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

Floods & storms, 1924

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Floods in Queensland Trains Held Up

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 March 1924 · page 3

A message from North Queensland on Thursday night stated that for the preceding twenty-four hours prenomenal falls of rain had been recorded…

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Queensland Floods. BRISBANE

The Yass Courier · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 1

During the past twenty - four hours phenomenal falls of rain have been recorded in North Queensland. Babina registered 1230…

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Heavy Rain Sydney Benefits

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 6

The rain which fell over the week-end around Sydney and on parts of the Coast came well within, the catchment area, and up till 6 p.m. on Sunday 467…

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Terrified Horses. Bolt During a Storm. Driver and Three Horses Killed. Auckland

Daily Witness · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

During a thunderstorm, a team of eight horses attached to a waggon bolted and plunged into a creek. Later the body of a man named…

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Goulburn Show Opens in Heavy Rain

Daily Witness · Friday 28 March 1924 · page 3

The opening of the Goulburn A. P. and H. Society's fortieth annual show yesterday was marred by thundery weather. Though the…

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Marooned by Floods

The Yass Courier · Thursday 3 April 1924 · page 5

The “Melbonrne Age” says :— Four elderly men and a woman, who had pitched their camp among some thick sorab on an island in the…

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Heavy Gales. Ships in Distress. Sydney, Friday. A strong southerly gale is browing off the coast this morning

Daily Witness · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 1

Ten Japanese steamer Honolulu Maru sent it wireless message after midnight: "In grave danger; ship [?] too much. 'We need…

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Ships in a Gale. Trying Experiences at Sea. Sydney

Daily Witness · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 2

Later reports from the Hono[?] Maru show that the cruiser Daunt less increased her spped to 23 knots with a gale on the high sea behind…

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Floods in New Zealand Extensive Land Slides. Bridges Destroyed. Auckland

Daily Witness · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen incessantly since Wednesday night. Many districts report heavy floods. Houses were swept away and many…

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Floods in Warsaw. Magnificent Palace Submerged. Warsaw, 1st. April

Daily Witness · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 4

Heartrending scenes have been witnessed in the flooded districts of Poland. Three suburbs of Warsaw are under water. The magnificent…

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Wild Weather Steamers Driven to Port Gale and Rain in Sydney Harbour (Special, by Wireless)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 April 1924 · page 8

Mr. Mares reported at mid-day on Friday: Very rough seas and southerly gales, with heavy rain are prevailing as far as 400, miles east of Newcastle…

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Landslides Follow. Floods. Train's Narrow Escape. Wellington, N.Z.

Daily Witness · Monday 7 April 1924 · page 2

Tremendous landslides, due to heavy rains, have occurred on the Wellington New Plymouth line. A train had a very narrow escape from…

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State Drenched And More to Come Heavy Rain on Mountains

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

General rain of & light to heavy nature has fallen over N.S.W. Many towns have reported falls exceeding one inch, while on the Blue…

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Luckless New Zealand Floods Causes Great Damage Schoolgirl Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 April 1924 · page 2

Auckland. Tuesday.— After great damage had been done by the rain, which eased off, only to resume with greater violence, the damage…

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Calm After Storm Cr. O'Brien Addresses Motor Cyclist's Misunderstandings Cleared Away

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 3

When Cr. P. F. O'Bri[?] n addressed a meeting of the Goulburn Motor Cycle Club at the Railway Inst[?] ute on Wednesday night, concerning [?]is views on…

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Terrific Cyclone. Causes 45. Deaths

Daily Witness · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 4

NEW YORK. May 1.—An Atlanta (Georgia) message states that a terrfic cyclone, swept the Southern States. It caused 45 deaths, and the…

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Brilliant Doisy Riding the Storm LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

Reuters Correspondent at Paris states that Lieut. Doisy has arrived at Salgon after a five-hundred mile flight from Bankok. The journey occupied six…

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Current News. "Polly of the Storm Country."

Daily Witness · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 2

The uplift of an entire community through the faith and belief that "love is stronger than hate," on the part of one little girl plays, an…

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Terrific Gale. Delays British Fleet in N.Z. Off to Suva. Auckland

Daily Witness · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 2

The British fleet after a day's delay owing to a violent gale left early on Sunday morning, The delay means cutting out the call at…

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Gales in N.Z. Much Damage Reported

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 6

A cable message from Auckland states that the gale has now abated. Several scare of launches were, smashed to matchwood in the barbour. Floods are…

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