Storms
Reports from various parts of the State say that strong winds and heavy rains have damaged considerable portions of crop not yet harvested. The mail coach which left…
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Floods & storms, 1904
21 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Bungendore Jockey Club. Annual Race Meeting. PATRON—Nat Powell, Esq; President—P. H. Osborne, Esq; Vice-Presidents—D'Arey Osborne, D. Leaby, W. D. Gordon, A. H. Hanford, T. Sparrow, A. M. Millard. T. Shanahan, C. Ross, J. J. Kelly, J. Seage, J. J. McJannett, T. Flanagan, Esqs; Judge — W. F. Rutledge, Esq.; Chairman —j. Chinnery, Esq.; Clerk of Scales—W. Ryan, Esq; Clerk of Course—J. W. Ward, Esq; Committee—J. Chinnery, M. H. Doyle, J. McGrath, W. Ryan, J. Seage, G. Gale, p. J. Byrne, G. Winter, J. W. Ward, J. J. Donnerly, Esqs; Handicappers—J. Chinnery, J. McGrath, and P. J. Byrne, Esqs
THE annual race meeting of the now popular Bungendore Jockey Club took place on New Year's day and proved one of the most successful meeting the Club has held. The…
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WEDNESDAY was a day which Goulburn will not forget. At about half-past twelve there came a storm the like of which I never saw in my life. The rain came down like a…
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From the Goulburn journals we learn that one of the severest storms ever experienced in its history, visited Goulburn on Wednesday. The storm was purely local…
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The flood at Bloemfontein; Orange River Colony, [?] to heavy rains causing the reservoir to burst its dam. Twenty-five people were drowned, and…
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West Maitland, Saturday.—The storm which raged an Maitland, yesterday, was of exceptional violence, for the peals of thunder were extremely loud, the lightning of great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Courts. WEDNESDAY 16th March. Before Mr. A. Elliott, P.M., and Messrs. J. Gale, and J. M. McIntosh, Js.P. Police Court. Affiliation Case
Mary McAuley v. Richard Walter Robinson. Mr. Garraway for plaintiff and Mr. Woodward for defendant. Case pre-arranged. Defendant ordered to pay 5s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts. Wednesday, 18Th May. (Before Messrs. A Elliott, P.M., and Jno Southwell, J. Gale, and W. Pike, Js.P.) Drunk and Language
Walter Ewell, a stranger, was proceeded against on the information of Constable McCarron, with being drunk and using very bad language in a public place, to wit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Majura Sports. COMMITTEE—Messrs. W. Dunn, Walter McIntosh, John Harman, Wm. Butt, Joe Mayo, Jas. McIntosh, Thos. Harman and G. McInues; STARTER—Mr. Tom Mayo; JUNGES—Messrs. W. E. Gale and S. E. Clifton; HANDICAPPER—Mr. T. A. Trotter; TREASURER—Mr. Walter McIntosh; SECRETARY—Mr. G. McInoes
THE Sports promoted for the purpose of raising funds to procure the necessary materials required under the new educational system which has recently come into…
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[?] Saturday.—The Braidwood mail coach on Thursday night encountered a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by a high wind, rain, and hail, which continued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. (BEFORE Mr. A. Elliott, P.M., and Messrs John Gale, and E. G. Atkinson, Js. P.) Police V. J. M. E. FRANKLIN
J. M. E. Franklin, of Brindabella, was ordered to pay a fine of 10/- in addition to 4/10 costs of court, for having on the 28th day of May last travelled some 24 horses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, August 17Th. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. Gale.) Insulting Language
BRIDGET SHEEDY, an elderly woman, appeared to answer the information of Jessie Edith Sheedy, public school teacher at Tharwa, wherein she was charged with…
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INTO the dark wet night he disappeared, and never once turned his head to give a last look at the white, angry, little face pressed against the window pane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court. Wednesday, September 21. BEFORE. Messrs. Relieving P. M. Fletcher and J. Gale, J.P. Stealing Rabbit-traps
Joseph Smith and John O'Rourke, lads of about 14 years, were charged with stealing in company some time in August last two rabbit traps, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Wednesday, 21St September. (Before Mr. Fletcher, relieving P.M., and Mr. John Gale, J.p.) Larceny of Rabbit Traps
John O'Rourke and Joseph Smith, two lads each 13 years of age, were charged with the theft of two rabbit traps, the property of Robert Thomson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fateful Abduction. PART 1. CHAPTER [?] the Storm and the Travelers. (Copyright.)
"T was night, and the spirit of the storm had spread its sable wings over the earth. Dark, ominous clouds came rolling over the heavens—the rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Wires. Sydney, Monday. a Cyclone
A disastrous cyclone occurred [?] Byron Bay on Saturday last. The damage is estimated at thousands of pounds, and the cyclone is the [?]…
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WITH high north-westerly winds blowing at a terrific rate hurling large clouds of dust over the town, the weather conditions yesterday morning were the most unfavourbale experienced…
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Yesterday was the most disagreeabl day expenrien in Braidwood some time, even worse than that of last week, which has been so destructive in many…
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