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

Floods & storms, 1945

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Cloud Burst at Kingsdale: Sheep Drowned in Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

The storm on Thursday last was most beneficial 271 points being recorded by Mr. S. Croker. About four miles north of Kigsdale Mr. P. Kennedy estimates that…

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Flood at Jugiong

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 1

Water rushed a foot deep through the Jugiong Hotel, following a cloudburst at 1.30p.m. on Thursday. The rain fell in lorrents, and…

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45 Points of Rain After the Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

After the hot sultry weather which has been prevailing. Goulburn experienced an unexpected cool change last night, when the…

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Dust Storms Prevail

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Nine inland towns— Ardlethan, Cobar, Trangie, Nyngan, Gilgandra, Gulargambone, Peak Hill, Cassilis and Gulgong…

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Storm Yields 225 Points

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 4

A welcome relief to Galong's water shortage was the 225 points of rain registered following the storm recently. Many householders were…

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Scattered Storms in District

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

The scattered thunderstorms which have been predicted in the weather forecasts daily for almost two weeks now, made themselves felt in the Braidwood district last Friday and Saturday…

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Violent Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

ADELAIDE: Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused in 20 minutes by a violent storm in the Whyalla district on…

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Thunderstorms in Taralga Do Good and Some Harm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 3

A thunderstorm with several nice showers passed over Taralga yesterday morning, and in the afternoon it was still muggy and showery. In the late heavy rain and hall a good deal of damage was done on land…

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Storm Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

Two violent storms caused damage to Sydney suburbs yesterday. one early in the morning, the other in the afternoon…

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Before the Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

News of a few reverses, or near reverses, have crept into the cablegrams during the past few days. These are to…

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Floods in North Trains Held Up

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: A quarter of a mile of railway tracks at Hermidale, between Nyngan and Cobar, were swept away…

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From EVERYWHERE More Dust Storms

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 2

Further dust storms are likely it parts. o" the River[?]ina and the far western areas during the next few days. There have been some severe…

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Flood at Cairns

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE: Shops sand houses water flooded in Cairns over the week-end as a result of torrential rain. Children paddled canoes…

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Big Storms Hit Hadley District

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

As reported briefly in our last issue, tropical storms struck the Hadley Levels on Monday, February 26. Only a narrow strip was affected, but…

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Rain and Storms Likely

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY: Weather condition to-day indicate general rain can be expected over the State within 24 hours, the State Meteorologist, Mr…

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Floods Hamper Russians Army May Swing Round Germany's Capital

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: Although since the fall of Kustrin, 40 miles east of Berlin, floods have been hampering the Russians in their pursuit of the Germans on the central sector of the Eastern Front,…

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Australians Storm Hill in New Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

On the second day of the battle for Cake Hill, since re-named Ferndale Hill after an officer of that name who led the final assault, the Japanese were defeated in a desperate attempt to hold this important feature, which is…

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Floods Subsiding Canberra Winter Milk Supply Will Be Capital's Problems

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 3

Torrential rain—ranging up to 1893 points at Araluen—on parts of the South Coast and Southern Tablelands during the week-end caused floods in some areas yesterday. Canberra had its heaviest rain…

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Moruya Bridge Swept by Floods All Coast to the South is Now Isolated

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 6

MORUYA: The quarter-mile steel and timber bridge on Prince's Highway across the Moruya River was swept away when flood waters struck it yesterday. Replacement cost of the bridgeis estimated at £80,000…

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Floods Recede at Moruya

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: The latest reports from Moruya said that the rain had stopped falling'last night, and the flood waters were now…

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