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

Floods & storms, 1927

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Big Storm in Queensland Rockampton

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

A terrific storm struck the tourist resorts yesterday afternoon. Lowlying parts wore. quickly flooded. Many trees were torn up by tile roots, and…

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After the Storm Comes the Rainbow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 4

With the memory of the destruction caused by recent bush fires still lingering in our minds, the long-delayed downpours of…

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Thunder Storms in Goulburn City and District Deluged House Struck by Lightning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 4

An unprecedented succession of thunderstorms occurred in Goulburn and surrounding centres on Wednesday and Thursday. In…

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Girl Guides in Camp a Flooded Interlude Enjoyable Time at Towrang

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 3

The fourth annual district camp of the local Girl Guides concluded this week. The camp was held this year on the Wollondilly at the Old Stockade…

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Floods in February

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 4

Many years ago, Mr. H. C. Russell, who was the Government Astronomer for New South Wales, propounded a series of weather cycles extending…

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Queensland Floods Cairns, (Q.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 January 1927 · page 2

Owing to washaways and floods on the north coast, Cairns is still cut off from communication with the south except by telephone and telegraph…

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Gales in England. LONDON

The Yass Courier · Monday 31 January 1927 · page 2

During the great storm which swept over England and Scotland yesterday a steeplejack was blown from a tower at St. Helen’s (Lanes,), on which he was…

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Rescued From Flood Horseman's Close Call Toowoomba (Q.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 February 1927 · page 2

A man named McQuade had a sensational experience at Spring Creek near here yesterday. He was endeavouring to cross the…

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Saturday's Gale Hotel Wall Crashes CROOKWELL

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

The westetrly gale on Saturday played havoc with the new brick wall in course of construction at, the Criterion Hotel. About 11 o'clock,…

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Heroic Lady Doctor Swam Flood to Patient BRISBANE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 February 1927 · page 4

Recently a selector named Walton, of the Monto district, fell from his horse and suffered serious internal injuries. A messenger…

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Lives Lost in Disastrous Floods Cairns Suffers ExtensiveDamage BRISBANE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 February 1927 · page 2

The Ingham (Q.) Police Magistrate advises that 12 lives have been lost in the floods in that district…

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36 Dead in Queensland Floods Waters Subsiding BRISBANE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

Advice received by the Acting Commissioner for Police to-day is that the death-roll in the Ingham and Northern districts now in…

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Queensland Floods. BRISBANE

The Yass Courier · Thursday 17 February 1927 · page 5

A message from Home Hill states that, commencing from midnight, the flood watery in the Bur[?] commenced to fall, and by 9 o’clock this…

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Floods and Snowstorms 24 Deaths in U.S.A. VANCOUVER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 February 1927 · page 4

A San Francisco message states that at least 24 dead, and property damage expected to total several million dollars is the result of…

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Women Creditors Storm Insolvency Court ADELAIDE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 1

A large number of angry women besiged the Insolvency Court this morning, as creditors of an insolvent. Edward Thomas Morris Price,…

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Buried City Uncovered by Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 4

Floods in Mexico have disclosed the ruins of ancient Maya city, four miles in length, stretching along the banks of a stream near…

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£64,000 DAMAGE Estimate of Cairns Cyclone CAIRNS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 March 1927 · page 2

The police estimates of the damage done by the cyclone and the floods total £64,000. but private estimates are much higher. At least…

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Storm Tactics of Birds

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 8

The power of the winds is dreaded by almost all ordinary birds, and an instinctive knowledge seems to be possessed by them that if they once…

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Don Moon Wins Doncaster Finish in Terrific Storm SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 April 1927 · page 2

In a race run under the worst conditions in the history of the turf in this State, Don Moon won the Doncaster Handicap at the…

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In America Death Dealing Storms VANCOUVER

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 2

A message from Kansas City states that as a result of further tornadoes and cloudbursts on Tuesday evening and Wednesday 20 deaths have been…

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