Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

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

Floods & storms, 1903

98 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Gales on the Coast

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 2

FURTHER disasters as a result of the recent gales were reported yesterday. The schooner Elliston, laden with 90,000 feet of timber for Sydney, went ashore at Point Korogoro on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Heavy Gales on the Coast. the Wreck of the Oakland Eleven Lives Lost

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

The North Coast Steam Navigation Company's Meaner Oakland, which left Newcastle for the Richmond and Clarence rivers shorty after midnight on Tuesday…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Flood in the Manning

Goulburn Herald · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

DURING the past few days a strong south-easterly gale has been blowing at Grafton, the velocity at times reaching hurricane force. Since Sunday 1232 points of rain have fallen…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Disastrous Floods. London, May 31

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 4

DISASTROUS flood sure reported from several of the Mississ ppi States. There has been heavy loss of life, especially at North…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Floods in America

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 4

Unprecedented rains have fallen in the Indian territ[?]ry in North America. Twenty thousand people are homeless through the flood, and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The American Floods. London, June 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 4

A group of cities on the east side of the Mississippi and north-east of St. Louis are from 10 to 18 feet under water. Seven hundred people spent the night on the housetops and were rescued in the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The American Floods

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

A group of cities on the east [?] the Mississippi and north-east of [?] Louis are from [?] 18 feet [?] water…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Thunderstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 2

The weather, which has been anything but tropical for the last fortnight or so, took a peculiar turn here on Friday evening, when a heavy shower of rain was accom anied by thunder and lightning…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Floods in America.—part of St. Louis Overwhelmed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 4

A torrent of water, 25ft. deep and 100ft. wide, burst through Illinofs Central Railway embankment near St. Louis yesterday, and flooded the southern half of Eastern St Louis…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Floods in America. London, June 11

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 2

A TORRENT of water, 25ft. deep and 100ft. wide, burst through the Illinois Central Railway embankment, near St. Louis…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Broken Hill Water Famine. Fierce Dust Storm and No Rain. Broken Hill

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

Yesterday Dr. M'Carthy said it would not matter to him if it blew three quarters of a gale. To day he had a full gale, carrying with it dense clouds of dust and a good…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Telegrams. Sydney. Monday Floods in New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 July 1903 · page 4

There have been exceptionally heavy rains and storms in the southern island of New Zealand. The township of Blenheim is three feet under water. A foot of snow fell on Canterbury Plains…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Floods in the Wimmera

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 July 1903 · page 3

THE overflow of the Wimmera River, in Victoria; has proved most serious, attaining a height almost equalling the flood of 1894. On Friday night word was received that the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Storms in New Zealand Rain and Snow

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 4

Auckland, Monday.—Exceptionally severe storms have occurred in the South Island during the last few days, and have resulted in the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Queanbeyan Tragedy. Inquest on Mrs. Gale. Husband Charged with Murder. Queanbeyan

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 4

The Goulburn Coroner (Mr. O’Brien) concluded the inquest last night on the body of Mrs. Gale, who died on Sunday from the effect of a gunshot wound in the head…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cable News a Disastrous Storm. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 September 1903 · page 4

In the storm in Great Britain the commencement of the southern breakwater of the National Harbour of Dover was destroyed. The damage is estimated at £40,000. The steel…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Disastrous Storm. London, Sept. 13

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 4

THE storm was one of the worst for years. Every part of the British coast was visited by gales. The new breakwater…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Rainfall. Broken Hill Flooded

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 2

Broken-hill was greatly cheered on Wednesday afternoon by glorious rain, that set in about half-past 2 o’clock. The weather conditions prior to that were uncommon,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Destructive Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 2

A thunderstorm of great violence, accompanied by heavy rain and largo hail and wind of cyclonic force, passed over the Cassilis district to the south-west of the township at noon on Wednesday. Trees…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Queanbeyan Murder. Gale Sentenced to Death

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 2

The Goulburn Circuit Court opened on Monday morning, presided over by Mr. Justice Pring. Tho first case called was that of Charles Augustus Gale, charged…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →