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

Floods & storms, 1903

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A Heavy Thunderstorm. Man Killed by Lightning

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

A HEAVY thunderstorm burst over Sydney shortly after three o'clock yesterday afternoon. The storm was accompanied by terrific peals of thunder and vivid flashes of…

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Danger in Thunderstorms

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 5
Also in The Young Chronicle

If out of doors, trees should be avoided, and if, from the rapidity with which the explosion follows the flash, it should be evident that the electric clouds are near at…

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Heavy Storm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 2

LAST Monday afternoon a heavy storm passed over our town and the rain came down in torrents for a time. So much…

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Heavy Storm near Burrowa

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

According to the Burrowa papers Anniversary Day weather was of a very singular kind, or “ a little out of the common ” as the TIMES writes The…

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Floods in Scotland. London, Feb. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 4

Rain, lasting 50 hours, has fallen over Scotland. The fall is unprecedented. Floods have occurred between the Forth and the Ness. There have been great losses of cattle and…

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Heavy Thunderstorm. and a Little Rain

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

ON Sunday evening last most unusual weather conditions prevailed locally. The day had been one of unusual heat and shortly after eight o’clock a storm…

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Storm at Bathurst

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon a severe thunderstorm passed along from George's Plains down the Vale and across by the Bald Hills to the upper portion of the common. For a time…

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Sunday’s Storms. Heavy Fall at Michelago

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 2

IT will be remembered that a very heavy thunderstorm passed over Yass on Sunday evening last but very little rain f[?]ll. The same afternoon [?] very heavy storm…

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Terrible Dust-storms. Great Damage in Victoria

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 February 1903 · page 3

YESTERDAY was a most unpleasant day in Goulburn. At daybreak the atmosphere was filled with dust, which enveloped the city until the afternoon. The wind dropped…

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Intense Heat and Dust Storms

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

Anything more unpleasant than the duststrom with which Sydney was afflicted od Sunday cannot easily be imagined. The city street as well as those…

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A Terrific Gale. London, Feb. 16

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 4

THE White Star liner Germanic, during the voyage from Liverpool to New York, encountered a terrific gale. While the alarmed passengers were…

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A Dust Storm

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 2

Most remarkable whether conditions prevailed on Saturday, as a sort of wind up to a week of mixed prospects. A high wind, carrying fine dust, blew all…

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Terrific Dust Storm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon a terrific dust storm passed over the town and district. The w[?]atlier all day had been boisterous and rough and about 5.30 p.m. a dust…

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Storms in Great Britain. London, Feb. 28

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 4

HEAVY gales have occurred throughout Great Britain. Several vessels have been wrecked. Incoming steamers report that the hurricane was the worst of the last twenty years. The…

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The Gales in Great Britain. London, March 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

Fresh squalls have occurred on the western coasts of Great Britain. An unknown barque while signalling that she was in distress struck the rocks on the…

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Heavy Gales in Great Britain. Many Wrecks Reported. London, Feb. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 4

Heavy gales have occurred throughout Great Britain. Several vessels have been wrecked. The barque Fingal, 2485 tons, bound for Australia, dragged her anchors, and was stranded…

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Heavy Gales in Great Britain. Many Wrecks Reported. London, February 28

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3

Incoming steamers report that the hurrcane was the worst of the last 20 years. The storm and floods have done great damage in the north of Ireland and in the…

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Cable News. Gales in Europe. London, March 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 1

The barque which was signalling in distress on Sunday off Cornwall was seen that night to strike the Brisons near Land's End, and to apparently sink or break up…

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Heavy Rain in the State

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 2

Judging by the telegraph messages received in Yass yesterday morning it is safe to predict that heavy rain has fallen over a very considerable area of…

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