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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms
76 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 4
A dramatic story connected with a storm in West Virginia comes from the town of Dunbar. A clerk, while working at some quarries two miles distant, was warned by telephone that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further details regarding the inrush of swat down the shaft of the Frick coal mine in consequence of the bursting of the Evans station reservoir state that 60 people have been drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The almost continuous rain of the past three weeks has had an appreciable effect on the Hawkesbury River, which is in flood. The water began to rise on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As a result of the several days rain over the watershed of the upper Murrumbidgee River, the tributaries to that stream have been running a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grenfell was visited by a cyclonic disturbance on Monday evening which recalls the havoc caused by a similar “blow” some years ago at Yass. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grenfell, Tuesday.—A terrific cyclone, immediately followed by hail and rain, burst upon Grenfell just before S last evening. Sheets of iron and portions of verandahs were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams dated "Norwich, Monday," arrived is London last night. They stated that it had been raining incessantly for 17 hours. Many streets were several feet under water, and boats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The floods have severed Norwich from railway communication. The express is held up at King's Lynn, and other trains are at a standstill, the heavy rains extinguishing the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SHORTLY before 6 o’clock on Monday evening Grenfell had one of the most alarming experiences in its history. A cyclonic storm, of most sinister…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fully 1000 square miles of streets at Norwich were inundated during the flood, and 3000 workmen were rendered idle. The editorial offices of the Norwich "Mercury" collapsed and fell into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The damage to the city of Norwich is estimated at £100,000. Trees are infested with rats, which took refuge there. The flood water is receding. The flood guage is again visible after having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters from Wenchow state that the floods which occurred there on the 20th ultimo caused such a rise in the river Is to suggest a tidal wave. The town of Tsingtien was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albury Wednesday.—The flood has attained serious dimensions. H. Brown, in trying to save some cattle, near Tallangatta, was drowned. Five hundred sheep, the property of H. Beardmore,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne, Thursday.—Reports received from the country to-day show that the floods are rapidly subsiding. The damage done to nine bridges in Howqua shire is estimated at £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A storm occured on the coast, and was particularly severe at St. Nazaire, where the quay and shipbuilding yards were ravaged. the stocks on which the battleship France was being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The schooner Osprey, when attempting to enter Marshileld, Oregon, during a gale, overturned, and all on board were lost. An aviator named Christofferson, hearing of the wreck,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terrific thunderstorm passed over Sydney and suburbs this morning, accompanied by hail. Over an inch of rain was recorded in an hour. Many streets were flooded, and traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brisbane, Monday.—Blackall experienced a severe storm with hail and terrific wind on Saturday. Although the storm did not last long, many houses were unroofed, verandahs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday evening there was a good display of lightning to tho north-east, when a storm passed over. The lightning appeared for about two hours to be one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the progress of Sunday’s storm on the Iandra estate, 138 points of rain were registered in about half an hour, and hailstones fell as big as billiard balls…
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