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

Floods & storms, 1939

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Started to Dig the Drain But Heavy Rain Intervened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

It was revealed at yesterday's meeting of the Goulburn P.P. Board that a tank now being excavated on the Tarago stock…

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“A Storm in a Teacup”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 2

IF THE animated discussions in the Municipal Council, concerning the payment to the Town Clerk of train fare to Sydney at Anniversary…

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Last Night's Thunderstorm

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 4

Preceded by a severe electrical disturbance, a heavy thunderstorm drenched Goulburn late yesterday evening and…

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Heavy Rain in Goulburn Fog Occurs In Early Morning

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 5

Steady rain commenced to fall in Goulburn this morning, and although there was no official registration at 9 o'clock four…

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Goods Train Derailed Floods Weaken Permanent Way

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: A goods train was derailed at Benalla this morning, as a result of flood waters weakening the permanent way…

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Floods Receding in Southern Parts Heavy Damage Reported From Many Areas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Flood waters are receding in the Riverina and northern Victoria, and also is western New South Wales, but many roads are impassable, and a number of townships have been cut off. Losses from the floods have been…

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Burrinjuck Dam Flood Precautions At Jugiong

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 17 April 1939 · page 1

A public meeting was held at Jugiong at the request of the Demondrille Shire Council to decide upon steps to be taken for the evacuation…

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Teacup Storm Over Lecture Hospital Matron Is Taken To Task

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 19 April 1939 · page 1

It was revealed at Monday night's meeting of the District Hospital Board that Matron Stevenson was recently taken to…

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Burrinjuck Flood Precautions

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 April 1939 · page 3

Mr. V. T. England, the hydrographic engineer of the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, and the executive officer of the…

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Showers and Thunderstorms

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 5

Forecast: Unsettled with showers and thunder on the past and adjacent highlands; otherwise for the present mainly fine with a…

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Widespread Damage by Flood Water

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 1

"The devastation wrought by floods in the Harefield area has to be seen to be appreciated," says the Junes Southern Cross,…

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Big Floods in New Guinea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: News reached Sydney to-day of recent floods which caused tremendous damage in the Bulolo River district on New Guinea…

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59 Lives Lost in Storm Boats Capsize At Harbour Entrance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 4

SANTANDER, Monday: Fifty-nine fishermen were drowned at the entrance to the harbour. A fishing-boat, manned by 49…

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Winter Comes with Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

Forecast: Unsettled with more general rain, heavy to very heavy falls in parts, particularly in the basins of the Murray and the…

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Landslides and Floods Cause Concern In Tasmania

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 5

LAUNCESTON, Friday: A message reports that serious landslides and floods have occurred at St. Marys, a north-east coastal mining…

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Latest From The Guba Tropical Storms Encountered By Aviators

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 June 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: The following messages have been received by the Commonwealth Government for J Percival, Junr. official…

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Long a Storm Centre Free City of Danzig

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 6

How many of us know that the Free City of Danzig and its surrounding territory, which is the hub of international politics at…

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Long a Storm Centre Free City of Danzig

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 2

How many of us know that the Free City of Danzig and its surrounding territory, which is the hub of international politics at…

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The Empire 'Storm Over Bengal'

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 4

"When Mohammed cannot go to the mountain, the mountain must be brought to Mohammed" . . . and so, Republic…

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The Empire 'Storm Over Bengal'

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

Glorious in its sweep of exciting adventure in north-west India, far-flung outposts of the Empire, and moving in its depiction of gallantry and…

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