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

Floods & storms, 1904

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The Gale.—Shipping Disaster Feared

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 4

A shipping disaster has occurred off Port Hacking, and large quantities of wreckage have been washed ashore at Cronulla Beach. On Tuesday the deb[?]s was identified positively…

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The Weather. Storms, Tempests, and Floods. Terrific Seas

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

Heavy rain fall in Sydney on Saturday ans Sunday. The low lying parts became lakes: Violent gales raged throughout Friday…

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The late Disastrous Storm

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 2

The debris washed ashore at Cronulla Beach, has now been identified positively as belonging to the Huddart, Parker steamer Nemesis, bound…

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The Late Storm. Floods in the Hunter, Nepean, and South Coast

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 4

THE complete story of the damage done by the violent storm, which raged from Friday morning till Sunday night, has not yet been told, but…

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The Babylonian Deluge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 2

Perhaps the most remarkable event in the history of modern Christianity, says a writer in the "Sunday Strand," is the unexpected confirmation, of Bible truths from the hands of…

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Extraordinary Occurrence. During a Thunderstorm

The Yass Courier · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 2

Carcoar, an extraordinary occurrence happened at Flyer’s Creek, 12 miles from here, during a recent thunderstorm, when two members…

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Swimmer Caught in a Gale

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 4

J. A. WEIDMAN, the Dover long-distance swimmer, when training on August 17, had a remarkable experience. He started on a 14 miles swim in the Channel, and excellent…

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Copious Rains Predicted. Possibility of Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

During Sunday night heavy thunderstorms were experienced at scattered places over a large area in the north, extending from beyond the Darling to the highlands. The rains…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Thursday. Storm at Broken Hill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 October 1904 · page 2

Broken Hill experienced a record storm on Tuesday night. The wind was severe and the thunder and lightning excessive. Considerable damage was done, and many buildings were…

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More Rain and Very Heavy Storms

The Yass Courier · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 3

The district has been blessed with a further downpour of rain. On Wednesday, about noon, rain commenced to fall steadily until about 6 o’clock when…

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The Recent Gale. Damage to Property

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

A NORTH-WESTERLY gale of exceptional violence passed over the state yesterday, and resulted in considerable damage. Numbers of buildings were unroofed, trees were…

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The Late Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

According to farther reports to hand on Friday, the recent tempestuous weather conditions played have with many inland towns and extensive damage to property has…

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The Late Gale. Injury to the Crops

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 4

Telegraphic communication with the country districts, which was interrupted by the violent gale on Wednesday, was restored on Thursday, although many of the lines were…

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The War. London, Friday. at Port Arthur. Trenches to Be Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 2

Mr. Bennet Burleigh, war correspondent, says that the Russians hold the forts of Liacti-shan beyond Golden Hill. The Japanese are preparing to flood the…

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Cyclone on the North Coast. a Man Killed

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 November 1904 · page 4

THE most severe storm ever known in the Maclean district occurred on Thursday afternoon. It started about Woodferd Leigh, where one hours was break down and…

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The Recent Gale

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

A north-westerly gale of exceptional violence passed over the State on Wednesday, and resulted in considerable damage. Numbers of buildings were…

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Severe Storm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon last a terrific storm passed over different portions of the district, At Wargiela the lightning was very vivid and the wind blew with…

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Destructive Cyclone

Goulburn Herald · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 5

A TERRIFIC cyclone prevailed yesterday in Henty, Cooma, and other districts. Buildings were wrecked, crops seriously damaged, trees blown down over miles of country, and…

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Severe Storm in Goulburn

Goulburn Herald · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 2

A THUNDERSTORM followed by rain and a heavy gale took place in Goulburn yesterday afternoon, and some damage was done to property. During the morning the city was…

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Thursday's Cyclone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 2

Details of the cyclone in Cooma and other districts show that the damage was greater than was at first thought. Many orchards were stripped of their fruit, buildings were…

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