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

Floods & storms, 1928

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Collier Wrecked Seven Lives Lost Victims of Thursday's Storm NEWCASTLE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 8

Seven lives are believed to have been lost when the small collier steamer White Bay was wrecked on the beach at Stockton Bight, 12…

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To-day's Cables Air Tragedy 'Planes Crash in Storm French Pilots Awful Night PARIS

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 4

Twenty-one military bombing 'planes were carrying out a night flying stunt from Nancy to Lebourget aerodrome, near Paris,…

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Storm Abates Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 June 1928 · page 2

Having continued its movement to the easy-south-east over the weekend the cyclone now covers a great part of the Tasman Sea. Apart from…

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Bega Fatality Man Swept Away in Flood BEGA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 3

A married man, Robert Robertson, was drowned yesterday while crossing Jellat Road at Tathra. His cart was swept away in the flood…

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Southern Floods Man Drowned at Bega Heavy Falls Continue SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 25 June 1928 · page 3

Torrential rains have fallen on the far South Coast, end rivers and creeks are flooded. While attempting to cross a road on…

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Heavy Rain Widespread Falls Low Lying Areas Flooded SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 2

The coast of New South Wales is still under the influence of a cyclonic disturbance, and further downpours have occurred south…

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More Rain Flood Warnings Issued Cyclonic Disturbances SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 4

The cyclonic disturbance on the New South Wales coast intensified early yesterday morning, causing further rain and…

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Fought Storm Yarra Reaches Port Engineers Work Pluckily SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 4

A perilous voyage ended yesterday when the steamer Yarra, which was reported on Tuesday night to be disabled off Norah…

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Floods at Bega (From the “ B[?]ga District News.”)

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 June 1928 · page 6

Ral[?] set in at Bega on Thursday morning, continuing throughout the day, and at night it fell very heavily, four luches being recorded up to 9…

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The Great Flood (Published by Arrangement)

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 July 1928 · page 3

"American tourists consumed a lot of Government liquor in Ontario during the fiscal year 1927," reports the "Times" New York. "Just how much…

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Floods in N.Z. Peculiar Railway Accident SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1928 · page 2

Heavy rains have caused floods in the country districts of New Zealand. Large areas are under water…

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Rough Trip Passengers Scared Ulimaroa's Battle With Storm AUCKLAND

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 2

The Huddart, Parker steamer Ulimaroa arrived 24 hours late as a result of stormy weather experienced all the way from Sydney…

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From Calm to Storm. Health Inspector's Interview with Butcher. "I'll Chop You with the Chopper!" Ex- Alderman and J. P. Fined. X X --: X : -- -- ! ! ! X X X [?] --language!

The Young Chronicle · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 1

Health Inspector Roy McGregor said that James Gordon, local butcher, used it, and Gordon said that Mc-Gregor used it…

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Floods In New Zealand

The Yass Courier · Thursday 26 July 1928 · page 4

An unusually heavy rainfall in the Waikato and W[?]ibi districts, and in the Thames Valley, has resulted in serious floods in several districts in…

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To-day's Cables Violent Storm Devastates German Districts BERLIN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1928 · page 2

An amazing hurricane and hall storm, storm, of ten minutes duration, has swept over Northern Bavaria, leaving the country side as desolate as a…

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Obituary Mrs. B. Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 August 1928 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday at the St. Ives Private Hospital North Sydney, of rs. Blanche Gale after a short illness. Widow of the late…

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Dust Storm at Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 August 1928 · page 2

The steamer Emlynian ran into a shower of volcanic dust in the Malay Archipelago on the morning of August 5. A wireless message from the…

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DEADLOCK Sequel to Aldermanic Quarrel Council Storm Subsides

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 August 1928 · page 2

Indications pointed to a serious deadlock being reached in the Goulburn City Council last night, when the rift which occurred with the withdrawal of three aldermen from the meeting held a fortnight ago culminated in a suggestion that the meeting was…

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Violent Storm Great Damage Done MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 August 1928 · page 2

Violent gales throughout the night caused extensive damage to almost every suburb. The electric light failed in many districts…

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Bad Conditions Storms in Tasman Sea SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 August 1928 · page 2

Conditions for the Southern Cross flight over the Tasman Sea at present are most unfavourable, but according to Mr. Timcke,…

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