Terrific Thunderstorm. Inches of Rain in a few Minutes. GOULBURN
There were terrific thunderstorms all round the district last evening, accompanied in many places with torrential rain and hailstones as large as hen eggs…
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Floods & storms, 1913
29 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Thunderstorm
AFTER an extremely hot day a thunderstorm brewed up yesterday afternoon when light rain fell which greatly refreshed the parched earth, although it did not come down in sufficient quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Cyclone. Strikes Nelson, Queensland BRISBANE
The Deputy Postmaster-General has received a telegram form Nelson, dated 9 a.m. to-day and stating that a cyclone has been raging for…
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A HEAVY storm occurred close to town on Sunday night between nine and ten o'clock. The thunder was heavy and the lighting very vivid, appearances indicating a copious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms never occur in the Arctic regions. The nearer the equator the more severe are the electric manifestations. In certain parts of Central Africa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Flooded Camp. Light Horse Men in the Rain. Happy Under Wet Conditions. the Breaking of the Drought
FEDERAL CAPITAL CAMP, Thursday.— The drought has broken, and the Light Horse Camp is no longer dry. In the first place, the lines have been swept…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-Day's Police Court. Charge of Assault. (Before Mr. John Gale, J.P.)
WILLIAM REID of Brindabella was charged for that he did at Brindabella on the 16th day of March, 1913, unlawfully assault one Frederick Johnson…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire and Storm. Makura's Mails Destroyed. Macedonia in a Cyclone. Auckland
The R.M.S. Macedonia arrived here at daybreak after having been subjected to a severe buffeting by a cyclonic storm which blew up from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrilling Trip with Pilot Cody. Start on Big-engined Biplane Likened to Vibrations on Storm-tossed Ship. Earth Flies Beneath
A little corrugated iron shed, sheltered by a belt of trees on the edge of Laffan's Plain is the home of Mr. Cody's world beating aeroplane. I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's Police. (Before Messrs. J. Gale and W. Pike, Js.P.)
A WELL-KNOWN identity of the district was presented to the court this morning on a charge of being of unsound mind, being discovered in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Men's Lives in Jeopardy. Flood at the Cotter. Disaster Narrowly Averted
ON Tuesday morning last at the junction of the Cotter and Murrumbidgee rivers, four of the Federal employees essayed to cross the 'Bidgee in the boat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-Day's Police. (Before Mr. J. Gale, J.P.)
WM. O'NEILL pleaded guilty to being drunk on the railway platform. Constable Wilson stated that in receipt of a telephone message from the station master…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Sports. Second Annual Carnival Officials: President; Fred. Curl, Esq. Vice Presidents: Messrs. Gerald Massey, J. O. McAlister, Col. Miller, A. J. Manson, J. T. Collett, J. W. Dowling, F. P. Woodward, H Hines, J. M. McIntesh, Austin Chapman, M.H.R., John Ryan, P. J. Ryan, F. Anstey, M.H.R., M. Laearus, F. A. Piggin, Evan Davies, A. P. Wade, F. A. Campbell. JUDGE: E. E. Hndson, Esq. STARTER: Mr. Geo. Wilson. Clerk of Course: Mr. M. Quigley. Cleark of Scales: Mr. Geo. Moore. Hon. TREASURER: Mr. J. H. Grose. Handicapper for Open Events: Mr. Jas. Price, S.D.R.A. Handicapper for Local Events: Messrs. G. Wilson, C. Edlington, W. E. Gale. Handicappers for Footraces: A. Reckless and J. Scott. Horse Stewards: Messrs. Geo. Moore, M. T. Moore, T. Newson, F. Curl, C. Edlington W. Anstey, Geo. Wilson. Footracing Stewards: Messrs. A. Reckless, J.Scott, T. Murphy. Hunters and Novelty Events: Messrs. W. Grimes, W. Colverwell, T. Butts, J. Barton, J. McGivan, E. Clarke, W. Millwood, F. Fitch, F. Passmore, B. A. Robey, J. Perry, J. W. Butt. SECRETARIES, Messrs. R. Gordon and A. H. Moore
THAT amidst the multifarious busy pursuits consequent upon the developments of the Federal Capital Territory the masses of population…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-Day's Police. (Before Mr. J. Gale, J.p.) Alleged Forgery
ARNOLD VINCENT WILLIAMS was charged for that he did on or about the 13th day of June, 1913, unlawfully, knowingly and falsely forge and counterfeit a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. (Before Mr. J. Gale. J. P.)
Robert Olaphant pleaded guilty to behaving in an offensive member to W. M. Martin, storeman at Federal Works Depot slapping him him the face and knocking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Tuesday, June 24, 1913. Weather Conditions. the Queanbeyan River in Flood. an Incident of the Flood
THERE has been a remarkable change in the weather conditions during the past few days. The heavy frosts have given place to rainy conditions. In Queanbeyan and close around…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods. Rivers Overflow
Further floods are reported from the country. The Queanbeyan River has overflowed its banks, and on Tuesday the flood was reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Damage. Lucerne Crops Ruined. Bridges Washed Away. COOMA
The rainfall appears to be general in the Cooma district, although the registrations are not large. The ground has been thoroughly soaked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weather and Flood Notes
FOLLOWING upon the recent rains, we have experienced the most remarkable series of fags that have occurred for many years past if, indeed, they are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Divine Justice in the Deluge. Text, "The flood came and took them all away." (Matt. xxiv., 39.)
Apart from the physical causes which led up to the Deluge, which will be found in every way most reasonable and in full harmony with history and geology, we may…
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