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

Floods & storms, 1908

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Terrific Storm

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 2

Sunday and Monday were quite warm and springlike. Tuesday was cloudy and sultry until the afternoon, when a few light showers fell. Shortly before…

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Severe Rain Storms

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

On Saturday morning this district was visited by the heaviest storm experienced for some years, the rain reminding one of a tropical downpour, while the lightning was…

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The Track of a Cyclone. “Holds on for Your Lives.”

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 4

THE wind had dropped entirely, and with the dropping of the wind a thousand different sounds broke harshly upon the ear, sounding almost unnatural in their…

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Floods in India. Great Loss of Life. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 2

Although the Government warned dwellers along the banks of the Mussi to escape from the flood, a thousand were drowned, chiefly women and children. Elephants…

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Floods in India. Heavy Loss of Life. London, Sept. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 2

Mussi River, on which the city of Haidarabad is situated, overflowed its banks, flooded the Residency, and overwhelmed the suburb of Afzulganj, where the Nizam's…

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Floods in India. London, Oct. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 4

The floods in Haidarabad are worse than at first reported. One estimate mentions the death roll at 10,000. A Turkish steamer on Wednesday came into…

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Flood Calamity. 50,000 Drowned in India. London, Oct. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 4

As further details of the floods in Southern India are received the extent of the calamity grows. A special correspondent describes Haidarabad…

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Storm at Dalton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 October 1908 · page 4

Our Dalton correspondent writes—A very severe hailstorm passed over Dalton between 5 and 6 o'clock this (Saturday) afternoon. The hailstones were not very large, but the storm…

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The Latest. London, Friday. The Storm in the Philippines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 4

During the storm and flood at Luzon three Americans in a boat saved the lives of 100 out of 106 natives in the suburb of Aparri…

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Flood in Cape Colony. London, Nov. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

A flood has done great damage at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. A terrible thunderstorm caused the Barkens River to rise with startling rapidity, and flood the district. The damage is…

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Storm at Mittagong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 2

On Monday a terrific storm passed over Mittagong at 2.30, lasting one hour. It was accompanied by heavy thunder, lightning, and thick destructive hail. The whole district was…

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A Storm in a Tea Cup. Quibbling at the Municipal Council's Meeting. Are They Unruly Schoolboys?

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

Once again we are forced to put a pen to paper to denounce the quibbling and petty peevishness that exists in the Young Municipal Council. Let those who have…

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