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

Floods & storms, 1912

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Terrific Thunderstorm

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 November 1912 · page 2

Just at six o’clock on Monday, evening a terrific storm burst over Young, bringing with it a deluge of rain. The storm, or rather series of storms, appeared to…

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The Latest. Storm in Sydney. Sydney

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

A terrific hailstorm, accompanied by a deluge of rain, occurred about noon to-clay, lasting for a quarter of an hour. Considerable damage was done roads and gardens. The sky has…

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The Storm in Sydney

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

A remarkable storm of hail and rain broke over the city at midday on Saturday. A tramway employed named Thomas Parkes was struck by lighting at Dover-road, and rendered…

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Storm in Suburbs. Much Damage. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 November 1912 · page 2

A storm in the eastern suburbs last night was one of the fiercest that have occurred in Sydney for many years. Birds were killed, gardens ruined, trams blocked, and windows broken…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney Birds Killed and Gardens Ruined. Trams Stopped Running (By Wire.) Sydney

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 November 1912 · page 3

A terrific storm passed over Eastern Suburbs—Coogee, Bon[?] Waverley, Watson’s Bay, last [?] The storm was heralded by huge black…

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Monday's Terrific Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 November 1912 · page 1

Outlying suburbs of Sydney were overwhelmed late on Monday night by a storm, of intense fury. Although only of short duration, it left is scene of destruction in its wake…

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Gale in Britain. London, Nov. 26

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

A severe gale, which has been blowing in the Channel and along the west coast, caused the cellapse of it crane at the shipyards of Messrs. [?]ikers, Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, and as a…

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Storm and Sunshine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 December 1912 · page 1

The shadows deepen round me, clouds gather overhead, I hear the distant thunder, while skies are lurid red;…

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The Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Great Storm in Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 December 1912 · page 2

A terrific storm passed over Melbourne last night, telegraph and telephone lines being brought down and houses unroofed…

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A Sharp Thunderstorm

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 25 December 1912 · page 2

The intense heat of Sunday last culminated in a heavy thunderstorm at about 10.30 that night. Heavy rain fell for a time, the thunder and lighting being…

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Gales in Britain. London, Dec. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 2

The gales which have been raging for two days increased in violence yesterday. March low country in Leicestershire has been submerged. An inch and a half of rain fell in 48 hours in…

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The Storm at Kenmore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 4

The storm raged furiously at Kenmore on Thursday afternoon. Great hailstones, some over an inch in diameter, accompanied the outburst, and windows were smashed in every direction…

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Serious Washaways. Deluge at Murray's Flats. Southern Traffic Delayed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 4

The storm of Boxing Day was responsible for the worst washaway on the railway that has yet occurred in the southern district. The line at Murray's flats lies in a valley, with the…

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Heavy Storms

The Yass Courier · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 2

Several thunderstorms, accompanied by rain and hail, passed over the district on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day and Friday, heavy falls being registered…

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The Gale. Thrilling Experiences. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 4

Further particulars regarding the Narrung's experience in the storm state that two monster waves rose up suddenly. The vessel rode over the first and then plunged through instead of…

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The Gale. Awful Tale of the Sea London, Dec. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 2

In regard to the foundering of the Danish steamer Volmer, it appears that the vessel sank on Christmas Day. Fifteen of the crew perished. One tremendous sea swept the vessel, ripping…

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