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

Floods & storms, 1936

121 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 7

Motoring Used Cars Dealers Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1936 · page 4

The problem of finding new owners for used cars that are traded-in as part payment for a new machine, is one that in most…

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Demagnetised Liner in Electrical Storm Flying in Europe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 June 1936 · page 1

As the Imperial Airways liner Dione was flying from Croydon on the Cologue and Brussels service recently she ran into a…

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Heavy Rain Likely in Parts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 June 1936 · page 5

Forecast: Chiefly fine in the far north-west; otherwise unsettled with further rain and thunder storms; some heavy fails in…

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Soaking Rainfall Over District Many Creeks in Flood Two Inches Fall in Goulburn Motorists Held Up

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 June 1936 · page 1

Goulburn and district were deluged by heavy rain which started at about 8.30 last night and continued for several hours. The total registration at the Goulburn Post office for the 24…

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"Teacup Storm" Park Grant Ald. Goodhew's Question

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 1

What was described as a "storm in a teacup" arose at last night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council when Ald. Goodhew came…

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Floods Threatening In Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday: Floods are against threatening Eastern Gippsland, which has suffered very severely in the last three years. The violent…

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U.S.A. Flood Damage Less Than Expected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 3 July 1936 · page 8

NEW YORK: Dun and Bradsteel, Inc., said its survey of flood damage showed commercial losess in 387 communication in 12 states, but…

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Rain in England London Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 July 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: Rain was general throughout England to-day, and In the London area there were torrential downpours, which interfered with…

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Floods Subside

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 July 1936 · page 2

Reports received by the N.R.M.A. Touring Department indicate that roads affected by the recent floods in southern New South Wales are…

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Further Rain and Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 24 July 1936 · page 6

Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled with further rain and thunderstorms with some substantial falls; mist or fog in the…

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Heavy Rain Week-end Falls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 July 1936 · page 3

Both the Wollondilly and Mulwaree Rivers are running bankers as a result of the heavy rain which fell in Goulburn during the…

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Gales on Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Most interstate vessels which arrived during the night and this morning were many hours late as a result of encountering winds…

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Swept to His Death Tragedy in the Flooded Bang Bang Creek at Koorawatha

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 2

While crossing the flooded Bang Bang Creek on the site of the old bridge near Koorawatha in his sulky at 11.30 a.m. yesterday,…

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Floods in West Man Drowned Urana Homes Deserted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY; Tuesday: One man has been drowned, houses flooded, railways washed away, and roads, rendered impassable by floods which…

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Lull Prevails In Spain Calm Before the Storm Government Communique

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: Apart from sporadic engagements and preparation for others, what may be described as an…

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Flood Danger On Murrumbidgee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 July 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, stated this morning that although only light rains had fallen a high water crest…

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Heavy Rain

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 3

Forty-nine points of rain were recorded at the Post Office to 9 o’clock o’clock this morning. From 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. to-day half an inch of…

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Heavy Rain To-day's Downpour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 August 1936 · page 1

Although only 13 points were registered to 9 o'clock, heavy rain fell in Goulburn this morning and by mid-day the reading…

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More Heavy Rain

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 4 August 1936 · page 2

August has started off with further falls of heavy rain. Beginning during the night of Sunday-Monday, after a fine week-end, no less than 95…

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Gale Damage at Berry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 5 August 1936 · page 1

RERRY, Wednesday: Wind blew with hurricane force on Monday night, and trees were uprooted and roofs blown off houses. The…

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