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

Floods & storms, 1934

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Torrential Rains Throughout N.S.W. Towns in Danger of Floods Orange and Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Torrential rain throughout the State, has threatened many towns with heavy floods…

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Warning Issued Floods Likely

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 25 October 1934 · page 2

Owing to the exceptionally heavy rain all over the State, flood warnings have been issued by the Postmaster-General’s…

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Wind Storm Trees and Sheds Blown Down

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 1

After the heavy rain of the night, there was more in store for Young yesterday morning. Taking a narrow track through the…

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Floods Expected Wagga Concerned Murrumbidgee Rises

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Floods are expected shortly in the Wagga and Gundagai districts as the Murrumbidgee continues to rise and…

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Tropical Downpour at Young. Flood in Main Street. Greek Runs a Banker. Inconvenience Caused

The Young Chronicle · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 1

One of the wont storms for many years visited the Young district on Wednesday night, but damage was slight. The fall up…

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Smithie's Big Flight Suva to Honolulu Flying Blind in Storm 700 Miles Out Hawaii Is Interested

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 3

SUVA, Monday: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith has left. He took off from Naselai Beach at 6.5 this morning for Honolulu. He is making good progress. Kingsford Smith to-day showed signs of the strain of waiting…

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Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 3

The recent floods at Bungendore have done a great deal of damage, not so much to the houses, buy to the fences in the district. Across country…

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Floods in Wagga Great Damage Done Water Now Receding

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 3

WAGGA, Monday: Although the flood waters are receding, thousands of pounds' worth of damage have been caused…

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Flood Waters River Rises To Twenty-two Feet Damage to Town Streets

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 October 1934 · page 2

Following the heavy rain last Wednesday night, the Yass River reached its highest level about 11.30 on Thursday night, when the flood…

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Wednesday's Deluge Lowlands Flooded Wettest October Since 1930

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 6

The deluge of Wednesday night last, following as it did close upon substantial falls during the preceding days, quickly…

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Flood Waters Now Receding

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The flood waters generally are receding and finer conditions generally prevail, although a change may be expected in…

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Heavy Storm Six Inches Reistered. Narrow Escape From Drowning at Wombat. L. Holt's Thrilling Experience

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 2

One of the heaviest and severest storms in the history of Wombat, occurred on Wednesday afternoon and night. The rain gauge at Mr…

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Flood Position Acute At Narrandera

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A message from Narrandera to-day stated the Rood position has become acute. The water has risen to 25 feet 7 inches…

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Flood Water Level At Burrinjuck Question in Parliament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 November 1934 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Main) denied a suggestion in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that through the laxity…

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BUNGENDORE Dust Replaces Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 4

Bungendore: Clouds of dust are now filling the streets that were submerged by flood Waters a week ago…

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From Everywhere Horse Killed in Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 7 November 1934 · page 2

A valuable draught horse, owned by Mr. Alfred Bush, of "Hillside," Daton, was killed by lightning during a heavy thunderstorm at Dalton…

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Violent Storms Do Immense Damage in the South

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 2

ALBURY, Thursday: Terrific rain in the Jindera and Lavington districts last night resulted in all farm land adjacent to the creeks being covered…

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Cloudburst Deluges Young. OVER £5,000 Damage to Crops. Streets Again Flooded

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1934 · page 3

Another torrential storm, the second within a fortnight, which in some parts of the town and district amounted to cloud burst, deluged…

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Cold Change With Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 5

Fine, but cold weather prevailed in Goulburn to-day following unsettled conditions last night when 21 points of rain fell…

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Mixed Benefit. Affects of the Heavy Rain. Early Cherries Damaged. Good Done Otherwise

The Young Chronicle · Friday 9 November 1934 · page 2

Both good and harm have been done by the further heavy falls of rain in the Young district this week…

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