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

Floods & storms, 1925

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Another Storm Sydney Visited Again Great Damage Reported SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

Last night's storm was followed by another of even greater severity at about 4.30 this morning. At Collaroy more than twenty houses were…

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More Floods Goulburn's Wettest May Whole District Saturated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 8

The flood rains which on Tuesday deluged Goulburn, in common with the rest of the south, were responsible for further damage to roads, but…

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Floods at Gunning Gunning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 8

The registration at Gunning up till 9 a.m. to-day was 293 poin's. The Gunning Creek overflowed its banks at 5.30 p.m. yesterday, and was…

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BUNGENDORE Creeks in Flood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon, writes our Bungendore correspondent, the sky couded ever and some light showers fell in the evening. At 9 o'clock on…

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Flood Waters Are Receding Widespread Damage Reported Queanbeyan's Sorry Plight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

The news which was gathered from outlying districts this morning revealed that the torrential rain of Tuesday Was…

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Floods on Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

The floods have now surrounded the town of Moruya and great damage has been done. Two men were taken from the roofs of their homes. The…

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Flood Relief Fund

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

In order to relieve the distress caused by the flood and in some measure resoup those who have been heavy losers through their…

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Disastrous Floods. Highest on Record

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 5

A heavy day’s rain on Tuesday last, continuing and getting heavier at night, caused Yass River to rise rapidly…

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The Floods. By Telegram. SYDNEY, This Day

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 3

A Wagga message states that a terrific flood is inevitable, and grave fears are felt for the safety of lives and stock. Residents ere being…

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Enormous Damage What Floods Have Wrought

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

The damage by flood at Gundagai is estimated at £100,000. The position on the Murrua bidgee as serious. The Taemas bridge, near…

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Wagga Flooded Wagga Wagga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 4

Disastrous floods descended upon Wagga to-day. The Murrumbidgee River broke its banks at about 9 o'clock this…

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Flood Damage City Council's Bill Busy Time for Engineer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 2

At Thursday night's meeting of the City Council the Engineer, Mr. A. H. Buckham, submitted a report concerning flood damages to Bungonia Road…

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BUNGENDORE Heaviest Floods for Years BUNGENDORE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

At last the rain has ceased and the floods have gone down. It poured all day on Tuesday and continued until well into Wednesday afternoon…

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Markets and Marts Floods Affect Supplies Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

The forage market has been stack this week, due to flood conditions affecting transport and chaff cutting. There is no change in prices to…

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Floods at Dalton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

Heavy rain fell here on Monday night, writes our Dalton correspondent and continued throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, 260 points being…

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Gunning Floods Bywong Bridge Damaged GUNNING

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 5

Further rain fell at Gunning since Wednesday's report, 180 points being registered at the local Post Office up to 9 a.m. om the local Post Office up to 9 a.m. on Thursday. This fall…

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Worst for Years Floods Cause Damage Several Lives Lost

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 6

The severity of weather conditions on the South Coast and Southern Tablelands have caused tremendous floods on both…

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After the Floods Great Damage at Wagga How Queanbeyan Fared

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 8

The floods—the most devastating in the history of the Murrumbidgee —are subsiding slowly at Wagga, but a great volume of water is…

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Flood Sufferers Government Relief

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 6

The Mayor of Goulburn, Ald. Middlebrook, is in receipt of the following telegram from the Premier:—…

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BUNGONIA Last Week's Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 8

Bungonia, Saturday.—Heavy rains and floods have again given trouble in the Bungonia district. Netting lences that had been…

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