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

Floods & storms, 1938

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From Everywhere Storm Damage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 6

The Sewerage and Water Inspector, night's meeting of the City Council, Mr. J. J. McNaught. reporting to last stated that the lencing round the…

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Scattered Rain and Storms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 September 1938 · page 4

Forecast: Further scattered rain and thunder storms in the eastern and northern areas within the next 24 hours; warm and…

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Six Points From Storm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 3 October 1938 · page 1

An electrical storm on Thursday night yielded six points of rain, officially, but the fall seemed heavier in some parts of the city…

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Driving in a Thunderstorm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1938 · page 1

Motorists are often alarmed when driving in a thunderstorms in case their cars are struck by lightning. The opinion has been expressed that…

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More Rain and Thunderstorms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 4

Forecast: store or less unsettled at first with growing tendency to more general rain with thunder storms during the next 24 hours,…

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Taranaki Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 2 November 1938 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wqeqdnesday: Serious floods have occurred in the Taranaki district. The famous Awakino Valley is inundated, and heavy losses of…

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Unsettled with Thunderstorms

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

Forecast: Isolated thunderstorms in the east; otherwise fine warm and sultry to hot, with several isolated squalls: northerly…

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Taralga Storm

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

A heavy thunderstorm passed over Taralga on Sunday morning and heavy showers fell at intervals. Fine weather is urgently needed…

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Cyclone Hits North Star Wheat Crop Is Badly Damaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: A cyclonic storm which passed over [?] Star, two miles from Boggabilla,. was. responsible for great damage to the…

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Thunderstorms Are Likely

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 14 November 1938 · page 5

Forecast: Warm to not and sultry, culminating in thunderstorms and variable winds; northerly winds, fresh and squally in…

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Scattered Rain: Thunderstorms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 6

Forecast: Scattered showers; chiefly warm to hot and sultry with scattered rain and thunder storms, chiefly in the…

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Gale Lashes British Isles 13 Deaths Are Reported

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: A tierce gale swept the British Isles, resulting in 13 deaths, and many were injured. Many small steamers were washed…

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Wild Hail Storm Strikes Grafton District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 4

GRAFTON, Wednesday: Windows of the Cowper public school were smashed by hailstones late yesterday. Children hid, trembling, under desks…

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Thunderstorms on Tablelands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 30 November 1938 · page 4

Forecast: Isolated thunderstorms developing on the coast and the adjacent tablelands: at first warm to sultry, with northerly winds…

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Heavy Rain

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 December 1938 · page 2

A torrential downpour of rain occurred in Murrumburah, Harden and the surrounding stations on Sunday last soon after 4 p.m. It was a…

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26 KILLED When Train Hits School Bus IN U.S.A. STORM

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 5

SALT LAKE CITY, Thursday: Twenty-six students, whose ages large from 12 to 16 years, were killed, and at least 12 seriously…

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Gale Hits Goulburn Fences, Roofs And Trees Damaged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 5

Although Goulburn escaped the havoc caused in other centres, the cyclonic disturbance at the week-end…

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Trail Of Damage In Sydney 75 M.P.H. Cyclone Wreaks Havoc Over Whole State

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 December 1938 · page 5

In Sydney 75"M.P.H. Cyclone Wreaks Havoc Over Whole State…

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Flying Boat Is Wrecked 90 M.P.H. Gale Blows Her On Darwin Rocks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 December 1938 · page 5

DARWIN, Tuesday: The Empire Flying boat, Coorang, which arrived yesterday afternoon from Koepang with three…

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Crookwell Escaped in Cyclone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 December 1938 · page 1

CROOKWELL: Croookwell appears to have been particularly fortunate in regard to damage wrought by the Strong winds that…

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