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

Floods & storms, 1905

52 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Flooded Out. a Nyngan Experience

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 17 April 1905 · page 3

A correspondent, writing from Nyngan on Tuesday evening last, reported:—“Very little dry land is to be found in any part of Nyngan this evening. Like restless…

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Short Story. The Flooded Gallery

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 3

Away up in Trumgelly, in Wales, they tell the story to this day, and the memory of it moistens the eyes of many a rough gray-bearded miner. It was a hot July…

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Thunderstorm

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 May 1905 · page 3

TO-DAY was beautifully fine, and quite warm up till lunch time. Shortly after, however, the atmosphere became so dark that lights had to be used, and about 3.30 p.m. a storm…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. STORM

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 3

Some of the gusts in last night's storm were 53 miles per hour. FATAL FIRE. A disastrous fire occurred at Port Macquarie…

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R.m.s. Orotava in a Storm. Three Seamen Injured

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 May 1905 · page 4

THE R.M.S. Orotava on the way from Melbourne to Adelaide was struck by a heavy gale, the most severe force of which was met when Cape Otway was abeam. A…

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Tube Flooded

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 2

The New York tube railway is flooded. Many passengers waded to the stations through four feet of water…

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Phenomenal Rain and Thunder-storms

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

Heavy and general rain fell on Wednesday night and early on Thursday morning, extending through the entire district the reports at 9 o'clock on…

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Struck by Lightning Fatal Result of Thursday’s Storm

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

WHILST on Thursday night, lightning was flashing and thunder crashing, a young man of our town—one who was sober, industrious, and the chief support of his aged parents—met death…

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Floods. Sensational Occurrences at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 July 1905 · page 4

Gundagai, Tuesday.—Gundagai is in a state of flood to-day. The river rose very quickly last night, and at daylight was 24ft 6in above summer level. Nearly tile whole of the flats…

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Floods in the South. Country Inundated. Bridges Swept Away

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 5

THE recent rainfalls were heaviest in the south. On Wednesday the Murray at. Albury was still rising, and, miles of country along the flats were under water…

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Floods

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 2
Also in Argyle Liberal and District Recorder

THE Murray and M[?]rrumbidgee rivers are in flood. Many sensational experiences and res[?] from the flood waters are reported. A large area…

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Floods at Tumut

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 2

The recent heavy rains have been responsible for causing the biggest flood since 1876 at Tumut. By nine o’clock on Monday morning the water had risen…

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Coastal Gales

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1905 · page 2

STRONG south-westerly gales Continued to rage along the coastline on Monday, and at night the conditions wore exceptionally boisterous. Heavy seas were running, and thick…

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A Liner In A Gale

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

The R.M.S. Omrah arrived at Freemant[?]e at 6 o’clock on Tuesday twenty hours late. Immediately after clearing Althorpe she ran into a furious gale from…

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Floods at Shanghai

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 4

Great floods are reported from Shanghai. Villages were demolished and hundreds of persons drowned in the Wusung and Puting districts…

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Floods in India

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 3

Large tracts of the Punjab are flooded. Thousands of cattle have been drowned, and many wheat stores have been destroyed Immense damage has been done to buildings…

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Floods in the Punjab. London, Sep. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 4

Large tracts of the Punjab, India, are flooded, Thousand of cattle have been drowned, and many wheat stores have boon destroyed. Immense damage has been done to buildings at…

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Cyclone at the Cape

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 October 1905 · page 4

A cyclone on Saturday ploughed its way through the centre of Maulmesbury, 35 miles north-north-east of Capetown. One hundred houses were razed to the ground. Six people…

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Severe Storm at Brisbane

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 October 1905 · page 2

A HAVEY thunderstorm, accompanied with hail, broke over Brisbane early on Friday. The storm lasted seven or eight minutes, 84 points of rain falling. Light rain then set in…

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