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

Floods & storms, 1941

78 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Floodlight at Court House

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 September 1941 · page 2

To the Municipal Council on Monday night, Mr. H. C. Lester, sheriff, Goulburn, wrote with reference to the success of floodlighting the…

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Dust Storm Out West Lights Used In The Daytime

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 September 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Heaviest dust storms for 30 years are raging over hundreds of miles in western New South Wales…

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Sharp Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 10 September 1941 · page 3

A start but sharp electrical storm broke over Goulburn shortly after 11 'o' clock last night. One clap of thunder was particularly heavy,…

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In Libya Activity West Of Egypt Impending Storm?

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 September 1941 · page 3

CAIRO, Sunday: To-day's General Headquarters communique, issued at 1 p.m. to-day in the heal of the last days of the Cairo summer, is full of…

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Horse Rolls on Rider Drover's Ordeal In Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 September 1941 · page 3

Great fortitude was shown by Harold Fenton, 29, of Hovel Street, Goulburn, as he lay badly injured in the bush during the…

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Storm Dislodges Roof

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 4

During the wild wind-swept night experienced on Monday night last week one half of the roof of Mr. C. Carter’s residence in Collector Road…

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Mr. Inigo Jones Expects Heavy Rain

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 13 October 1941 · page 2

The well-known meteorologist, Mr. Inigo Jones, said on Wednesday last that if, as he expects, there are very heavy rains within the next ten days…

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Gale Sweeps Goulburn Havoc Among Gardens

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 2

Gardens suffered severely during a gate which lashed Goulburn throughout Sunday from an early hour…

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Shelling Eases at Tobruk Dust Storm Active

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 November 1941 · page 3

The Middle East communique reports that enemy shelling at Tobruk has dropped off in all sectors…

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Heavy Rain in South-west

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 November 1941 · page 2

Nearly three inches of rain had fallen in parts of the south-west of the State before the weather cleared yesterday. Yass did not share in the…

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Rain in North Flood In Moree

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 November 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Further rains fell in the north of the State yesterday, ranging from nine points at Narrabrl to 305 points which fell…

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Unsettled with Thunderstorms

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 November 1941 · page 3

Forecast: [?]coming cloudy and unsettled, with some soa[?]ltared thunder showers and isolated squalls about the highlands and…

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15 Minutes' Fury 70-m.p.h. Storm At Orange

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 6

Leaving mugs of beer half empty men ran out of the bar of the Tourist Hotel when a 70 miles an hout gale picked up a four-wheeled fruit and…

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American Flood of Supplies Sets in £4 Millions Daily in Not Distant Future 15 - Fold Shipbuilding Expansion

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1941 · page 2

Figures recently published in England and America give a graphic illustration of the importance of the supplies America is sending and will be sending to support Britain in her war effort. The chief Importance of these supplies lies in the saving of British labor and British…

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Gales and Floods in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday: Gales and floods swept Victoria yesterday and it is stated that the day was the coldest experienced for 17 years. Winds…

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Gundaroo Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 December 1941 · page 4

GUNDAROO: A heavy thunderstorm passed over last Sunday afternoon, when more than half an inch of rain was recorded. Prior to the…

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Progress Is Slower In Libya Dust Storm Cause of Delay

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 December 1941 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: With a desert battle in Libya going on over an exceedingly wide area, and British pressure, being…

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Sharp Storm 11 Points Received

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 December 1941 · page 4

A sharp storm which passed over, Goulburn early this morning yielded 11 points of rain, bringing the December rainfall to 162…

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