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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 2 of 2

Heavy Rain : Unseasonable Shearing May Cause Loss

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 3

MOREE: Good rain in the parched north-west area of New South Wales may save 10 million sheep, but unseasonable shearing where rain has fallen may result in heavy losses…

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U.S. Troops Storm Aitape

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 6

Troop-filled U.S. Army ducks, 2½ ton amphibious trucks, speed from an assault off-shore to the beach at Aitape, to take part in the recent successful American landing on the Japanese-held area of Northern New Guinea. The ducks are especially built to crawl over…

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Flood Closer to Warsaw Kaunas Captured By Russians

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The capture of Kaunas (Kovno), capital of Lithuania, which Stalin announced in the Order of the Day this evening, will release more men and machines to swell the big Red Army…

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Bob Hope Flood of Telephone Calls

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 August 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: Floods of telephone phone calls, mostly from girls, and an avalanche of telegrams are being received at the…

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Island is Sunk Flooded by Sea Great German Canal Is Now Dry

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 October 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday: A strong force of Lancasters yesterday dropped 12,000 pounders, breaching the dyke…

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Dust Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 November 1944 · page 4

On Monday the whole district was a blanket of dust, accompanied by wind. Flower gardens, or what was left of them, suffered disaster…

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Storm Knew no Races: Wild Time at Wingello

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 November 1944 · page 1

On Monday morning last fortunately before housewives bad begun the day's laundering operations, the storm blast came—and was not only tyrannous and strong. but exasperatingly dusty. With characteristic impartiality, he…

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Dust Storms Still Raging Goulburn District Holds up Well Under Drought Conditions

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 November 1944 · page 2

The dust-storms that have been raging over the whole of the western and southern divisions of the State for the past 12 days showed no sign of abating yesterday…

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Gunning Shares in Dust Storms and Fires

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 November 1944 · page 3

The weather during the last couple of weeks has been Most, unpleasant, and wind, a accompanied by dust storms, has been the order of the day. Last Sunday was one of the hottest days experienced here for some time…

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Heavy Rain at Gundaroo

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 November 1944 · page 5

On Friday last heavy rain fell in the Gundaroo district. In the township 168 points were registered, whilst a few miles out of…

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Storms and Fires at Barrallier

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 November 1944 · page 3

Thunderstorms occurred on Thursday and Friday of last week and yield 8 and 10 points of rain respectively. This has…

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Freak Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 November 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: A freak cyclone cut a trail of damage for 400 yards through Naremburn at 5 p.m. yesterday. No one was seriously injured, but a…

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38 POINTS Yesterday's Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 November 1944 · page 2

In yesterday's heavy and unexpected downpour 38 points were registered in Goulburn. The rain while it lasted was…

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The '70 Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 December 1944 · page 6

The big flood of 1860, which was described as the greatest experienced in the colony of the time was dwarfted by another…

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Dust Storms North Has Its Turn

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 December 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY: Dust storms which swept over south-eastern Australia during the week-end are described by the State Meteorologist,…

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Floods in Holland

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 22 December 1944 · page 2

Flooded banks of Maas, near Maeseyk, R. E. maintenance crews carry on their work under these conditions…

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Red West Dust Storms Ex-Moss Valeite Writes

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 29 December 1944 · page 1

"The great Australian outback, or the Golden West, as they choose to call it," writes Mr. Ray. Nicholls, formerly of…

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