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

Floods & storms, 1900

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The Late Flood

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

THE farmers along the Yass River have suffered severely from the late flood waters. Miles of fencing have been washed away and acres of ploughed…

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What to Do with the Flood Water

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

DURING the past seven or eight years of dry weather the east side of Cooma Street has been comparatively free from flood waters, but now that a change has…

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Flood Heights. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 4

Sir,—There has been a good deal of discussion regarding the height of the flood which occurred in the Mulwarree on Thursday, the 5th instant, in comparison with the…

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Flood Waters from Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 4

RICHMOND, Friday.—At a meeting of the Richmond Council on Wednesday night Alderman Campbell moved—"That this Council invite the Councils of Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden,…

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Floods at Hay

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 4

THE flood reached Hay on Sunday, rising 3ft. 6in. during the day. The river is now 23ft. 9in, and rising. It in 11in. below the 1891 flood. The…

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The Effects of the Late Flood Andsnow Storm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 1

The late flood caused considerably more damage to the river and banks than was at first thought. Large gum trees that stood for vears have gone and…

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The Recent Floods

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 30 July 1900 · page 4

AT Narrandara the Murrumbidgoe River has now fallen within its banks. The has now fallen within its banks condition, and the grass has been all…

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Russia Storms Sansing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 4

The Russian troops stormed Sansing, on the Sungari River, in Manchuria. They captured 22 guns. including 14 Hotchkiss guns. The Russian casualties were seven men…

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Flood Notes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 4

We learn that the necessary steps have been taken to bring the conduct of Sergeant McHardy and Mr. Thomas Miller, of the railway locomotive branch, in saving 18 persons from Eastgrove during…

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Russians Storm Sensing

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 3

The Russian troops stormed sansing, on the sungari River, in Manchuria. They captured 22 guns including 14 Hotchkias guns…

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A Supposed Victim of the Floods

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 1

Hay, Wednesday. -- A man named William M'Clelland, a slaughterman, in the employ of Mr. Moorhead, butcher, has been missing since July 13. His…

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The Safest Place in a Thunderstorm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 1

As a general rule, avoid sheltering under trees when overtaken by a thunderstorm out in the country. Rather put up with a drenching than run the…

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Heavy Rain

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon last heavy rain set in and for about one hour fell in torrents, causing the drains to run over. Over 61 points were registered…

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The Sea of Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 2

Worth a thousand years of peaceful life Is a moment on the sea, When the waters curse in angry strife, And the storm fiends laugh with glee…

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Floods in India

Goulburn Herald · Monday 24 September 1900 · page 2

Heavy mine have fallen in the province of Bengal, India. At Calcutta thirty-five inches fell in four days. Hundreds of miles of country are flooded, and thousands have been…

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The Safest Place in a Thunderstorm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 September 1900 · page 4

As a general rule, avoid sheltering under trees when overtaken by a thunderstorm out in the country. Rather put up with a drenching than…

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Storms in Behring Sea

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1900 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO newspapers which arrived of Auckland by the mail steamer yesterday state that the new mining camp on the Alaskan shore at Cape Nome was visited by…

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Cyclone at Mafeking

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1900 · page 2

AT unpreoedented burrioane swept over Liafeking on August 20, Nothing similar has over been experienced by local people. In five minutes more terrible devastation was caused…

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The Galveston Disaster. Darkness, Floods, and Tempest

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 4

THE terrible disaster which overwhelmed Galveston on Saturday, September 8, was caused by a terrible tempest, followed by a flood, which turned the city…

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Terrific Storm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 2

A terrific storm of wind, thunder and rain, passed over Murrumburrah this (Friday) morning, and great excitement prevailed amongst our residents…

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