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

Floods & storms, 1944

37 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Tropic Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 2

The Following verse, graphic and convincing, comes from the Christmas edition of "Troppo Times." published by the servicemen in Darwin:…

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Wild Hail Storm's £5000 Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 14 January 1944 · page 1

LITHGOW, Friday: More than £5000 damage was caused to with property by a break hallstorm yesterday Shop and factory windows were shattered…

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"Flooded the Country" Budge On Sale Of Shares

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY. Wednesday: Sir Harry Budge, former director of the Producers and General Finance Corporation Ltd., said to-day, at the…

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Sunday's Gale Unwelcome Visit

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 3

The violent gale which blew on Sunday was an unwelcome visitor. It did untold harm and cleaned up all the rain which…

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Wild Storm Strikes Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A tropical storm struck Sydney and suburbs this morning causing considerable damage. In Stephen Street, East Sydney, a two-storey house collapsed…

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Iungary's New Government Gestapo Floods The Land

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: "The Hungarian and German Governments have agreed that all resources of Hungary be mobilised for the common purpose and that a new Hungarian Government be formed."…

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Red Army Pouring Into Crimea Peninsula Now Flooded By Victorious Russians

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: The Red Armies are pouring into Rumania in one huge tidal wave, says the Moscow correspondent of the British United Press. The Russians within 48 hours have captured most of the northern Crimea and half of the Kerch Peninsula, and except for the Isshun area, where the…

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Lull Before Storm? Quiet In Russia And Italy

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 April 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Although German sources are stating that the full has ended at Sebastopol and is about end in the Narva…

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Gale at Pudman Causes Severe Damage Trees Uprooted; Fences Flattened

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 2

A hurricane, accompanied by hail and rain, passed over a narrow strip in the Pudman district on Sunday night, doing…

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Defensive Action Kesselring Floods Pontine Marshes

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday: Apprehensive of a new Allied offensive from the Anzio beachhead. General Kesselring has…

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Sydney Has a Wild Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday A freakish electrical storm which, hit Sydney last night caused property damage In the city and suburbs…

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Heavy Rains Bring Floods In Parts Of Victoria

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Wednesday: The flood danger is passing in Glppsland as the result of an improvement in the weather, which is enabling the flood waters to get away before more comes down from the hills…

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Sydney Hit by Storm Furious Seas Lash The Shore

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A terrific storm hit Sydney last night and huge breakers pounded all beaches…

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More Rain: Threat Of Floods In South Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 May 1944 · page 3

Since, the beginning of this month over two and a half inches of rain have fallen here. This month's total, 268 points, equals the total for the other four…

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Severe Floods Occur On Far South Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: The most severe floods for more than ten years have isolated two towns since yesterday. They are Eurobodalla and Nerringundah, two villages on the far South Coast. Twenty farms in outlying districts…

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Flood Damage Wingecarribee Is Voted £300

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 3

Advice has keen received to the effect that the Government meet has made a grant of £300 to the Wingecarribee…

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Mrs. M. C. Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 May 1944 · page 2

The death occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Hall, of Bega Street, Bega, on Sunday, May 13, of one of…

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Heavy Rain on the Coast

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 June 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Since the week-end there have been substantial rainfalls along the coastal belt for 600 miles, between…

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Russian Flood Pours on Signs Of Major Disaster In Sight For Germans

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 June 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: The German defeat in White Russia has assumed the proportions of a disaster of the first magnitude. The Red Army forces at several points have advanced westward from 60…

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Floods in Tasmania

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 July 1944 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Thursday: Following heavy rains over the whole of the State, some Tasmanian districts are…

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