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

Floods & storms, 1920

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Town Flooded. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

Owing to a heavy rainstorm the canal bank at Louth, Lincolnshire, burst. The town was flooded, and a street destroyed. There were a…

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N.Z. Flood. Officer Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

Further details of the extensive flood in New Zealand state that Mr. Frank Dunkley, public works supervisor, while inspecting damage, got…

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Floods in New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

Wellington (N.Z.), Monday.— Heavy, floods in the King country have caused the suspension of the main trunk railway traffic. The line…

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Four Inches of Rain. Deluge in Perth Perth

Young Witness · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 2

Upwards of four inches of rain fell at Perth in a few hours yesterday, doing considerable damage…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland Passenger Train Rerailed

Young Witness · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 1

BRISBANE.—Heavy rains during the week end in southern and western Queensland caused many creeks and rivers to overflow. The passenger…

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Storm at Temora

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

TEMORA, Monday.—An extraordinary thunderstorm passed over Temora last night, when rain fell heavily for about ten minutes. The…

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The Renown in a Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 4

H.M.S. Renown ran into a strong westerly gale off the Victorian coast on Saturday evening. The battlecruiser provided a magnificent spectacle…

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Renown in a Gale. Reduced Speed. ADELAIDE

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

The Renown reduced speed to [?] knots owing to he heavy gale which she was encountering in the Great Australian Bight…

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Flooded Again! Cootamundra's Unenviable Position. Railway Traffic Intercepted

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

Cootamundra was flooded again at 3 o'clock this morning—the third time within seven months. The vigilant police saw the flood rising and…

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Rain and Floods. Heavy June Rainfall

The Yass Courier · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 2

Thunder and lightning and rain, running gullies and creeks, rising rivers, and other results of heavy rains have been prominent in Ysss…

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Floods at Cootamundra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 July 1920 · page 4

Cootamundra, Tuesday.—Cootamundra had another flood visitation last night, though not so severe as its predecessors, within a few months. A…

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A Town Flooded. Later Details

Young Witness · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 4

Fuller details are now to hand of the serious flood at Cootamundra on Tuesday morning. The "Liberal" reports that at 4 o'colck on Tuesday…

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District Rainfall. Many Flood Falls

Young Witness · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 2

During the week, very heavy rain has fallen, associated with some violent thunderstorms. The total registration since the rain commenced…

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Floods and Rain. Many Rivers Rising. Towns Inundated. Stock Browned. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 2

Continuous reports are being received of heavy floods inland, both [?] the north and south. The Peel, the Namoi, and the…

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Floods in N.S.W.

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 July 1920 · page 2

Reports state that serious floods have occurred in all parts of the state involving damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of pounds. Over…

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Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 July 1920 · page 4

At Narrabri there is every possibility of a big flood, while Wee Waa is in a dangerous way. The river at Dubbo this morning was approximately…

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The Floods

The Yass Courier · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 3

Big floods have occurred iu the Orange district with great loss of property. The heaviest rain experienced for…

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Yass River In Flood

The Yass Courier · Monday 5 July 1920 · page 3

The lapse of 100 years— or 99½ to be exact— since Yass River was first located, has not diminished its strong power to asset itself when the vital…

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Roads Maintenance. Progress of Contract System. Effect of Heavy Rain

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 4

"The bountiful rainfall during the past month has naturally caused several minor troubles on the roads, but [?] the main has been truly beneficial,…

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Floods Abating. Heavy Losses of Sheep. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 2

The floods' are now abating. In the Coonamble district, where much damage was done, the Castlereagh River is falling. In the Narrabri…

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