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

Floods & storms, 1938

124 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 7

Four Killed in Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday: A severe rainstorm has swept the city, killing four, flooding the streets,…

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Thunderstorms in the South

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 7

Forecast: More or less cloudy with thunder-showers and isolated local squalls in southern and eastern areas. Otherwise fine with…

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Severe Thunderstorm—hail Kills Fowls

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 10

COWRA, Saturday: A thunderstorm with hail and from one to two inches of rain passed over Billimari district…

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Phone During Thunderstorms

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 3

According to an official statement made to Goulburn Chamber of Commerce, the only time that telephone operators left the…

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Advance by Japs. Through Snow Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 March 1938 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Monday: Battling through snow storms in mountain passes, the Japanese have reached Hcku, six miles from the Yellow…

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Burrinjuck Dam Drilling The River Bed Aftermath of 1925 FLOOD

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 3

In the course of articles describing a trip down the Murrumbidgee in a canoe, Mr. M. P. Coughlan, in the “Leader” refers to the present…

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Burrinjuck Dam Drilling the River Bed Aftermath of 1925 Flood

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3

In the course of articles describing a trip down the Murrumbidgee in a canoe, Mr. M. P. Coughlan, in the "Leader,"…

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CYCLONE Steamers Take Shelter in Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday: Seven vessels including the passenger liners Changte, Montoro, and Katoomba, have been, driven to shelter ibays…

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On the Road Driving on Flooded Roads

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 30 March 1938 · page 6

To those unacquainted with driving through flooded areas the following advice, which is issued by the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, should…

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To-day's Dust Storm Rain Is Needed In District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 5

Goulburn experienced a heavy dust storm to-day when the hills surrounding the city were almost obscured by heavy clouds of dust…

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Howling Gale, Heavy Circus Animals Terrified

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Terrified by a howling gale and heavy seas, circus animals being brought to Sydney by the liner "Wanganella"…

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Crowd Attempts To Storm Senate In Paris French Crisis Comes to a Head 50,000 Armament And Metal Workers Hold Up The Industry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 7

PARIS, Thursday: A serious political and industrial crisis has arisen in France, and the downfall of the Blum Government is inevitable. Mobs attempted to storm the Senate building to-night, but were beaten back by thousands of mobile guards…

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Floodlighting Park Council to Inquire Into Costs Deputations Favourably Received

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 2

So that night training may be engaged in, the Crookwell Commercial Amateur Football Club by deputation requested the…

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Five Men Drowned at Port Kembla Storm Strikes Them in Open Boat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Five persons, including a father and son, were drowned in the ocean off Port Kembla on Saturday night. An open boat, in which they were attempting to cross from the mainland to Rabbit Island, a distance of a mile and a half, was…

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Warm Debate in City Council Sooley Pipe Line Is a Storm Centre

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 2

An outburst by Ald. Goodhew, who expressed the opinion that the Mayor, Ald. F. D. Davies, had forfeited his claim to the speaker's confidence in any future promises the Mayor might make in relation to council…

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Golf in the Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 4

Despite the wild wind, which raged yesterday afternoon Bill Holder, professional at the Goulburn Golf Club, completed a round of 18 holes in 68…

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Floods in New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday Further details of the flood in the North Island show that in addition to the drowning of two men, thousands of…

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Cyclone Hits Young Extensive Damage All Over Municipality

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

A storm of cyclonic fury burst over Young at about 8 o'clock on Monday night, and left a trail of debris, in its wake. It was heralded…

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Storm at Young

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 7

YOUNG Tuesday. Following last night's storm, Young this morning looked as if it had suffered a bombardment. Roads were…

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Windjammers' Race Feats Of Seamanship In Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 29 April 1938 · page 2

Thirteen windjammers recently tok golden grain to England from the Commonwealth's vast plains. In 1920-21 there were 36. How many there will be next sea son nobody can say. Will the time come when there will be none?…

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