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

Floods & storms, 1910

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Disastrous Floods. Over a Thousand People Drowned. London, June 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 4

The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports that over 1000 people were killed in the floods in Hungary. The loss of life was particularly heavy at…

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TELEGRAMS Latest Cable News. LONDON, Monday. Fatal Thunderstorm

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 2

A thundestorm in New York killed fourteen people and injured many others…

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The Floods In Europe. Heavy Loss of Life

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 22 June 1910 · page 2

The loss of life caused by the disastrous floods in Europe has been heavier than was supposed. The Vienna correspondent of the "Daily…

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Flooded Lands at Barren Jack

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 4

WHEN the Barren Jack dam is completed and filled a large area of country will be covered by water. In live New South Wales Legislative…

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Cable News. Floods in France. Two Towns Abandoned. London, July 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 4

Floods again threaten Northern France. The Seine is rising and the Marne has overflowed its banks. The inhabitants of Chalons-sur-Marne and Troyes, on the…

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Cable News. Floods in Europe. Wide Inundations in France. London, July 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1910 · page 1

Floods are again reported from France and Germany, and are threatening Switzerland. The public gardens of Chalons-sur-Marne are submerged. The valley of the Oise, below…

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Tremendous Storm in Sydney. Wild Scenes on Harbour. a Record Snowfall. Two Men Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

There raged over Sydney on Monday the most tremendous storm that has swept along the coast since the terrible Nemesis gales of July, 1904. In each case the wind worked up until about 4 o'clock…

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Heavy Snow Storms

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 2

WE of Young who were complaining on Monday of tho bleak cold weather, have reason to be thankful that tho experience of the people of the mountains was not…

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The Storms of Life

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 2

The daylight breaks—upon the ocean wide From anchorage we start, at early morning tide. The last land-bird has bid us all good-bye,…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured, One Killed. Carts Caught in Deluge

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of an extraordinary accident last month (as already briefly recorded in a "Herald"…

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The Gale and Snowstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 1

The gale blew with renewed fury in Sydney on Tuesday morning, and was again accompanied by torrential rain. The telegraph and telephone services were dislocated…

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[Reuter's.] Destructive Storms in Europe. Many Lives Lost. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 4

Enormous damage has been caused by a hurricane, accompanied by lightning and torrents of rain, in the west and south of Germany, especially at Nuremberg, Cologne,…

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[Reuter's.] Floods in Japan. Enormous Destruction. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 2

The floods in Japan washed away towns and villages, causing many deaths. The railways are interrupted. Thirty thousand houses in the lower part of Tokio are…

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Disastrous Floods in Japan. Towns and Tillages Washed Away. London, Friday Afternoon

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 August 1910 · page 3

Devastating floods are reported from Japan. Many towns and village have been washed away and a number of [?]…

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Thunderstorms. and Earthquakes

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 September 1910 · page 4

Two weeks ago my friends interested me with queries about the possibility of a relationship between earthquakes and a comet. After their experiences this…

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Thunderstorms. and Earth Quakes

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 2

Two weeks ago my Mentis Interested me with queries about the possibility of a relationship between earthquakes and a comet. After their experiences this…

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Two Days of Lightning. Wandering Thunderstorms Death and Fire

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 4

A remarkable series of wandering thunderstorms raged throughout the South of England and on parts of the Continent early in the week (said…

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Cyclone in Hungary. London, Sept. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 2

A disastrous cyclone has swept through Toemoerke, Hungary. The hurricane wrecked 250 houses, destroyed a church, and carried big trees a distance of half a mile. A…

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Heavy Rain-storm

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 September 1910 · page 2

Several smart showers fell on Friday, but about 8 o’clock in the evening a very severe storm passed over the district when most of the water-courses were…

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Havana Flooded. Vancouver, Oct. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 October 1910 · page 1

Cuba is in the grip of a great storm. The waves surmount the sea walls of Havana, and water is flooding the houses. A panic followed the report that a tidal wave was sweeping the…

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