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

Floods & storms, 1901

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The Boer War. the Pursuit of De Wet. Boers Blocked by Flooded Rivers. London, Feb. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 4

Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, reports that the Orange River is still in flood. He states that the Boers are trekking east and north. The…

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Bridges and Floods. (To the Editor of the Queanbeyan Observer.)

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 2

The following, letter will be read with interest by the old hands of Yass District:-- SIR.--At the ceremony of the opening of…

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Destructive Storm

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

A STORM occurred in the paramatta district on Wednesday afternoon and storyed a [?] of bed lines. Hait was piled up in [?] and when the sterm hed [?] it…

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Floods in Canada. London, April 9

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 4

GREAT floods have occurred in Canada. Ice-floes broke the Richmond Bridge and traffic on the Grand Trunk Railway line…

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An Antarctic Cyclone

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 4

THE rainfall which swept over Melbourne with penetrating persistence since Saturday proves to be general throughout the state. Up to…

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Floods in Victoria. Two Lives Lost

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

A HEAVY downpour occurred in Melbourne yesterday afternoon. The stre[?] were almost deserted. The s[?] westerly gale backed up the Yarra to such an extent that the river…

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Floods in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

Melbourne Wednesday.—Although the rainfall was less persistent to-day, the danger of floods has not yet abated. Since Saturday last about six inches of rain has…

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Floods in Victoria. Melbourne Suburbs Inundated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday.—This afternoon the rainstorm returned with redoubled violence. The wind howled, and the water came down in sheets. For hours the downfall continued…

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Floods in Victoria. Two Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 3

A heavy downpour occurred in Melbourne on Monday afternoon. The streets were almost deserted. The strong westerly gale booked up the Yarra to such…

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Rain Storm in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 2

THE rain, which fell in Sydney on Friday and continued on Saturday enlminated yesterday in a heavy downpour. From three to five p.m. rain fell in torrents, causing…

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A Heavy Gale

Goulburn Herald · Monday 10 June 1901 · page 4

A STRONG Westerly gale was blowing on all night Wednesday and Thursday at Moruva, All business places were closed and all work suspended. Slates, shingles, and iron roofing…

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Terrible Gales.—ten Lives Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

Terrible gales have been encountered by coasting vessels off the New South Wales shores. Two of the craft failed to withstand the trial and were wrecked. In an endeavour…

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The Recent Gales

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 4

TERRIBLE gales have been encountered by coasting vessels off the New South Wales shores. Two of the craft failed to withstand the trial and were wrecked. In endeavour…

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The Recent Gales

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 2

Terrible gales have been encountered by coasting vessels off the New South Wales shores Two of the craft failed to withstand the trial and were wrecked. In an…

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Carried Away by a Gale of Wind

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 1

The following incident (says a New York correspondent) is vouched for as having occurred during a wind storm, which recently did much damage in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Mrs…

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Thunderstorm in London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 2

A violent thunderstorm in London, which lasted several hours, stopped the traffic and flooded the underground railway. Much damage was done to the streets…

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Severe Thunderstorm. London, July 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 4

A violent thunderstorm occurred in London to-day, lasting several hours Traffic on the underground railway was stopped. Wes[?]er Hall and the Imperial Theatre were f[?]ded. Much…

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Ellesmere-street in Flood

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 2

THE residents of lower Ellemere-street are [?]st now getting rather too much of a good hing, the recent beneficial rain having flooded [?]ir cottages. The fall from Clifford-street…

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Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 4

Heavy rain, accompanied by a driving wind from the south, fell in Goulburn throughout Tuesday night, and 187 points were registered yesterday morning for the previous 24 hours, making a total…

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Causes of Flood and Drought

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night Dr. Ross put a series of questions to the Minister for Education, with a view to eliciting from the Government Astronomer…

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