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

Floods & storms, 1923

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Yesterday's Gale SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 2

The wind during yesterday's sale attained a velocity of 42 miles per hour. Many telegraph and telephone trunk lines were seriously interrupted. At…

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On a Reef. Ketch Founders in a Gale. Crew Rescued

Young Witness · Thursday 7 June 1923 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.—The ketch Woolanal, from Burnie to Adelaide, was driven on the Henty Reef, off the Victorian coast, during a gale…

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Cable News Bulgarian Situation. Floods in Kansas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 4

Starabouliski. the ex-Premier, of Bulgaria, is still free, and the new Government has instituted a search for him. him. If he evades capture it is believed…

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Rivers Rising Murrumbidgee at Flood Point

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 2

With the persistent rain of the past fortnight, rivers in the south, particularly the Murrumbidgee, are rising dangerously. At Wagga at nine o'clock…

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'Bidgee in Flood

Young Witness · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 1

GUNDAGAI, Wednesday.— A total of nine inches of rain has fallen since the drought broke. The Murrumbidgee is running a banker, and all…

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Floods Cause Damage

Young Witness · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.—Extensive damage [?]s reported from South Australia ow[?]ing to floods, mostly in suburban areas, while the country districts are…

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Floods in U.S.A. Thousands Homeless

Young Witness · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 4

NEW YORK, June 13.—Thousands of families have been driven from their homes, five persons have been killed, and damage to the extent of…

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Terrible Floods in America. New York

The Yass Courier · Thursday 14 June 1923 · page 5

Thousands of families have been driven from their homes, five persons killed and millions of dollars damage done by floods sweeping over large…

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Floods at Ivanhoe. IVANHOE, June 9,1923

The Yass Courier · Thursday 21 June 1923 · page 5

A fall of over six inches of rain spread over a week. Town flooded, as accompanying snaps will show…

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Heavy Rain. Fears of Floods

The Yass Courier · Monday 25 June 1923 · page 3

After a warm day on Saturday rain set in early on Sunday, and continued throughout the day. At times the fall was heavy, and…

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Floods in West Australia

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 June 1923 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.—Heavy rains have caused a number of railway washaways in West Australia…

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Cyclonic Storm Due

Young Witness · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 4

The weather bureau stated yesterday that another cyclonic disturbance is approaching from West Australia. It has now reached South Australia…

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Generous Eastgrovians Benefit for Gale Family

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 2

The Eastgrove Church Hall on Thursday night was the scene of a very successful benefit social and card party in aid of the Gale family. Mrs. Gale,…

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In a Flooded Creek

Young Witness · Saturday 30 June 1923 · page 3

An old man named Smith was driv[?]ing across the Cungegong Creek at Brawlin near Cootamundra, when the strenght of the current washed the…

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Perils of Floods

The Yass Courier · Monday 2 July 1923 · page 3

An old man named Smith was driving across the Gungegong Creek at Brawlin last Thursday when the strength of the current washed the…

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Heavy Rain In Melbourne

Young Witness · Saturday 7 July 1923 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Heavy rain is falling in Melbourne, and this is likely to make the course soft for the Grand National…

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More Cyclones. Wild Weather on Coast. Heavy Rain in Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—As a result of the cyclonic storm, heavy gales and rain were experienced at Sydney and along the coast on Saturday and…

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Gale in Sydney Woman's Narrow Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

During a heavy gale which passed over the city early this morning the whole of the stone coping in front of a house In Young-street, Redfern,…

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Great Storm in London United Service

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 4

A tropical storm, the worst in living memory, and recalling wartime airraids, raged over London suburbs from midnight until six in the morning…

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Londoners Terrified. Greatest Known Thunderstorm. Rages for Seven Hours

Young Witness · Thursday 12 July 1923 · page 2

LONDON, July 11.—The greatest thunderstorm within living memory raged in London for seven hours from midnight. There were over…

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