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

Floods & storms, 1926

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Due to Carelessness Flooding of Test Wicket LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 4

The M.C.C. has issued a statement regarding water on the wicket during the second test. There was no malicious intent in…

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Floods in West Australia Perth

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 July 1926 · page 2

Reminiscent of the great floods of 1917 the south-western portion of Western Australia has been deluged with floods that have cut off the…

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Melbourne Express Gale Causes Delay

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 3

The tree divisions of the Melbourne Express arrived in Sydney last Friday morning more than an hour late…

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Storm at Junee Horses Killed by Lightning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 1

Junee, Sunday.—On Friday afternoon a severe thunderstorm struck Junee. The town was almost in darkness for half an hour…

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The World's Storm Centre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 2

Although foreign news contained in Australian newspapers is mostly confined to European events, the centre of world…

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Floods in Switzerland Danger to Railways PARIS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 September 1926 · page 2

A Geneva message states that wide areas in Switzerland are threatened with disaster by floods. The town of Lavey is completely…

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Record Flood in U.S.A. Published by Arrangement

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 4

The Joint Legislative Committee of the American Federation of Labor, the Moderation League, and other bodies, in a joint…

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Storm in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 November 1926 · page 2

A storm swept over the metropolitan area yesterday afternoon, causing damage to property, particularly in the northern suburbs…

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Flooding Electorates Government's Feverish Plans Men for Goulburn District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 November 1926 · page 4

The Government is working overtime to prepare for the election, and with this object in view, elaborate plans are being…

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Violent Storm Wrecks Settlement Buildings Demolished in Q'land BRISBANE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 December 1926 · page 2

During a violent storm at Abercorn, a new settlement in Queensland, a number of residences were totally wreeked, outbuildings demolished,…

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Storms in Canada Eight Drowned When Schooner Sinks Icebound Ships on the Move VANCOUVER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 December 1926 · page 2

A message from St. John's, New Foundland, states that eight members of the crew of the schooner [?]ila M. Rudolph were drowned when…

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Dust Storm at Wagga

The Yass Courier · Thursday 9 December 1926 · page 4

One of the most terrific dust storms experienced for years occurred at Wagga on Sunday morning during church hours. It came up from the…

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Floods in N.S.W. Northern Towns Suffer Old Man is Drowned Near Murrurundi

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 2

Torrential rains during the past to-days have resulted in [?] in some parts of the state. The town of Cessnock and the…

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