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

Floods & storms, 1946

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Rani Wins 'Big Ocean Race Battle with Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday: The cutter Rani fought a battle in a storm for 12 hours during the Sydney to…

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Historic Tree Blown Down by Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON: Britain's most historic tree, which stood up to near misses by bombs and eight centuries of English weather, was…

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From EVERYWHERE Seaside Gold Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 15 January 1946 · page 2

Gold and silver watches, rings and coins have been found by searchers in the sand at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, following…

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Storm at Burrowa

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 3

A storm that broke yesterday resulted in two inches falling at Burrowa. Young received 30 points…

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From EVERYWHERE Storm at Collector

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 2

Last Saturday's storm resulted in a fine fall at Collector, varying amounts up to an inch being recorded…

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Violent Storm Good Rain in Parts of District Hailstones As Large As Walnuts

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 2

A violent storm broke over the Murrumbidgee River and surrounding part of the district on Tuesday evening…

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All Over Canberra "Storm"

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 3

CANBERRA: Brigadier E. S. Schreiber, Chief-of-Staff, to the Governor General, last night issued a statement setting out…

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Freak Happenings During Storm in Adelaide

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 6

ADELAIDE: Strange things happened during electrical storms which broke over South Australia in 24 hours. Lightning struck hay pitchers' forks on the property of Mr. J…

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Tallaganda Shire Council Appeal to be Made to Government for Flood Compensation

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 January 1946 · page 5

Cr. E. C. Smith presided over a full attendance of Councillors at Thursday's meeting. The following appointments to the Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade…

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Rivers Running at Flood-level Best Rain for Many Years

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Torrential rains have brought floods to parts of the north-west of New South Wales, where some rivers are running at the highest levels for many years. Heaviest rain has fallen in the…

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Flood Waters Subside

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: Flood waters which have been threatening Moree since Tuesday are now subsiding but thousands are carcasses of…

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Auburn St. Premises Flooded by Heavy Rain Water

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 2

Burns Brothers Pty., Ltd., informed the City Council that much damage had been done to their yard area and shop…

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Violent Storm in Yass District Hailstones Piled Two Feet High

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 2

An extraordinary result of the recent severe storm in the Yass district was that hailstone, piled two feet high against wire fences on "Euralie"…

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Gunning Snake in Main Street Storm Damage at Bellmount Forest

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 3

Some excitement was caused in Yass Street, Gunning, near Mr. Arthur Newman’s office at midday on Friday, with the appearance of a…

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Fencing After the Flood Biggest Rise in Creek For 20 Years

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 2

Most local landowners along Blakney Creek are still busy fencing after the big flood during the recent rain. This was the biggest…

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Wild Gales in Europe

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Sicily Island is completely isolated as a result of a violent gale sweeping a large part of Europe…

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Thunderstorms on

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY: A depression was developing in South Australia and a high pressure system was operating over Eastern N.S.W. This…

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Heavy Rain In Queensland

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE: More than two inches of rain fell in three hours In some districts on the North Coast on Saturday, when a…

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Goodradigbee Shire Storm Damage Estimated at £3000 Application to Department for Relief

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 3

The president of Goodradigbee Shire Council (Cr. E. C. Archer) presided at the monthly meeting held in the Council Chambers,…

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Great Floods in Germany

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: The worst floods that hit Germany in the century are causing catastrophic results, according to the Ham…

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