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

Floods & storms, 1924

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Severe Thunderstorms

Daily Witness · Wednesday 6 February 1924 · page 2

For several hours after midnight this morning a series of thunderstorms ragedi and the rain pelted down. The lightning was…

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More Storms Good Falls General

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 6

Thunderstorm's were again responsible for good rains at almost every town in N.S.W. yesterday…

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Missed Parkesbourne Last Friday's Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 4

Last Friday's terrific storm, which did so much damage around Mummell; reached only the fringe of Parkesbourne. The orchardists there. are…

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Bank Struck by Lightning. Severe Storm at Cootamundra This Morning

Daily Witness · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 1

This morning at about 6.30 there was a terrific thunderstorm at Coota mundra, though not much rain fell. A lightning flash struck a chimney…

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Floods in Persia. BOMBAY, Feby. 6th

Daily Witness · Thursday 7 February 1924 · page 2

A Teheran message states that a large part of Aribistan is submerged owing to unprecedented floods due to torrential rains. Considerable…

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Marengo. Thunderstorms. — Accident Appendicitis Patients

Daily Witness · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 1

During the week several light thunderstorms passed over the village, but altogether there was not much rain…

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An Iron Mine Flooded. Pond Collapses. Forty-two Men Suffocated

Daily Witness · Friday 8 February 1924 · page 2

NEW YORK, 5th. February:—At Crosby (Minnesota) to-day the hottom fell out of a small pond, and the water flooded the workings of the…

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Not Stage Effects But Real Storms Oscar Asche's Wild Trip

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1924 · page 3

Mr. Oscar Asche, the well-known actor-producer, left Sydney last Saturday to motor to Melbourne. and from all accounts he had a wild trip…

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Fierce Storm in Brisbane. Brisbane

Daily Witness · Tuesday 12 February 1924 · page 2

A fierce cyclonic storm did considerable damage in Brisbane and suburbs last niprht. Many buildings were unroofed. Several streets at…

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Mr. John Gale. a Gundagai Tribute

The Young Chronicle · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 3

What a wonderful old man is John Gale, of Queanbeyan--the oldest journalist in Australia. Just over 70 years ago he was a tutor in the…

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Scattered Storms Heavy Rain in Ranges

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 4

S[?] storms occurred in Goulburn and through the district on Thursday afternoon, very heavy rain falling along the Pejar watershed and around…

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Floods in the West. Perth

Daily Witness · Friday 29 February 1924 · page 4

Disastrous floods have occurred at Wave Hill, one of Vestey's big stations, on the West Australian border. Enormous damage was done…

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Light to Heavy Rain Over Central and Southern N.S.W.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 2

Clondy and overcast conditions over the central and southern half of the State yesterday resulted in light to heavy rains in those parts…

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The Backwash. Of the M'Girr-Loughlin Storm. (To the Editor)

Daily Witness · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 2

Sir.—In a report of the —ootamundra State Electorate Council, held at Harden on 22nd February. Mr. Loughlin is reported to have said that Mr…

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Floods in Queensland. Man Believed to Be Drowned. Rockhampton

Daily Witness · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 4

Whiie [?]sleep in a tent at Bengal Creek, two woodcutters named William Fullwood and Thomas Toole were awakened by the barking of a…

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Storm Breaks Out Cuts Throat in Dock

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 8

How John Adam Storm, who cut his throat in the dock at the Albury sessions when found guilty of false pretences, came to be allowed to go into…

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Floods in Queensland. Railways Damaged. Brisbane

Daily Witness · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

Serious damage to the railway lines has been caused by floods in several places in Queensland. The water was eight feet over the Lynd…

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Gallant Rescue From Flood Wellington, (N.z.)

Daily Witness · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 3

The big southerly storm in New Zealand, which began early, on Tuesday morning, still continues. It has left its mark on practically the…

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Planes to Rescue Useful Work in Flooded Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

The advantage of aeroplane transit is every day becoming more pronounced in outback and Central Queensland. The recent flooded conditions of the…

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Floods This Time Nature Wages War in N.Z. Heavy Stock Losses Wellington (N.z.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 6

Unprecedented floods have caused heavy damage in Hawkes Bay. Rain fell at the rate of one inch or more per hour. The rivers rose, inundating…

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