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

Floods & storms, 1907

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Storm of Frogs

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 6

The R.R, Times (Casino) reports the following extraordinary meteorological visitation: "On Friday last Mr. Ben Carlill, of Wooroowolgen, had a most peculiar…

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Severe Storm at Moss Vale

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 2

A terrific storm passed over the district on Saturday, far eclipsing anything previously experienced. At 5 o'clock a rumbling noise was heard approaching, soon…

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The Moss Vale Storm. Great Destruction of Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 2

Moss Vale, Monday Afternoon.—One hundred and eighty-seven panes of glass were broken in the Governor's residence at Sutton Forest as a result of the hailstorm on Saturday afternoon. A party of…

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Cyclone at Bodangora

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 3

BODANGORA was struck by a cyclone at 7.45 p.m. on Monday. The Church of England and the Roman [Catholic Church were levelled to the ground, and the Baptist Church was…

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The Sutton Forest Storm. Further Details

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

An eyewitness of the destructive hailstorm at Sutton Forest on Saturday afternoon says:— It was the most severe hailstorm ever…

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Cyclone. Every House in a Town Damaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 4

Wellington, Tuesday.—Bodangora was struck by a cyclone at 7.45 o'clock last night. The Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church were levelled to the ground, and the…

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Severe Storm at Moss Vale

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

A TERRIFIC storm passed over Moss Vale on Saturday, far eclipsing anything previously experienced. At 5 o'clock a rumbling noise was heard…

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"The Family." an American Book. Gifted Woman Raises a Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

An American correspondent writes to the London "Daily Telegraph":-- Probably the most surprised woman in America was Mrs Elsie Clews…

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Terrific Storm at Bodangora

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 10

A terrific storm of cyclonic violence struck Bodangora, a small town 250 miles west of Sydney, about 8 o'clock on Monday night, doing considerable…

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"The Family." an American Book. Gifted Woman Raises a Storm

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 7

Probably the most surprised woman in America was Mrs Elsie Clews Parsons when she awoke one morning to find herself, if not fatuous, the…

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Violent Storms in America

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 March 1907 · page 4

Storms of unprecedented violence are reported from Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky. The rivers rose rapidly. There have been heavy losses of stock…

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Floods and Fires in America

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 March 1907 · page 2

The floods in America are subsiding. The damage at Pittsburg amounts was £2,000,000. Twenty thousand persons are homeless…

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Floods In West Australia

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 21 March 1907 · page 2

Perth (W.A.). Tuesday.—The following telegram was received to-day by the Postmaster-General from the Postmaster at Carnarvon (W.A.) :— “Gascoigne…

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Divers in a Flooded Mine

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 3

Two divers sent up by the Minister for Mines on a special train to the goldfields reached Bonnie Vale (W.A.) early on Friday morning, and were promptly at work to reach the…

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Nine Novels a Day. Flood of Fiction Last Year

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 March 1907 · page 6

The "Publishers' Circular" announces that 0985 new books were published in 1900, and 1018 new editions issued, so that the grand total for the year was…

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Nine Novels a Day. Flood of Fiction Last Year

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 8

The "Publishers' Circular" announces that 6985 now books were published in 1906, and 1618 new editions issued, so that the grand total for the year was…

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Cyclone in Victoria

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 3

A CYCLONE struck the eastern end of the town of Bairnsdale, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon, and caused a good deal of damage to business places and private residences…

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Storm in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 May 1907 · page 2

As reported in our telegrams on Friday last the wildest night at sea for a considerable time past was experienced on Thursday, and the tempestuous conditions…

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The Famine in China. Millions Starved by Floods

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 7

Is a land where scarcoly a year [?] by without the crops failing in [?] one of the many provinces, the word "f[?]mine has a different significance from that given…

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America and Japan. a Passing Storm. London, July 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 6

Admiral Yamamoto, a member of the Supreme Military Council of Japan, now on a tour through America, in the course of an interview at New York, said he…

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