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

Floods & storms, 1926

53 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Caught by Flood Nearly 3000 Sheep Drowned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 5

A message from Coonamble states the three thousand sheep, the property of the estate of the Late Mr. Peter Ferguson, of Gulargam[?]…

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Victim of Flood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 1

A message from Penrith states that the body of Walter Rotskin. 24, who had been missing for some, has been found caught in the top of a…

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Storm at Barrallier Caves Road Blocked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 6

A very heavy strom" passed over the Barrallier district on Monday over four inches of rain falling in half an hour. The road from…

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Cyclone Hits Trangie Many Are Homeless Buildings Damaged TRANGIE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 April 1926 · page 6

Trangie was struck by a cyclone at 5.30 o'clock this afternoon. The storm was accompanied by heavy rain and vivid lightning…

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Pianos Hurled Through Air Trangie Cyclone Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 2

Examinatior of the damage caused by the cyclone which devastated Trangie on Tuesday shows that the first reports were not exaggerated, in fact…

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The Coming Storm

The Yass Courier · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 2

The regular trombone player of a Scottish orchestra was ill with a cold, and the conductor reluctantly accepted the services of a man who played in…

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A Phenomenal Storm Easter at Talloweena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 April 1926 · page 4

TALLOWEEN.—A phenominal storm occurred here on the afternoon of Easter Monday. A light shower of rain developed quickly into a…

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Grant for Flood Damage On Gurrundah-Crookwell Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 8

At Wednesday's meeting, the Mulwaree Shire Council received advice from the Department of Local Government of its decision, in response…

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Hundred Fishermen Missing Storm in the Japan Sea TOKIO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1926 · page 6

Owing to storms sweeping the entire coast of the Japan Sea yesterday over a hundred are. reported missing…

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Gale at Goulburn Snow and Hurricane City in Darkness Goulburn

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 May 1926 · page 6

Last night was one of the worst in Goulburn's history. After a day of wind, sleet, end flurries of flying snow, the wind increased at sunset…

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Macquarie in Flood. SYDNEY

The Yass Courier · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 4

A message from Warren states that huge volumes of water are coming down the Macquarie River and have submerged the lower lauds…

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Rivers in Flood Heavy Rain in Queensland Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

Messages from Brisbane state that many northern rivers are in flood. Heavy flooding has also occurred in the Marranoa and Culgoa divisions…

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Macquarie in Flood Eight Miles Wide Near Carinda Heavy Rains in North-west Sydney

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 May 1926 · page 5

A message from Warren states that huge volumes of water are coming down the Macquarie and have submerged lower land, and a big flood…

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Cyclonic Storm Destroys House Near Young

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 May 1926 · page 2

A severe hailstorm accompanied by a whirlwind of cyclonic fury, swept over a narrow track of country at Redbridge, between Young and…

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Awful Storm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last, a severe thunderstorm took place. The rain was accompanied by hail, some of the pieces being about an inch…

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Another Cyclone

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 4

Another disturbance struck Douglas district, again unroofing the verandah of Mrs. Croakes' residence and blowing down a number of sheds…

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Airship's Fight in Gale Professor's Vivid Story

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 2

The army dirigible "RS—1" was victorious on January 1 in one of the most furious battles, over fought in the air against the wind…

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Grand Organ Recital "The Storm at Sea"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 6

Mr. E. J. Massey, the organist [?] St. Andrew's must surely have encountered a typhoon during a sea [?] age at some period of his life…

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Demondrille Shire Council Another Angry Meeting. "A Storm in a Tea Cup."

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of Demondrille Shire Council was held 011 Saturday last, those present being the President (Cr. W.C.H. Roberts)…

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Floods Feared at Albury Stock Being Removed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 2

Consequent on heavy rains, the river Murray at Albury has risen within a foot of the critical level. A considerable area of low-lying land…

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