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

Floods & storms, 1905

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Cyclone at the Cape. London, Sept. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 4

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

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Storm at Newcastle

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 2

A TERRIFIC thunderstorm, startling alike in its suddenness and its character, broke over Newcastle yesterday morning. A lightning flash about 11.30 a.m. was followed by a…

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Atlantic Liner Flooded

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 4

An unexpected wave flooded the Conard liner Compania off the Great Banks, Newfoundland. Five steerage passengers were swept overboard, and 30 others were injured…

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Cyclonic Storm

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 October 1905 · page 2

ON Wednesday tremondous [?] were running along, the coast of this State, and gales from the south and south-west were raging at night from Gabo Island in the extreme…

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Floods in the Bega District

Goulburn Herald · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 4

THE interruption to the telegraph lines in the extreme Sough-east is gradually being restored, and, as was expected, the rains there have been very heavy. Bega registered…

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The Late Storm

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 October 1905 · page 2

With the restoration of telegraphic communication with the extreme south-eastern districts of the State accounts continue to come to hand of the extensive damage…

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Severe Thunderstorm. a Man Struck by Lightning

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

On Saturday last, shortly after one o’clock, heavy clouds began to gather, indicating that a storm was approaching. About 2.30 rain commenced to fall until…

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Troops Flood the Capital

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 2

Sixty thousand men are under arms in St. Petersburg. The First Army Corps, now in Manchuria, will arrive in St. Petersburg in a week. The Government has lost all authority in the…

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Disastrous Storm in Brisbane

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 2

A TERRIFIC thunderstorm accompanied with hall broke over Brisbane yesterday, attended in portions of the city by a strong wind, almost cyclonic in character. 431 points of rain…

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The Brisbane Storm

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 December 1905 · page 2

DURING the great rainstorm in Brisbane on Thursday nearly 9 inches of rain fell in the suburbs. On Friday the flood waters had almost subsided. Wrecked fence, ruined…

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Moon's Age and Thunderstorm's

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 3

Many meteorologists and astronomers have drawn attention from time to time to a connection between the occurrence of thunderstorms and the age of the…

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Flood of Industrial Litigation

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 1

Judge Heydon is as hopeful of sweeping out Coogee Bay with a mop as he is of being able to repress the swelling the of litigation in the…

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