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

Floods & storms, 1903

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Gales in Sydney and Melbourne

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 March 1903 · page 2

THE hot and oppressive weather in Sydney during the past few days culminated yesterday in a violent southerly change, boisterous conditions prevailing along the coast. Many…

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Floods at Townsville

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 March 1903 · page 4

HEAVY rain fell in Townsville last week. From 9 a.m. On Thursday to 3 p.m. on Friday the official record was 7.63 in. Foot traffic in many parts of Hermit Park was impracticable,…

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Storm Waters

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

SOONER or later something will have [?]o be done to prevent the rain waters from washing away the earth from many of the convenient tracks and…

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The America Cup. Accident to the Challenger. Dismasted in a Storm. One Man Drowned and Several Injured. London

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 3

Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht Shamrock III., challenger for the America Cup, was yesterday caught in a storm off Weymouth, and dismasted…

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Cyclone at Cootamundra. Passes Along the Main Street

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

A telegram reached here this morning stating that a terrific cyclone had passed over Cootamundra at 1 o'clock, doing immense damage. Only the briefest particulars are to hand. The wire states that…

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Unprecedented Flood at Cootamundra. Railway Lines Washed Away. Narrow Escapes From Drowning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4

Cootamundra, Thursday.—An unprecedented flood occurred here to-night, parts of the town being three feet under water. There have been many narrow escapes from drowning. The main…

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Disasters at Cootamundra. Floods.—great Destruction of Property

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 April 1903 · page 2

As briefly reported in our telegrams on Friday evening, a great flood, unprecedented in the history of Cootamundra, has swept over the town and great damage has resulted…

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Unprecedented Flood. Cootamundra Flooded. Cootamundra

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2

An unprecedented flood occurred here to-night, parts of town being been many narrow escapes from drowning. The main railway line and…

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The Cootamundra Floods. Twenty Inches Op Rain. Rescue Parties All Night

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4

Cootam[?]ndra, Friday Afternoon. The damage done by the flood is greater than Appeared to be the case this morning. No loss of life…

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Cootamundra Deluged. Townspeople Flooded Out. Great Destruction of Property. Cootamundra

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 2

Yesterday the people were in the merciless hands of the drought. To-day the land is covered with water. A great flood, unprecedented in the history of Cootamundra, has swept over the town,…

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The Cootamundra Floods. Alarming Experiences. Mysterious Electrical Disturbances

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

One of the most extraordinary meteorological [?] that have been experienced in any part of this State fell to the lot of [?]ptamandra on Thursday [?]…

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Unprecedented Flood. at Cootamundra

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

A little after midnight on Saturday Cootamundra was visited by a mysterious electrical or atmospheric disturbance which carried disaster in its train…

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Floods in Queensland

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 4

Advices from Queensland show that the recent flood in the northern parts’ of that State are the greatest on record. At Coan, over eleven inches fell in twenty…

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The Recent Flood

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 1

An unprecedented flood occurred at Cootamundra on Thursday night is a[?] parts of the town being three feet under water. There were many narrow escapes…

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Cyclone in Southern Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 2

Brisbane, Monday.—Steady rain was experienced on Saturday and Sunday, which culminated in a terrific storm in the early hours of this morning, accompanied by wind of…

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Cable News. Disastrous Floods in America. London, May 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 4

Disastrous floods are reported from Kansas. There has been heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeka, and immense destruction of property…

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Gales on the Coast

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 4

THE south-easterly squalls reported off the coast on Sunday increased in violence during the night, and a strong easterly gale was experienced along the seaboard on Monday…

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Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 4

The rainfall in the Armidale district since Saturday has been the heaviest for any similar period during the last 20 years, six inches being recorded. A portion of Armidale is under…

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The United States.—storms and Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 2

The damage done by the tornado at Gainsville amounted to half a million dollars (£100,000). The tornado, which lasted only two minutes, was preceded by a few minutes of…

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The United States. Floods, Fires and Storms

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—The total fatalities at North Topeka in connection with the floods and outbreak of fire were much less than at first reported, 50, and not…

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