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

Floods & storms, 1923

164 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 9

The Big Storm Yesterday's Visitation Considerable Damage Done Many Places Unroofed

Southern Morning Herald · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 1

Yesterday was the wildest day Goulbum has experienced for many a long year—in fact many old Residents stated that they could not remember such a day. To say that the wind blew is a mild way to express it; it…

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Thursday's Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 2

News from country districts shows that widespread damage was done by Thursday's storm. At Bargo an unknown man was killed by a dislodged…

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After the Storm

Young Witness · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 2

The maintenance staff of the Young Municipality had an exceptionally busy time yesterday in clearing the streets of fallon trees, limbs, and…

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The Cyclone. Child Killed at Albury

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 4

the cyclone which swept over the State yesterday is gradually moving southward, and to-day is operating over the far south of N.S.W. and…

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Braidwood Tragedy Boy Fatally Injured in Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 4

During the height of the tempest at Braidwood on Thursday afternoon, as a number of children were going home from school, a mass of…

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Wrecked in Gale Schooner and Men Lost on the Westralian Coast Perth

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 2

Four man are missing from the schooner Eagl Flowor, which was wrecked on the coast, 60 miles north of Fromantic, in the torrific, gale…

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The Big Storm. West and South Suffer.—Loss of Life Reported

Young Witness · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The whole of the Western and Southern districts were swept yesterday afternoon by the most violent storm for years. Extensive damage is…

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Trail of the Storm Trees Impede Motor Traffic Ride on Sheet of Iron Construction Camps Blown Away

Southern Morning Herald · Saturday 22 September 1923 · page 1

There' was practically only one topic of conversation in Goulburn yesterday—the big storm. Hardly a person could be met who had not some experience to tell of narrow escapes, or stories to relate of damage,…

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Incident of the Storm at Braidwood

The Yass Courier · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 3

The “Braid wood Despatch'” says; On Thursday afternoon during the hurricane the impact on the presses occupied by Mr. E. G. Morris…

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The Storm Damage in the District Gunning Park a Wreck Gunning

Southern Morning Herald · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 1

Conshlerable damage was done during the gale on Thursday. Half the roof of the Supply Stores was blown away, and some shop verandalis in Yass-Street. The…

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Thursday's Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 4

The damage done by Thursday's storm in Griffith and Leeton is roughly estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000. Wagga and district present a…

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Cyclonic Storm

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 2

By far the greatest and most serious clyclonic storm ever experienced in Crookwell strack ths town on last Thursday afternoon, doing a…

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Floods Follow Gale. Havoc in South Australia. a Boy Rowned

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday. — Following the recent gale in South Australia, floods are causing havoc. The Torrens river is overflowing…

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The Storm at Cowra

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 4

A very heavy wind storm passed over Cowra on Thursday writes our correspondent blowing very strongly from about noon until 6 p.m. Many…

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District News the Storm at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 4

Our Crookwell correspondent writes : Further reports are to hand of damage done by Thursday's gale. The butter factory at Cotta Walla was…

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Aftermath of Storm. Man Fatally Injured

Young Witness · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 5

An accident, which caused the death of Mr. Clyde Davis, aged 24 years, and a resident of Spring Hill, occurred between Spring Hill and…

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Big Storm Cost to Goulburn Council Heaviest Sufferer

Southern Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 1

The Goulburn Municipal Council was the heaviest sufferer as the result of last Thursday's storm, for the cost of repairing the damage to the electric…

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Thursday's Wind Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 6

Taralga and District's Visitation.--A good deal of destruction was caused by last Thursday's cyclone at Taralga and various parts of the district…

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Thursday's Cyclone. Gazette Office Partially Wrecked

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1923 · page 8

The oldest inhabitant cannel recall a wind storm of such severity as visited the town and district on Thursday last. It will be remembered as Black…

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Terrible Cyclone

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 4

Reports received from various country towns state that serious damage was wrought by the cyclone on 20th inst. At Wallendbeen, one…

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