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

Floods & storms, 1930

76 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Escaped Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 3

No damage was done to City Council's electrical equipment during last Tuesday's storm, stated the Electrical Engineer, Mr. H. K. Coutts, in a…

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To-day's Storm Missed Sydney Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 September 1930 · page 3

The big depression, with threat of squally conditions and expected in Sydney to-day, has undergone a change in character. The storm will miss…

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Golf Spoiled Storm Stopped Play Match Abandoned

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 September 1930 · page 6

Saturday's heavy storm spoiled golf matches in which Goulburn players were participating. A match at Moss Vale was…

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Terrible Gale Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 3

Thirty-seven fishermen, so far, are known to have perished in the gale off the coast of Brittany. Many vessels are still missing…

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The Riverina Flood Dangers Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 October 1930 · page 3

Light to heavy rain was recorded generally over the State during the week-end except in the northern section of the western division, where…

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Motoring Oil Deluge Over Supply Flows U.S.A. POSITION

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 October 1930 · page 4

American petrol interests are much perturbed just now over the deluge of crude oil flowing and being pumped from thousands…

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Archbishop Kelly "Borrowing is No Remedy" Australia's Economic Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 6

Election of men who will reduce expenditure so as to enable us to pay our debts; no repudiation; less spending: more thrift in the community; reasonable amusements as a help in our lives, but not as an absorbing passion…

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Flooded with Oranges

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 10

Sydney is flooded with oranges. They grow all around the city, up the riven, and in the northern lands, and prices are as low as to be almost…

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Wild Gale Baradine Suffers London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 3

The Baradine arrived at Plymouth From Australia after passing through a terrific gale in the Bay of Biscay in which she was hove to for 14 hours…

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1925 Flood “Unprecedented Magnitude ” Little River Bridge Maintenance

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 November 1930 · page 2

The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission is desirous of Goodradigbee Shire Council taking over the maintenance…

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Gale Damage Orchards Suffer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 2

Crookwell: The weather last week was the worst experienced for years. Clouds of red dust swept over the town, at times obliterating the sky…

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Tornado and Flood Town Wiped Out Many Deaths Occur Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 November 1930 · page 3

Twenty-three were killed and 100 injured on Wednesday when a tornado wiped out the village of Bethany. The school and a hundred buildings…

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Grey Clouds Thunderstorm Likely

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 4

Sultry conditions, with grey clouds looming, were suggestive of a thundershower in Goulburn to-day. A few drops of rain fell…

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Fierce Gale Sweeps Auckland Auckland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 3

During a fierce north-westerly gale, which swept Auckland yesterday, a number of launches and yachts were driven ashore in the Harbour and…

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Heavy Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 2

Further rain fell at the beginning of the week. On Tuesday afternoon there was a heavy storm which yielded 60 points. Including the rain last…

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Welcome for Mr. Scullin Will He Go? Storm Brewing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 December 1930 · page 3

One of the biggest storms that has occurred in Labour history is developing. The aim of s section of the Federal…

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