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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

38 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Heavy Storm

The Age · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 2

THE heaviest storm ever experienced at Bombala occurred last Monday between 8 and 9 o'clock, was accompanied by vivid lightening and hailstones. The river, which…

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The Courts. Wednesday, January 18Th, 1905. (BEFORE Mr. Elliott, Police Magistrate, and Messrs. E. G. Atkinson, J. Gale, A. Brassey, and Dr. Blackall, Js.P

The Age · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 2

There were no cases set down for the bearing of the Police Court on Wednesday. After the opining of the Court, the Police Magistrate complimented Senior-Sergeant…

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Thunderstorm

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 2

A welcome addition to the rainfall recently recorded took place on Monday night during a heavy thunderstorm, which passed over the district…

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Storm and Fire

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 2

Two exceptionally violent thunderstorms passed over the town recently, the lightning being the most vivid ever seen here. Several…

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Latest Cables the Calm Before the Storm., London

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

An official statement issued at St. Petersburg this morning states that there were no collisions between the troops and the crowd on Monday, and…

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Sutton Sports. OFFICIALS —Judge, Mr. E. O. Moore ; Starter, Mr. A. A. Lucas ; Handicappers, Messrs. T. A. Lake, W. E. Gale, and A. A. Lucas ; Lap Crier, Mr. T. Gribble ; Committee, Messrs T. Flannagan, T. Gribble, W. E. Gale, T. A. Lake and P. Hollingsworth

The Age · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

THE Bicycle Sports held at Sutton on Wednesday [?]st were only poorly attended and were not the success anticipated. The track was very rough and uneven in some places, and…

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A Summer Storm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 2

MRS JACK WESTCOTT ran up the little garden path, and rushed into the house in a very school girlish manner. 'Jack, dear' she exclaimed, before she was fairly…

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Local News. Mr. A. H. Gale

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 2

AT the Murrumburrah municipal elections, Mr. Arthur H. Gale, a Queanbeyanite, was returned unopposed for Demondrille Ward. In two…

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Wednesday's Storm

The Age · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

THE thunderstorm which swept over Queanbeyan on Wednesday afternoon was exceptionally heavy. It was accompanied by very little thunder and lightning. In a tropical torrent…

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District News. Sutton. Heavy Storm

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 21 February 1905 · page 3

A VERY heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by hailstones and heavy rain, passed over here yesterday evening. It was the heaviest storm…

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Fire and Flood Effects

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 28 February 1905 · page 2

ON Thursday last, a representative of THE LEADER passed through Hall and Gininderra per bike, and found that a great portion of the…

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The Weather. Rain, Gales, and Floods

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 2

LOCALLY rain threatened on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday at 11 a.m., there was a smart shower, light rain continuing all the afternoon and…

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Big Flood in Sydney

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 2

A storm of exceptional severity passed over the city early on Sunday morning causing considerable damage many houses in low lying places being under…

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Gales and Floods in Sydney

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 2

In Sydney, where the previous rains were extremely heavy, there has been gales and floods. The heaviest rainfall occurred at Erskineville, where up to 9 a.m. on Sunday 4 1/2in was recorded…

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Police Court. (Before Mr. Elliott, P.M., and Mr. John Gale, J.p.) Alleged Attempted Murder

The Age · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 2

Before the local police court on Saturday last, Eliza Lucas, a domestic servant, in the employ of the proprietress of Pooley's Hotel, was charged with attempting to murder a…

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Nerve Storm

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 4

This is a somewhat fanciful term, for which we lack a satisfactory equivalent in English. We sometimes call the disorder 'sick headache,' and sometimes we use the word…

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A Heavy Storm

The Age · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 2

ON yesterday afternoon at about five o'clock one of the heaviest storms experienced in this town for many months occurred, nearly an inch of rain falling in twenty minutes…

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Police Court. (Before the P.M., Mr. A. Elliott, and Mr. J. Gale, J.P.)

The Age · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

AT the Police Court on Wednesday, John Lodge was fined 2/6 and 4/10 costs of court for neglecting to send his son Arthur to school the prescribed number of days in…

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Police Court. Wednesday, May 24Th. (Before Mr. John Gale, J.p.) Vagrancy

The Age · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 2

Albaile Sing, and aged Indian, was presented on a charge of having no lawful visible means of support. Constable Hallett stated that on the…

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Heavy Rain in Tasmania

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 2

It has been raining heavily in Tasmania, resulting in the heaviest floods for the last 25 years. Miles of country are under water…

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