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

Floods & storms, 1943

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BOWLS Invasion of Kenmore In A Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 2

The long planned attack on the home forces out Kenmore way was more or less received from a strategic point of view on Sunday by the downpour early…

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Violent Storm Raged At Taralga

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

On Friday evening last about 8 o'clock one of the most violent thunderstorms your correspondent has ever seen passed over the Taralga district…

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Calm Before Storm?

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Tuesday: The Secretary for the Navy, Colonel Knox, stated to-day that the Pacific area was very quiet at the moment…

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African Front Is Quiet Storm Clouds Gather Jebel Mansoor Taken by the French

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: Although the Axis forces have been compelled to evacuate Jebel Mansour, four miles south-west from Pont Du Fahs, the position of the opposing armies in Tunisia remains unchanged, with Axis troops still…

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The Storm Starts 9th Division's Return

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Sundays: Washington and London objected to Australia's Ninth Division returning from the Middle East because its…

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Heavy Rains Five Inches In Goulburn Flood Warnings

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 17 May 1943 · page 3

Just five points short of five inches of rain fell in Goulburn up till 9 o'clock this morning. from Friday night, when rain…

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Record Rains Torrents Flood Rivers: Traffic Blocked: Extensive Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 2

Roads were blocked, creeks and rivers flooded, trees and fences uprooted, and other extensive damage caused when torrential rain and heavy gales struck the Goulburn district, the falls ranging from an inch and a half at Gunning to…

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Floods Let Loose Dams Smashed in the Ruhr Terrific Blow Struck By R.A.F. Valley a Raging Torrent of Destruction

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Milions of tons of water swirling down the Ruhr Valleys are sweeping away bridges and flooding vital areas as a result of the R.A.F.'s attack on the Eder and Mohne…

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Flood Danger Passing River Levels Fall

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Flood danger in New South Wales is passing, it was officially announced yesterday by the Assist…

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Flood Warning

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Weather Bureau to-day issued a warning that floods are expected on all eastern rivers and tributaries on the Shoalhaven and…

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District Rivers All in Flood Wollondilly is Believed To Have Broken Previous Records East Goulburn Is Cut Off by Sea Over Whole of Golf Links

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 1

Heavy falls of rain over the Goulburn district resulted in the Wollondilly and Mulwaree Rivers reaching flood-level this morning, the swollen waters spreading over large areas of flat country and causing extensive damage. The Wollondilly…

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Record Broken by Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

Prior to yesterday, Councillor J. J. Walsh, of Stonequarry, Taralga, held the distinguished record of attending every meeting of the Mulwaree Shire…

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Milk Famine in Sydney Accentuated By Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Confusion and no small amount of dismay were caused among thousands of householders when Sydney got its fifty…

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Damage by Flood Serious Around Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 3

Damage estimated at thousands of pounds has been caused by record floods which have swept the entire Goulburn district,…

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Heavy Rain at Mummell

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

Very heay rain fell at Mummell over the week-end. Although the exact registration is not known, there must have been over seven inches of rain…

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Goulburn Flooded

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

Heavy falls of rain over the Goulburn district resulted in the Wollondilly and Mulwaree rivers reaching flood levels on Thursday…

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Floods in U.s.a

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday: Floods are sweeping over a large area of the Middle West owing to the rivers bursting their banks. Hundreds of thousands of acres…

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Floods Receding

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: In country areas flooded last week rivers are returning to normal levels and communications are being opened up with previously isolated…

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Flood Dangers Pass

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said to-day that the recent rains in the control and south coastal areas were the…

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Floods in U.s.a

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday: Floods in five mid-western States have left 125,000 homeless and have caused damage estimated at £23,400,000…

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