it was a Boer flag. On Monday they were charged with insulting behaviour and were…

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Cyclone

Goulburn Herald · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

A WINDSTROM of cyclonic force occurred at Mullaley on Wednesday, and was most severely felt along the Gunnedah-Coonabara-bran-road. The post-office at Mullaley was…

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Buildings Wrecked by a Cyclone

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 2

GUNNEDAH, Wednesday, -- A windstorm of cyclonic force occurred in this district yesterday afternoon, and was most severely felt along the…

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Heavy Storms

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 2

Some very boisterous weather was experienced in our town and district last Tuesday. Some time before 8 o'clock in the morning a terrific storm…

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Cyclone at Mullaley

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 4

Gunnedah, Wednesday.—A windstorm of cyclonic force occurred in this district yesterday afternoon, and was most severely felt along the Gunnedah-Coonabarabran-road, and at Mullaley. The…

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The Transvaal War. Advance of Lord Roberts. Mafeking Safe on April 27. Rand Mines Flooded. Free Staters Willing to Submit. London, May 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 2

Field-Marshal Lord Roberts reports that the enemy in the retreat from the Zand River cut the telegraph wires north of the river. On Thursday the enemy was in full…

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Attempt to Storm the Town

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 4

Colenel Baden-Powell has reported to the War Office particulars of the capture of Commandant Eloff at Mafeking on the 13th instant…

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Floods in Gippsland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1900 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—The heavy weather of the past few days has led to considerable damage in some parts of the colony. At Bruthen, in Gippsland, the Tambo flats are flooded,…

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Relief of Mafeking. Official Announcements. a Brilliant March. Attempt to Storm Mafeking. Capture of Dommandant Attack on the Relief Column. the Enemy Surrounded. London, May 19

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 2

The War office has officially confirmed the report of the relief of Mafeking, having received a message from Colonel Baden-Powell, the commander of the…

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Floods at Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 2

COOMA. Monday.—Further heavy rains have fallen. The Cooma and Back Creeks are flooded. Some places are inundated Foot bridges and fences hare been washed away. Squally weather prevailed…

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Gale in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 4

IN connection with the viciousness of some of Thursday's squalls in Sydney it was reported that along the railway lines could be seen miles of wrecked fences, scores of uprooted or broken trees,…

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The King of Floods. by a Banker

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 14 June 1900 · page 4

—With annual pomp, Rich King of Floods! o’crllows the swelling Nile. AND well d[?] the post apostrophize…

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Saved by a Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 1

Melbourne, Friday.—The Russian ship Earl of Zetland which arrived in the bay to-night, reports that on the 9th May, in 40 degrees south, 58.8 degrees east, during a terrific…

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Great Flood in the Yass River. the Lower Portion of the Town Under Water. Great Destruction of Prosperty

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 2

THOUGH most people were prepared, after the continuous wet weather we have experienced lately, to see the Yass River a banker, or perhaps even a mild flood, still…

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Big Flood in Goulburn. the Eastgrove Flats Submerged. Some Narrow Escapes. Much Damage to Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 2

THE rain which commenced in Goulburn on Tuesday morning, and which has continued incessantly since, has produced the biggest flood since 1870. The Eastgrove suburb is completely out off from…

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Gales and Floods Throughout the Colony. the Railway Lines

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 2

Very little is known at the railway commissioner's office regarding the extent to which traffic has been interfered with. They have received reports regarding delays to traffic,…

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