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

Floods & storms, 1901

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Killed During a Storm

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 4

DURING a thunderstorm at Bulumwaal (Vie.) on Monday a tree fell on, to a fossicker named Hans Peterson, killing him instantly. The unfortunate man land sought the tree for…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday. Before Messrs. W. S. Foxall, W. Gale, and A. Mitchell, Js.P

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 2

Ten cases were settled and five withdrawn. In the following, verdicts were given for the amounts claimed:—T. Wiseman v. S. Kellard, 17s and 3s costs…

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Flood at Albury

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 4

THE Murray flood at Albury receded very quickly. Upper Murray residents report that the flood was the highest for twelve years, and also that thousands of acres of grass land…

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Floods, Rabbits, and Snakes

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 3

ALBURY, Monday.—The Murray flood is now receding very quickly. Upper Murray residents report that the flood was the highest for 12 years, and also that thousands of acres of…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 4

WHEN farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big load, he knew there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light…

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Gale on British Coast

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 5

LONDON, November 13 and 14.—A great gale prevailed over most of the United Kingdom yesterday. Phenomenal rainfall was registered over…

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Gales in Great Britain. Phenomenal Rainfall. Whole Districts I[?]dated. Numerous Wrecks

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 3

A great gale has prevailed over most of the United Kingdom. Phenomenal rainfall was registered over Scotland, Ireland, and the North of…

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Cyclone in the Riverina

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 4

FINLEY, Thursday.—A storm of cyclonic force passed over the town at three o'clock this afternoon. Rain fell in torrents, and so thickly that it was impossible to see 20 yards away. Limbs of trees, sheets…

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Storm in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 4

Melbourne, Thursday.—A storm of an extraordinary character broke over Melbourne about 6 o'clock this evening, doing considerable damage. A few minutes after 6…

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Gales in Great Britain. London, Nov. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 4

A great gale prevailed over most of the United Kingdom yesterday. Phenomenal rainfall was registered over Scotland, Ireland, and the North of England. Whole…

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Storm at Balmain

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 November 1901 · page 2

ABOUT 5 p.m. on Saturday a heavy storm of hail and rain occured at Balmain. Some of the houses were unroofed in River and Rose streets, and fences and sign-boards were…

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Storm at Penrith

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 November 1901 · page 2

A SEVERE storm visited Penrith on Saturday. Light hail fell at first, followed by lumps of ice, and rain poured incessantly. Roads and paddocks were flooded. The damage to crops,…

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Cyclone in Victoria and Riverina. Widespread Damage. Many People Rendered Homeless

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News · Monday 18 November 1901 · page 4

Melbourne, Friday,—The glaziers of Melbourne will be kept busy at work for several weeks in making good the damage done to glasswork by last ovening's…

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Gales in Great Britain. London, Nov. 14

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 2

IN the gales yesterday a lifeboat at Caister, north of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, was wr[?]oked, Nine of the crew were drowned…

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Gales in Great Britain. London, Nov. 13

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 4

A GREAT gale prevailed over most of the United Kingdom yesterday. Phenomenal rainfall was registered over Scotland…

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The Gales in Great Britain. 200 Lives Lost

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 2

FEARFUL gales are reported from England; several ships have been wrecked and upwards of 200 lives have been lost…

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The Storm in Victoria. Many People Rendered Homeless

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm passed over Bacchus Marsh, Melbourne, at 5 o'clock on Thursday evening accompanied by a phenomenal shower of hail. The…

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Thunderstorms

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 2

ON Thursday last a heavy thunderstorm passed over Yass about 6 o'clock. The thunder was deafening while the lighting was the most vivid experienced for…

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Tumut in Flood

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News · Wednesday 20 November 1901 · page 4

THE flood in the Tumut river recently has in many casee been [?]tructive to crops on the low-lying flats, as well as loose soil being washed away to the…

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News by Cable. the Gales in Great Britain. London, Nov. 14

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 November 1901 · page 1

The gale continued yesterday in Northumberland, Durham, and Yorkshire. The [?] are strewn with wreckage…

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