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

Floods & storms, 1936

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Floods Inland Man Drowned Murrumbidgee Rises

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

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A man was drowned and many settlers along the river banks In the south-eastern areas were forced to…

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Floods Recede Latest Reports

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 August 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Although the flood danger in the south-eastern areas eased considerably yesterday, the low-lying areas of towns some…

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Heavy Storm Fierce Lightning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday, following a flash of lightning while the Rev. H. Weir was conducting a service at the Rose, by Memorial Church, Marrickville;…

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Thunderstorms and Strong Winds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 5

Forecast: Thunderstorms probable, with winds tending to gale like force in parts; unsettled conditions will continue, with some…

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Wild Storms Bushfires in Parts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Bushfires swept through portion of Erina Shire yesterday, destroying at least five cottages at Ocean Beach and Attalong…

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Wild Weather Goulburn Gale Street Lights Suffer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1936 · page 1

Street lights were broken by the force of the Hurricane which swept Goulburn throughout yesterday and last night. Damage…

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Murray in Flood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 August 1936 · page 5

ALBURY, Thursday: Heavy rains along the Upper Murray watershed and the first movement of show on the Bogong Mountains have brought…

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Heavy Rain In Many Parts

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 September 1936 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Heavy rain fell over many parts of the State yesterday. The heaviest falls were on the…

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Wild Gales Hit Melbourne Two Fatalities

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Gales which swept the State endangered the lives of 15 men in Port Phillip Bay yesterday, and two persons…

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CYCLONE Hits Guyra Houses Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY Thursday: A disastrous cyclone swept through the Guyra district yesterday. Houses and dairy buildings were wrecked and crops…

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Dam Let Loose on Rebel Troops Flood Sweeps Valley Both Sides Continue To Claim Victories MADRID

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 5

The Government to-day opened the Alberche dam and severed the insurgent column advancing towards Toledo from the main force at Maqueda and Talavera. A flood swept down the Tagus Valley like a torrent,…

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Some Thunderstorms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 5

Forecast: Cool to moderate temperatures, with fresh to squally west to south-west winds, becoming general…

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Cyclone Kills Natives More Than 400 Missing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 October 1936 · page 1

MANILA (Philippines), Monday: A terrific storm; one of the deadliest In Philippine history, swept the islands during the week-end…

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Twelve Drowned When Sudden Wind Storm Blows Launch Over Party Perish Shocking Boat Tragedy on Hawkesbury Only Two Survivors

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Twelve persons, six of them women and one an infant boy, are believed to have been drowned when their launch foundered during a fierce storm on…

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Gales Sweep N. Germany

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 October 1936 · page 4

BERLIN, Monday: A hurricane swept over the north coast of Germany to-day and mountainous seas are now pounding Heligoland, the…

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Passengers Injured When Queen Mary Meets With Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 October 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: A severe gale in the English Channel to-day forced many vessels to seek shelter, and caused the first cancellation of the…

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Europe Lashed by Gales Vessel Lost With All Hands Wall of House Blown Into Sea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 October 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday: The whole of Western Europe is being swept by gales, and a tremendous amount of damage has been done. LONDON, Tuesday: Reports from all parts of the country…

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Subsiding Death List Still Grows Gales in Europe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The terrific gales which have raged over Europe for the past two days are new abating, but the death roll continues to grow…

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Corpse-laden Flood Cemetery Swept By Waters

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 November 1936 · page 5

BUCHAREST, Tuesday: Terrible scenes were witnessed in Targu Jiu and Craiova (North-west Rumania) to-day, when swirling flood-waters…

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Gale on Coast Sydney Wants Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 November 1936 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A southern gale is reported along the coast to-day, and the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, expects the rain to reach Sydney about…

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