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

Floods & storms, 1935

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What a Storm Did Penrose Devastated Survey of Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

A special representative from this office visited the Penrose district during the week-end and surveyed the ruin resulting from…

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Terrific Storm Hits Melbourne Again

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Another. terrific storm broke over Melbourne and suburbs this morning, quickly inundating low-lying parts…

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Japanese Dumping How Britain Is Being Flooded Socks at Twopence a Pair

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

It is possible to buy a pair of Japanese socks in Britain for twopence. Similar socks of British manufacture cost a shilling…

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Liner Aground Ship Lashed By Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday: The Ward liner Havana, carrying 51 passengers and a crew of 126, on route from New York to Vera Cruz, grounded at…

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Violent Storm District Swept Damage by Lightning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 3

Torrential rainfall and severe lighting did considerable damage during a violent storm which broke over the Goulburn district…

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Wall of Water Dam Breaks Country Town Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday: Tons of water to-day were released as a dam at Denman, near here, broke under the strain of flood…

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Western Floods Much Damage Life Lost at Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The central and southern tablelands and south-western districts of New south Wales were kished by…

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Damaging Floods Bridges Down Large Areas Inundated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 7

Many districts in the north-eastern section of the State have suffered flooding and damage as a result of the heavy rains. At…

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Severe Storms at Murrumburrah. Vivid Lightning. Heavy Fall of Hail. Great Damage Done

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

The weather at Murrumbur rah at the week-end was very oppressive. On Saturday night last there was a severe…

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Mail Plane Safe Battle With Storm Ordeal Over Timor Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

DARWIN, Thursday: The imperial Airway's mail plane Athena made a forced landing 60 miles east of Darwin yesterday…

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Drowned in Flood Gunnedah Boy Wide Areas Inundated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday:— Flood waters claimed a child victim. When John Allen, 12, was drowned at. Gunnedah yesterday…

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Caught in Flood Family's Ecape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A family named Smith, of Emerald (Queensland), had a narrow escape cape from drowning when the…

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Warm Exchange Assembly Storm Attack on Mr. Loughlin

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: In the 'Legislative Assembly yesterday the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Lang, disturbed the calm of the…

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Vancouver Floods Disorganisation of Services

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Thursday: Railway services and communication lines continue to be disorganised. Heavy snaw and rains continue in the…

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Violent Storm Cloncurry Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 3

BRISBANE: Several persons narrowly escaped death and many thousands of pounds worth of damage was done to property…

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Oallen Ford Flood Level Data

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 1

Interesting facts regarding flood levels at Oallen Ford were obtained by Mr. J. Harrison, engineer for the Mulwaree Shire…

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Electric Storm Last Night's Display

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 2

A remarkable electric storm was visible in Goulburn last night. Huge banks of clouds like masses of cotton wool were massed on the…

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Fierce Storm Boy Drowned in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Heavy rain resulted in flooding and lightning caused damage in the metropolitan area yesterday. Trains were held up…

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CLOUDBURST Minor Flood at Yarra Traffic Blocked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5

Bursting with the suddenness and intensity of a tropical downpour, a storm at Yarra early last night caused minor floodings in…

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Items of Interest. An Awful Storm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 1

A storm caused heavy damage at Cammoweal (Qld.), practically every building suffered, and in many in stances only frames of the dwellings…

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