Cyclone Hits Walgett Leaves Trail Of Wreckage
WALGETT, Monday: A terrific cyclone, estimated at 80 miles an hour, struck Walgett at 2 p.m. on Saturday, and left a…
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Floods & storms, 1939
101 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 6
Indoor Storm London Ski-ing Thrill
People of Earl's Court, London, watched ace skiers of the the world make 40 m.p.h. leaps from a 100 ft. indoor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Flood Auburn Street Work Delayed
Reconstruction work in Auburn Street was further, delayed yesterday afternoon, when heavy rain flooded over the concreted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fine Again Storms Yield Little Rain In City
Light rain fell in Goulburn last night, adding an additional three points to tile month's meagre total, which now stands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Isolated Storms Expected in Parts
Forecast: Some isolated thundershowers chiefly in the south-east and the southern border; cooler temporarily, with slight to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tropical Downpour Fierce Storm In Goulburn
Goulburn was the centre of a violent electrical disturbance on Saturday evening, when 83 points of rain fell in an hour…
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BARRALLIER: Mr. V. J. Carlon, who is in charge of the Post Office, was attempting to disconnect the telephone during a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Isolated Storms in North-east
Forecast: Apart from isolated thunderstorms in north-eastern districts, generally fine; warm and hot in the east and north-west,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires and Gales in N.z
AUCKLAND, Monday: Gales are sweeping the Hawkes Bay district and bushfires are raging in many parts. At. times the wind reached a…
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A sudden flow of water from the internal fire-extinguishing system put the Paris opera out of action for at least two days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deterioration at Burrinjuck Dam Considered To Be Source Of Danger Unsafe in Flood Conditions Immediate Remedial Measures
The Premier, Mr. Stevens, announced last week that the Government’s engineering consultants had reported that the…
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Forecast: Fine in the Riverina district, elsewhere rain and thunder storms developing and in some parts substantial fallls…
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Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled throughout the State with more rain and thunder storms in the northern and eastern areas…
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SYDNEY, Friday: As a result of the south-easterly gale, many coastal and interstate vessels were late into port last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obituary Mrs. S. J. Flood
The death of Mrs. Sarah Jane Flood occurred in St. John of God Hospital this morning after an illness extending over two months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freighter in Cyclone Badly Battered By Fierce Storm
SYDNEY, Thursday: The British freighter, Anglo-African, which arrived in Sydney to-day from British Columbia, encountered a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone Lifts Roof
At Binalong Mr. Sam Carroll and his aunt, Miss Maggie Carroll, had a thrilling experience, when a cyclone lifted the roof off their home, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paris Has a Snow-storm
Record falls of snow have given Paris the appearance of a sports resort. This picture was taken under the Arc de Triomphe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm, But Little Rain
Despite a thunderstorm which broke over Goulburn early last night there was no official rainfall recording at the Post…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in South Africa 40 Persons Lose Their Lives
JOHANNESBURG. Monday: Floods have isolated Barberton, drowned 40 persons, and threatened a food shortage for the whites and a famine for…
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