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

Floods & storms, 1922

108 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 6

Snow[?] River in Flood

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 August 1922 · page 2

The flood in the Snowy River, [?] the result of the heavy rainfall in the last week of July, almost rivalled the record flood of 1893…

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Storm Fatality. Two People Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 1

Kurrl Kurrl. Thursday.—During the storm at Weston this afternoon 17 footballers rushed into a shed at the Homestead Recreation Ground…

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Taemas Bridge: The Flood and Since

The Yass Courier · Thursday 14 September 1922 · page 4

An appreciation of the work accomplished in clearing away as far as possible vestiges of the late destructive flood here was in a comment…

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Cloud Burst. Heavy Rain on North Coast

Young Witness · Saturday 16 September 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.— A Lismore message states that a cloud burst is reported from Stratheden, near Kyogle, where four inches of rain fell in…

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Incident in a Storm. Family Struck by Lightning

Young Witness · Thursday 21 September 1922 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. William Davis and infant child were driving from Yass saturday afternoon, and had reached, a spot a little past the two mile on the…

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Terrific Storms. New Hebrides Swept

Young Witness · Saturday 23 September 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday.—A series, of terrible storms recently swept, New Hebrides for nearly three weeks. Many plantations were ruined, and many…

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Awful Tragedy. Explosion in Powder Factory. a Fatal Thunderstorm. 144 Bodies Recovered

Young Witness · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 2

ROME. September 20.—During a violent thunderstorm near Spezzia. lightning exploded a powder factory. It is feared many workers perished…

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Communists in Britain.—earl Beatty's Warning.—strange Will Case.—floods in Bengal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 October 1922 · page 5

The director of the communist agitation. in Britain and France has made a report to the Berlin section of the Third Internationale. He states that there…

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Thursday Night's Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 October 1922 · page 2

A good deal of minor damage resulted from Thursday night's storm in Goulburn. Many Auburn-street residences were swept by water and considerable…

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Wild Weather. Rain and Gales

The Yass Courier · Monday 30 October 1922 · page 3

There have been some weather vagaries of late. The winter lasted on until well into October, and then there was a short spell of severe heat…

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Wintry' Weather. Gale at Young

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 October 1922 · page 1

Bleak, wintry weather was experienced at Young on Sunday. Boisterous gusts of wind from the west and south west whined and whistled…

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Storms at Melbourne. Several Small Boats Sunk

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 October 1922 · page 1

Melbourne. Monday.—Widespread damage was done by the storm which raged all day yesterday. Bay district suffered severely. At Brighton…

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Sunday's Gale. Seven Men Missing Fears for Their Safety

Young Witness · Tuesday 31 October 1922 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Latest information suggests that Sunday's flerce gales is exacting a bigger toll than the Bradley's Head disaster. Two…

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Winter Returns. Cold Snap in Goulburn. Snow, Hail, Sleet, and Gales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 October 1922 · page 4

Winter returned to Goulhurn for a brief visit on Sunday, the temperature dropping forty degrees within 48 hours. Thursday's thunderstorm cleared…

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Gale at Temora

Young Witness · Thursday 2 November 1922 · page 2

TEMORA.—The teerifle gales on Sunday Wow down the lighting poies which disturbed the electric lighting system considerably. A gable of the…

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Incident in a Storm

Young Witness · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 5

Ono of the worst storms experienced in Rockhampton (Q) broke over the city on Yesterday night, when much damage was done by wind, which blew…

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Terrific Hail Storm. Fourteen Killed

Young Witness · Thursday 16 November 1922 · page 2

CAPETOWN, Nov. 14—Information has been received of a terrffic and unprecedented hailstorm in East Griqualand. Fourteen natives were killed…

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Fierce Storm. Heavy Rain Reported

Young Witness · Saturday 18 November 1922 · page 1

SYDNKY. Friday.—Murwillumbah message states that after three day of sweltering heat, one of the fiercest storms in the historv of the district…

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Wedding at Binalong. GALE-MOORE

The Yass Courier · Monday 20 November 1922 · page 4

A very pretty wedding took place at St Thomas’ Church, Binalong, on Wednesday afternoon, 8th instant, when Miss Florence M. Moore, third daughter…

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Severe Storm. Aged Couple's Exciting Experience. House Struck by Lightning

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 November 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY. Monday. During a revere storm last, evening, lightning struck a residence occupied by an aged coupl named Marting Gleeson and his wafe…

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