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

Floods & storms, 1920

120 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 6

Midnight Scare. Flood That Didn't Come Gundagai Again Normal

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 4

On Thursday night, says the Gundagai "Times" of Feb. 3rd, the local police received a message from Yass:--"Leak…

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Storm-damaged Roads. Special Government Grant Suggested

Young Witness · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 2

Ald. Morrow. Boxall and McLrod called the attentlon of the Wallend been council to serious and expensive damage to roads in the neighborhood…

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Severe Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

On Saturday evening about 7 o'clock a storm of a cyclonic nature struck Crookwell. Its severity was marked in narrow strips, when trees, roofs of…

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Thuddungrta Deluged. Awe Inspiring Storm. Stook Perish, Fences Washed Away

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

Our correspondent at Thuddungra writer:— After threatening from Thursday, the Thuddungra district experienced…

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A Girl Drowned. Before Parents' Eyes. Flood Causes Tragedy

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

Our correspondent at Mareago writes:— One of the biggest floods ever exheavy thurnderstorm that passed over…

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The Flooded Creeks

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

All the crooks in the district were flooded. Burrangong Crook, which flows through the town, rose in a very short time. Crowds, stood on…

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Floods at Young. Intense Downpour Floods Creeks and Watercourses. Two Persons Drowned. Much Damage to Property

Young Witness · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

After long months of anxiety with regard to water shortage in was the fate of residenstate witness thousands of galions of rain wather run…

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Two Children Drowned. Floods at Young

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

Young, Monday,—The whole of the district was. flooded on Saturday, reads, bridges, and dams being washed. away in all directions. The storm…

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Severe Storm at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 4

On Saturday evening about seven o'clock a storm of a cyclonic nature struck Crookwell. Its severity was marked in narrow strips, where trees,…

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Heavy Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 2

Goulburn received 17 points of rain on Friday afternoon as the result of a heavy storm. At Taralga thirteen points were registered, but only one…

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Diamond Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gale

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 15 March 1920 · page 2

The diamond wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gale, who have lived many years at Stanmore, near Sydney, was recently celebrated…

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Death Roll Tornadoes and Thunderstorms. VANCOUVER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 4

Fifty were killed in tornadoes in Alabama and Mississippi, following the death list from snowstorms in Colorado and Kansas…

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Fifty Years Ago. The Big Flood in Yass

The Yass Courier · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 2

Yass may be dry (o-day, bat. it was otherwise 50 years ago, for on 26th April, 1870, the biggest flood known to white people occurred here, doing…

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Thirty Seven Deaths. Storms Wreck Houses. New York

Young Witness · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Reports from Oklabama state that houses were wrecked owing to storms ovor a wide area. In the city 37 deaths are reported…

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New Line Flooded. Motor Cars to the Rescue

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 4

A Washaway occured on the 4th one the recently opened line between Craboon and Coolah. The line was covered with water at intervals which stretched over four…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 3

BRISBANE.—Torential rains have fallen in North Queensland. The rivers are in flood and railway traffic is disorganised. The Gulf country…

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Heavy Rain on Coast. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen at Byron Bay, 150 points being registered…

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Swept by Gales. Disastrous Storms in New Zealand Shipping Disorganised. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 2

Heavy gales swept over South island, New Zealand, also deep falls of snow. Considerable damage was done to seaside resorts and local…

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Storms in England. Lightning Strikes Houses. Prince Henry's Luck. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 3

Severe thunderstorms which occurred in several counties, interfered with outdoor sports on Saturday. A thunderbolt crashed through a…

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Floods in England. Hundreds Homeless. River Overflows Banks London

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 3

The damage at Louth is estimated at a quarter of a million. Over seven hundred people are homeless, The number River rose ten feet in…

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