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

Floods & storms, 1909

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Victorian Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 4

All the railway lies in Victoria that were submerged by the floods will be available for traffic to-day (Monday). The whole township of Rupanyup was 4ft. Gin. under water at the…

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Devastating Floods In Victoria

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 8

Spring has been ushered in which doluge over a great part of Victoria. The rain has fallen everywhere, but in the south-west and centre of the State…

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The Fatal Compact Chapter Xl. in the Snow-storm-zela and Lupo

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 5

The limp, snow-covered figure of a woman was borne into the travellers’ hall between the porter and a monk, and Anselm and his friends…

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The Fatal Compact Chapter Xl. in the Snow-storm—zela and Lupo

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 4

With much toil is the result of her unfortunate choice, Zela reached the junction of the trails, and started the dog upon the other. Her…

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Floods in Mexico. a City Inundated. Eight Hundred Lives Lost. London, Aug. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

The oveflow of rivers has caused enormous damage in Northern Mexico. eight hundred people perished in the city of Monterey, Nuevo Leon, alone. Fifteen thousand are homeless…

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[Reuter's.] Disastrous Floods in Mexico. Great Loss of Life. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

Reuter's agent states that there are 1200 dead and 15,000 homeless at Monterey, Mexico, where tremendous floods occurred. The damage is estimated at £4,000,000…

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Telegrams. Floods Near Binda. Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 4

Heavy rains fell on Saturday evening and Sunday. At noon the river was over the bank. There are heavy floods towards Binda, and fences are down. An inch and…

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The Mexican Floods. Death Roll Hourly Increasing. London, Aug. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 4

Fourteen hundred people perished at Monterey. One-fourth of the city has been destroyed. The water mains are useless, consequently there is no drinking water,…

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Cyclone in Sicily. Thousands of Houses Demolished. London, Sept. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

The Daily Chronicle reports that a cyclone swept over Catania, Sicily, and destroyed 3000 houses. At Scordia 60 people were entombed in…

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Floods in Java. Five Hundred Perish. London, Sept. 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 4

Floods devastated the Loemadjang district of Probolinggo, Java. Five hundred people perished…

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Cyclone at Grafton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 6

Grafton, Thursday.—This afternoon a cyclonic storm passed over the city, and did a large amount of damage to buildings. The storm travelled in an extremely narrow track,…

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Remarkable Floods. How 1200 Lives Were Saved

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 6

An unknown man has saved 1,200 lives at Pattonsburg, a town in the State of Missouri, which was devastated by a flood last night (wired the…

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Great Magnetic Storm. London, Sept. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 September 1909 · page 2

The Observatory at Cheltenham, in Maryland (U.S.A.), recorded on Saturday the severest magnetic storm since the Observatory was founded. The magnets…

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Gale at Narrawa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1909 · page 4

A correspondent from Narrawa writes as follow :—A new building at Mrs. E. Holmes' residence was partly unroofed by Sunday's gale. The iron from one side was carried some distance from the house,…

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A Heavy Storm

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 October 1909 · page 2

A severe storm passed along the Little River on Sunday afternoon. The lightning was very vivid, followed by heavy claps of thunder. The…

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[Reuter's.] London, Tuesday. Destructive Cyclone at Bengal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 October 1909 · page 1

A cyclone has wrecked Goalanda and other Eastern Bengal stations, and sunk many river steamers and a great number of native craft. It is feared a number of Europeans…

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Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 October 1909 · page 4

A thunderstorm passed over Goulburn on Tuesday night, and 12 points were registered. There was some hail. It is reported that at Bungonia the heaviest hailstorm for years was experienced, and…

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Destructive Storm at Carrick and Greenwich Park

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 October 1909 · page 2

A destructive storm visited the Carrick and Greenwich Park district on Tuesday afternoon between 1 and 2 o'clock. The hail was very heavy, and the rain fell in torrents, over 3 inches being registered at…

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The Storm at Carrick. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 November 1909 · page 2

Dear Sir,—In Saturday's issue of your paper I noticed where it was stated that the occupants of my house had to take shelter under the table to protect them from the hail. I beg…

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Floods in England. London, Oct. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 November 1909 · page 1

Large tracts of Sussex are under water. Canterbury and Folkestone are flooded. Thousands of sheep have been drowned in Kent. Brighton had four inches of rain…

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