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

Floods & storms, 1926

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Torrential Rain Goulburn Suburbs Deluged Heavy Storm at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

One of the heaviest storms ever experienced in Goulburn burst over the northern and western suburbs on Sunday afternoon…

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Floods in Belgium Better in Some Parts LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's Brussel's correspondent states that the situation in regard to flooded areas Liege Namur, and Brussels districts is greatly improved…

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Floods Likely From Northern Rivers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 2

Further heavy rainstorms over northern Now South Wales have caused tributaries of the Darling to rise considerably. With the large volume of water to…

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Queanbeyan Storm Houses Flooded Streets Become Flowing Rivers QUEANBEYAN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

At about seven o'clock on Monday evening a heavy thunderstorm passed over the town and torrential rain fell for about half an hour,…

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Floods at Junee. Homes and Railways Submerged

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

A cloudburst flooded the country between Junee and Harefield late on Tuesday afternoon. Junee residents state it was the most terrific…

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Floods in Germany Enormous Devastation Thousands Homeless LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin reports that the subsidence of floods in the Rhineland is revealing enormous devastation. Twenty…

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Floods in Belgium Thousands are Homeless LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 8

Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdani states that while the Rhine, Waal and Meuse have fallen, the river Ysel has reached a record…

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Flood Waters Subside London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 January 1926 · page 2

The Thames floods are subsiding rapidly on all points. Fields and roads are re-emerging from the waste of waters…

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Storm at Tamworth Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 8

A terrific storm was experienced in the Tamworth district yesterday afternoon. Many roofs were blown off fences…

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Soldiers' Memorial Flood Lights Suggested

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 4

The City Council recently asked the Electrical Engineer to go into the cost of lighting the War Memorial. At Thursday night's meeting of the…

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Miss Wills Defeated Americans Storm Fences LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 6

A message from Cannes states that Mine. Lenglen beat Miss Wills 6-3, 8-6. There was the lightest breeze and…

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A Broken Phial Storm in a Teacup No Typhoid Epidermic in Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 8

In Connection with the outbreak typhoid at the Goulburn Gaol an attempt has been made to create scare over the alleged "release…

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Light Horse Camp Troops in Goulburn Floods Delay Squadron

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 2

The annual encampment of the 7th. Regiment of the Australian Light Horse, commenced to day at the Goulburn showground where for the…

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Houses Flooded Out Rain in Victoria MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 6

Torrential rains have fallen in Victoria, and as a result many places have been flooded out and residents are living in tents on high grounds…

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Floods Predicted Heavy Rain in Sydney SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 6

Heavy rain fell in Sydney during the night, and still continues. Heavy falls were also reported in the central west and north-western portion of…

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Ships Seek Shelter Violent Gale on Coast Punt's Capsize in Harbour SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 2

Torrential rains fell in tile metropolitan area last night. Many low lying parts were flooded and considerable damage done in the suburbs…

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Muddy Water for Goulburn Citizens Wollondilly In Flood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 2

After the drought—the flood Goulburn's water supply which was in such a parlous state a little while age, is now running to waste…

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Dubbo Isolated Another Town Is Short of Supplies But Floods Are Subsiding SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 8

Rain over the State is rapidly clearing. Mr. Mares considers there should be still further improvement to day…

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West Suffers Widespread Floods Many Narrow Escapes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 March 1926 · page 8

The Western district of the State suffered most on Thursday as a result of rain. Washaways have occurred on the…

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Torrential Rain Easter Sunday's Deluge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 6

The only break in the ideal holiday weather which prevailed in Goulburn throughout the Easter season occurred at 2 o'clock on Sunday…

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