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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1891

5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Queanbeyan Police Court. Tuesday, January 20Th. Before Messrs. J. Gale and W. Price, Js.P. Breaches of the Licensing Act

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 2

William Swan, junr., pleaded guilty to an information laid by Constable Park, charging him with leaving the licensed premises of the Royal Hotel, at 11.45 p.m. on the 16th instant, with a…

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Great Rains and Floods

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 2

THE three or four cloudy, overcast days preceding Friday of last week, proved to be the precursor of a phenomenal rain. Reports from the western districts of the colony and Queensland of heavy…

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Severe Gales

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 3

London, Thursday.—Severe gales were experienced in the English Channel resulting in loss of life…

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Thunderstorms

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday.—Thunderstorms, accompanied by rain, are reported from the country districts generally. A dark, heavy thunderstorm followed by vivid lightning, broke over…

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A Terrific Thunderstorm. the Rink Blown Down

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 9 December 1891 · page 2

THE unfavourable attitude of the elements towards Queanbeyan was further demonstrated on Saturday afternoon. We have hardly recovered from the severe effects of the unparalled floods of…

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