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

Floods & storms, 1904

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Floods at Broken Hill

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

Broken Hill, Saturday Afternoon.—The Menindie mail, which left Broken Hill on Monday afternoon, reached its destination at 8 o’clock on Thursday night…

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The December Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

A "Willeroo, Currawang, correspondent writes:—The recent terrible hailstorm did untold damage to many poor struggling farmers. It is very pitiful to hear the state it has left some of them in, but,…

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St. Petersburg Flooded

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 1

THE floods from which St. Petersburg is suffering have more significance than an inundation elsewhere, as there is always a not very remote possibility…

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Thunderstorms

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 January 1904 · page 2

A SEVERE thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and heavy rain, occurred in Goulburn on Saturday afternoon and lasted for about three-quarters of an hour. For some…

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Terrific Storm

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

A TERRIFIC storm occurred at Jerrara on Sunday night last. Five inches and a half of rain fell in 1 hour 20 minutes. Full report is crowded out…

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Great Storm in Goulburn. Over Four Inches of Rain. About £2000 Damage

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 3

IT would appear that the powers in charge of the weather arrangements are determined to break records—as well as other things—this summer. Right up to Christmas time there…

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Record Storm in Goulburn. Streets and Houses Flooded. a Torrential Visitation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

Goulburn was yesterday (Wednesday) visited with the heaviest storm within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. The morning was cloudy, with a dull…

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South Africa. Bloemfontein Flooded. London, Jan. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

The flood at Bloemfontein was due to heavy rains causing the reservoir to burst its dam. Twenty-five people were drowned. One hundred and seventy six houses were destroyed. The…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain at Goulburn

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

A VERY heavy storm broke over the city of Goulburn on Wednesday, when hail and rain descended in torrents, the gutters being altogether inadequate to…

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Terrific Storm

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

A TERRIFIC storm occurred at Jerrara on Sunday night last (as briefly reported in our last issue). The storm travelled in a northerly…

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Record Storm in Goulburn

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3
Also in Argyle Liberal and District Recorder

Goulburn was on Wednesday visited with the heaviest storm within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant, (says the “ Penny Post.” Rain commenced…

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The Goulburn Storm. House Struck by Lightning

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

FURTHER particulars of the extraordinary storm which visited Goulburn on Wednesday show that the damage as stated in last issue was by no means ever estimated. Business…

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Record Storm in Goulburn

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday Goulburn was visited with the heaviest storm within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant. Rain commenced to fall a few minutes before one…

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Great Storm in Melbourne

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

ONE of the heaviest storms that has been experienced in Melbourne occurred on Saturday and lasted until some time after daybreak yesterday. On Friday night fierce rain…

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A Severe Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

A violent storm occurred in Melbourne on Saturday night. Fences, trees and buildings were levelled. A little girl named Mary Jane Howard…

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Latest News. Telegrams. Storm and Flood in Melbourne

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

It rained incessantly all Saturday afternoon and Sunday, accompanied by a heavy wind, which caused damage to yachts in the Bay, blew down…

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The Thames Flooded. LONDON Feb. 5

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

THE flood caused in the Valley of the Thames as a result of many successive days' rain is the highest that has…

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A Waterspout Bursts Johannesburg Flooded

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 6

A cable on January 21 staled that a terrible disaster, due to waterspouts and the bursting of a great dam, had occurred at Johannesburg…

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Heavy Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

A TELEGRAM received at Adelaide on Tuesday from Parachiloa, to the far north of South Australia, states that a heavy storm broke over there the…

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