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

Floods & storms, 1911

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Local & General. Floods Feared

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 2

The Inspector General of Police has forwarded the following notice and the local police have handed the copy for publication to all police…

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Flood at Burrinjuck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 3

A correspondent writes on Thursday evening: The biggest flood since the works started here came down this morning. It is all over the works, but hardly any damage will be done, as…

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Disastrous Storms

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 2

A terrific cyclone, with torrential rain, caused great damage in Cairns on Thursday morning. The wind velocity was estimated at 60 miles an…

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A Cyclone. Two Men Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 4

Port Douglas (Q.), Sunday.—A terrific cyclone occurred here and at Mossman on Thursday night. Hundreds of persons are homeless. Walsh's stores were levelled to the…

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Six Days Deluge. Unprecedented Rains in North Queensland. 4823 Points at Cairns

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

AN unprecedented rainfall was recorded at Cairns (Q.) from Wednesday till Monday, 4823 points falling. Of this total 1130 points fell on Saturday and 2016 on…

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No More Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

Absorbing flood water by storage wells is a plan French engineers are considering. Much damage was formerly done by inundations on the estates of the Count of Beauchamp, between…

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Destructive Cyclone. Oklahama, April 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 6

A cyclone swept the country near here. The members of a family were lifted out of a demolished house on their beds, and seriously injured. A guest in the house was killed…

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Flooding a Bank

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 3

Like the Bank of England, the Bank of France is now guarded every night by soldiers, who do sentry duty, outside the building, a watch being likewise kept…

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Rush of Water. Floods Newcastle Pit

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 4

Great consternation, said a correspondent telegraphing from Newcastle to "Lloyd's News" on February 19, was created in the district at midnight, when…

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Terrible Gale

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 4

A severe westerly gale swept over certain parts of Austria last month. There were 100 accidents, two of them fatal, in Vienna alone. Meteorological returns…

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No More Floods

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 7

Absorbing flood water by storage wells is a plan French engineers are considering. Much damage was formerly done by inundations…

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Floods

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 2

Destructive floods have occurred in the [?] vally (Chins) and many villages have been de[?]…

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Remarkable Storm. London, July 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 5

An extraordinary storm has occurred in London. A sudden squall came up, the wind reaching a velocity of 54 miles an hour, and an inch of rain fell in a quarter of an hour. Hailstones…

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Remarkable Storm

The Yass Courier · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 4

An extraordinary storm has occurred in London. A sudden squall came up, the wind reaching a velocity of fifty-four miles au hour, and…

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New Storm Centre. London, Aug. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 August 1911 · page 4

The situation at Liverpool has become dangerous. The men have lost all sense of discipline, and the recent increase in pay has given them the impression that the employers…

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Flooding a Bank

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5

Like the Bank of England, the Bank of France is now guarded every night by soldiers, who do sentry duty outside the building, a watch being…

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Violent Storms in America. Savannah, Aug. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 4

A great storm is raging in the southern States. The water is higher on the seafront at Charleston, South Carolina, than it has been for 20 years. The street car services…

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A Storm Brewing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 6

What am I to say about the children that were overlaid? In this report twenty-nine cases are quoted. Do let us make a united effort to abolish this source of death and suffering. It…

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Thunderstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 4

A thunderstorm, remarkable in two ways, passed over the city at three o'clock on Wednesday morning. It was remarkable that it followed a comparatively cool day, and remarkable…

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Cable News. Disastrous Gale. London, Oct. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 2

A gale, reaching a velocity of 60 miles an hour, has swept over the North Sea, and has resulted in many wrecks and great loss of life. Much damage was done among the fishing…

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