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

Floods & storms, 1937

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Floods in U.S.A. Thirteen Deaths Reported

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Mountain streams, fed by heavy rains and snows, are pouring torrents into the Ohio River and its…

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Some Rain and Thunderstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 5

Forecast: More or less cloudy and unsettled with some scattered rain and thunderstorms and isolated severe squalls with some hail,…

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Sporting News in Brief Storm at N.S.W. Rugby League Meeting—Leveson Gower's Comment on Girls' Cricket Braddock-louis Fight

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 8

At last night's meeting of the general committee of the New South Wales Rugby League it was decided that the action of the Australian Board…

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Fullerton & District Sharp Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 16 June 1937 · page 2

There were several narrow escapes when a short but sharp thunderstorm passed over the district on Monday, May 31st. Two men recorded having…

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Flood Conditions Ruling

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 21 June 1937 · page 5

Forecast: Unsettled weather generally on the eastern areas, with further storms on the tablelands and heavy rain in the central and…

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Floods in N.Z. Extensive Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Friday : Torrential rains caused widespread loss in the North Auckland district. Three minors were trapped in the Increasing…

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Flooded Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The township of Hiknrangi, New Zealand, is threatened with rain as a result of the decision of the local coal-mining…

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Snow Storms Severe In Blue Mountains Hail in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Severe snow storms occurred on the Southern Alps, Blue Mountains and northern Tablelands yesterday, and during the…

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Violent Storm Lightning Strikes 20 Places

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: Some violent thunderstorms occurred in England to-day Weymouth had a cloudburst which in a few minutes flooded many shops…

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Caught in a Storm

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 4

One hot, sultry sununer morning, we set out for the day in the bush. As we walked slowly along the narrow bush track, Joy said "I'm so…

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Rain and Storms Forecasted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 5

Forecast: At first chiefly line in the north-eastern districts, but unsettled elsewhere, with rain and turbulent conditions…

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18 KILLED Collapse of House in Flood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 August 1937 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday: Eighteen persons were killed and 21 seriously injured in the collapse of a high wooden dwelling on the side of a hill…

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Heavy Rain Telephone Service Disorganised Trunk and District Lines Out

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 2

General heavy rain yesterday in the town and district has disorganised the Yass telephone service. as 14 trunk lines were put…

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Heavy Storms at Gunning Outlook Good

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 5

There were two heavy storms at Gunning on Wednesday, and over 1½ inches of rain fell. The deluge in the afternoon was…

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Fierce Storm Railway Equipment Damaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 4

A heavy storm broke over Goulburn shortly after lunch yesterday and for a few minutes rain fell so heavily that it was difficult…

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Some Isolated Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Mostly unsettled with strong squalls and north to north-west winds with dust storms in the inland areas; a…

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Hitler And The Red Terror Storm-Troopers Are Addressed Germany Rises Again Talks of Fanaticism and Flags

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 September 1937 · page 5

BERLIN, Sunday: Addressing 100,000 motor and flying storm-troopers at Nur emburg, and dedicating and presenting new brown flags, Hitler again referred to the red terror…

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Petrol Floods Gutters Town In Danger

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Petrol form a burst pipe-line flooded streets in Portland (Western District). In the vicinity of the Shell Company's works…

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Flood Damage Ratepayers’ Complaints Streets Also Suffer

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 3

The recent heavy rain resulted in a number of complaining letters being received at Monday night’s Council meeting from ratepayers. Many…

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Homing Cattle Dare Flood

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 6

Yarrawonga (Vic.) Friday.—A strong homing instinct was displayed by 23 bullocks brought here this week by goods train from Urana (N.S.W.)…

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