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

Floods & storms, 1909

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Floods in England. London, October 30

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 2

Further detail have been received regarding the floods in the South of England. Large tracts of country in Sussex are under water. Brighton, the famous watering place,…

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Welsh Colliery Flooded. London, Nov. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 November 1909 · page 4

Another colliery disaster is reported from Wales. A tremendous irruption of water flooded the Tarens colliery, Pontardawe…

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Cable News. West Indian Disasters. Hurricanes and Floods. London, Nov. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 4

A disastrous hurricane has swept over Jamaica. Rain has fallen continuously for some weeks, averaging ten inches daily. Landslides and inundations due to the…

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Fitzsimons in a Storm. His Narrow Escape

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 November 1909 · page 2

FOR some days Bob Fitzsimmons has been working up muscle by wood-chopping at National Park. The ex-heavyweight champion of the world has made…

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Storms in Victoria. a Man Killed

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday.--Fierce storms were experienced in various parts of the State on Sunday. In Melbourne and suburbs, where a strong northerly gale…

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Storm in a Teacup Sir W. Anson and Villagers

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 6

Charney Bassett has suddenly awakened from the sleep of centuries to find itself famous. True, it changed hands at public auction over a year…

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Storm in a Teacup. Sir W. Anson and Villagers

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 6

Charney Bassett has suddenly awakened from the sleep of centuries to find itself famous. True, it changed hands at public auction over a year…

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Gales in Britain. Fifty-four Lives Lost. London, Dec 4

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

There has been a violent gale on the coasts of Great Britain. The steamer Thistlemor, 4008 tons, blew up and foundered with a crew of 30 men off Olovelly, Devenshire. Four bodies have been washed…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Storm Centres

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 3

Attention is now concentrated on the measures which are being taken by the Government to restore the paralysed industries of the State and the Commonwealth…

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The Weather. a Severe Thunderstorm

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 7

A heavy thunderstorm broke over the the town on Tuesday night, and not a little damage was done b[?] lightning. For several days previously the atmosphere…

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Cable News. Gales in Britain. London, Dec. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 2

Heavy winds and gales, with snow, were the weather conditions on Tuesday, and these were followed yesterday by a rapid thaw, with torrential rains and floods in Devon and Severn Valley…

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