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

Floods & storms, 1912

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Terrific Gale. Great Loss of Life. London, Jan. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 5

A gale which has swept over Britain has resulted in numerous fatalities and much damage to harbour works and shipping. A German steamer was wrecked on the Goodwins. The…

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Cable News. Earthquake and Storm. Cordova (Alaska). Feb. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 1

An earthquake which occurred led to a terrific storm which swept the Alaskan coast. Stores were wrecked, and the lighting plant here was destroyed…

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Telegrams. a Severe Storm. SYDNEY

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 2

A severe storm swept over Gundagai last night. The force of the wind was terrific. A portion of the railway was washed away Residents…

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Floods in Portugal

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 2

The recent floods and storms in Portugal were responsible for terrible scenes of havoc and destruction. The River Tagus presents a sad sight…

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Severe Storm at Cowra

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 4

ON Thursday last about lunch hour, a terrific storm burst over Cowra, the wind blowing at hurricane force, and the rain literally coming down in…

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Floods in Spain. Madrid, Feb. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

Twelve riverside villages on the banks of the Guadelquiver, with an aggregate population of 34,000, have not a single house above the flood level. The first boats with bread from Seville…

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The Storm at Lake Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 4

A Lake Bathurst correspondent writes:—A terrific rainstorm with disastrous effects to everything that came within its course struck the village on Friday last at 4 p.m. Within an…

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Great Storm. Havoc in Harbour. Fifteen Capsizes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 4

A most remarkable storm, causing considerable damage and several accidents, passed over Sydney on Sunday afternoon. The conditions which followed at night will long be remembered…

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Jugiong News. Cricket--Heavy Rain--Big Fish

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 2

CRICKET.--The Jugiong cricketers had a trip to Rose Hill on Saturday, and defeated the Rose Hill Cricketers by an innings. The…

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Great Storm. Four Inches of Rain in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 4

Sydney was visited on Thursday afternoon by another sensational thunderstorm, which wrought considerable damage. The thunderclaps were terrific, and shook the buildings…

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A Domestic Novel. the Scarlet Butterfly Chapter Ii. The Story Told by John Gale

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 18 March 1912 · page 4

I have been asked by that eminent firm of solicitors, Messrs. Colquhoun, Webber and Smart, if I recollect the incidents surrounding the death of little Reginald…

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Sunday's Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 2

The storm on Sunday supplied a most remarkable phenomenon. It came down in. all its grandeur between the 12 and 13 mile peg on the Windellima road. Every window in Mr. McClelland's…

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Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1912 · page 2

During the past two days, as the result of the tropical disturbance over the Pacific Ocean, further unsettled, showery, and squally conditions were experienced along coastal and highland…

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Sunday's Storm. What Happened at Bronte. the Elements Let Loose

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

A correspondent writes:—On Sunday. last a most terrific storm passed over portion of this district. It was, in the opinion of some of the oldest inhabitants—and we can boast of some…

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Floods in America. Pittsburg (Penn.), March 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1912 · page 1

The rivers are swollen with great floods in the Alleghanies, devastating large areas of country. Coalmines and factories have had to shut down in many places, and thousands of…

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A Disastrous Storm Tall Talk But Facts

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1912 · page 2

A PRESS correspondent writing from Bronte to Goulburn says that last Sunday evening’s storm there was held by the oldest inhabitants (some being over…

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Buenos Ayres, Wednesday. CYCLONE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

There has been a violent cyclone in the city and surrounding district, eighteen persons being killed and fifty injured…

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A Terrible Storm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1912 · page 2

A PRESS Correspondent writing from Bronte near Goulburn says that the storm on Sunday week was held by…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Damage by Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 March 1912 · page 6

Further details to hand this morning show that last night's storm was responsible for a good deal of damage in many suburbs. A fireball struck a house in Lcichhardt, causing the…

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Heavy Rain at Dalton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1912 · page 4

Our Dalton correspondent writes under date Saturday—We have just had nearly three inches of rain. On Thursday night there was some heavy rain, with a great deal of thunder and…

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