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

Floods & storms, 1927

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Fierce Gales Sweep British Isles Many Lives Lost LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

Further messages delayed through wires being blown down emphasise the fierce nature of the gale which swept Britain on Friday night…

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To-day's Cables Disastrous Floods Heavy Death Roll in U.S.A. New York

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

America has experienced the most disastrous floods in the history of the country, resulting in an appalling loss of life and damage amounting to…

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American Floods 50,000 People Homeless Death Roll Probably 200 New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 2

New York military authorities have estimated the death toil of the New England floods at 125. There are 76 bodies already…

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Danger Now Past Flood Relief Work in Progress New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

With further danger of the New England floods definitely past the work of relief and rehabilitation is progressing rapidly. Soldiers and Red…

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Angry Crowd Storms Premier's Office Another "Unemployed" Scene SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1927 · page 2

There was another unemployed demonstration in the city yesterday when some 120 men bearing bannerettes demanding work or…

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Heavy Storm Sweep North Coast Towns CASINO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 November 1927 · page 2

The Casino municipal power house was half wrecked by a storm which swept over the town on Sunday after noon, accompanied by hail and rain…

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The Big Flood and a Pig

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 17 November 1927 · page 2

Among the old residents in the town this week is Mr. Christopher Alt. He relates an amusing incident In connection with the big flood. His…

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Hume Bridge Interesting History the Big Flood of ’70

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 17 November 1927 · page 7

For many years during the early settlement of Yass, communication with the North, over the river, was made through a…

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Heavy Rain Stock and Poultry Drowned TAMWORTH

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 8

A thunderstorm, which was of short duration, but of a particularly Violent nature, passed over Tamworth district early yesterday afternoon…

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Washington Cyclone Heavy Casualty List WASHINGTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 November 1927 · page 6

A cyclone struck the city, following terrific lightning and a rainstorm. The section chiefly affected is situated about four miles…

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Next Year's Show Program Adopted Stage Set for Gala Week Trotting Men Air a Grievance "Storm in a Tea Cup," Says President

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 1

Many things came up for discussion and decision at the A., P. and H. Society's committee meeting on Friday night last…

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General Cables Disastrous Algerian Flood Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 2

Floods in Algeria broke a dam and burst an underground river. Many houses in various towns collapsed, and trains were held up. The…

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North Coast Floods Mullumbimby Under Water LISMORE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 2

Mullumbimby is under water. Heavy rain continues and already 12 inches have been recorded. Cream carriers are unable to get…

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Disastrous Flood Hundreds Dead in Algeria ALGIERS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 2

It is still impossible to compile a complete list of the casualities in the Algerian floods, but the dead certainly exceed several hundreds…

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Telephones and Storms

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 December 1927 · page 3

Any person using a telephone during a thunderstorm runs a big risk. Only in urgent cases should phones be used when lightning is near. The…

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Local and General Strong northerly gales !

The Yass Courier · Monday 5 December 1927 · page 5

A writer in ‘Smith’s Weekly says :— Going into a barber’s saloon for a haircut the knight of the scissors filled my ears with cotton wool and during the process…

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Heavy Rains Floods "Back o' Bourke" BOURKE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 December 1927 · page 4

Unofficial reports state that torrential rain fell along the Culgoa River. which is stated to be pouring in to the Barwon and threatening the…

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To-day's Cables Wild Time How England Suffers Snow, Floods, and Gale LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 December 1927 · page 2

Gangs have been working ceaselessly all day digging out snowed up train all over the country. The majority of the main lines are clear, but the…

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Floods Queensland's Plight Warning to Residents BRISBANE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 December 1927 · page 2

Reports from country centres during the Christmas season show that as a result of a succession of heavy rains a number of rivers…

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Floods in Queensland Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 December 1927 · page 2

The Paroo River is reported to be five miles wide at Eulo, and the flood waters are still rising. A message from Thargomindah…

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