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

Floods & storms, 1946

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Heavy Snow Floods Are Inevitable

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY: Severe floods are expected in the southern lowlands during the next few weeks. following the meeting of the…

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When Snow Thaws in Mountains Serious Floods Prophesied by Old Hands

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 1

A flood in the Murrumbl dgee is possible if the snow which is now packed many feet, deep in the mountain country, melts suddenly. Whilst the Tumut River is certain to break its banks when the thaw sends the water…

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Floods Ruin Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: While prayers for better weather to save the harvest were being offered in churches throughout…

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Floods Likely

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 September 1946 · page 3

During the next few days the comparatively high temperature will have its effect on the snows in the Alps, with the consequent…

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Secret Fabric Saved Many Lives Rain, Wind and Storm Proof

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 September 1946 · page 3

Details of "Ventile," a new British fabric and one of the top secrets of the war, have now been released. The fabric saved the lives of thousands of men from Burma to Western Europe. It is claimed that its peacetime importance will be to…

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Heavy Rain May Extend

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 September 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY: Heavy rains running up to more than two inches at Tenterfield on the northern Tablelands, have…

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Lights Go on Again War Memorial Floodlit

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 October 1946 · page 5

Goulburn's War Memorial was floodlit last night for the first time since the beginning of the war…

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Barrallier Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 October 1946 · page 3

A thunderstorm on Monday night yielded 86 points of rain. This makes a total of 146 points to date for October…

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Floodlighting of Memorial

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 25 October 1946 · page 2

Referring at last night's meeting of the Goulburn City Council to the floodlighting of the War Memorial, Aid F. D. Davies…

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Mob Storms Country Police Station

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 31 October 1946 · page 6

A mob of between 30 and 40 men stormed the police station at Canowindra on Saturday night last allegedly in an effort to rescue a…

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Fight with Gale Tug's Struggle

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 November 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY: After a battle with the 70 m.p.h. gale off Sydney Heads throughout last night, the salvage tug…

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Freak Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 2

Binda, in the Crookwell district, was struck by a freak storm on Friday afternoon last, Although it lasted only 10…

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Drought-breaking Rains Fall at Boorowa Damage In Heavy District Storms

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

DROUGHT BREAKING RAINS FELL IN BOOROWA THIS WEEK. FALLS AVERAGED 2½ TO 3½ INCHES. REASONABLE FALLS DURING THE NEXT THREE MONTHS WILL ASSURE A GOOD SUMMER, WITH PLENTY OF FEED…

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Woolshed Roof Blown Off In Harden Storm

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 3

The roof of a wool shed at "Jellambie", Harden, the property of Mr. R. B. Ross, was blown away in last week's windstorm…

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Week-end Rain Twenty-Six Points From Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 December 1946 · page 1

Rain which fell in Goulburn on Friday and Saturday nights, yielded a total of 26 points, bringing the total registration since the…

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Violent Storm Heavy Damage in Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 5

BRISBANE: One man was killed and 40 were injured in the violent hall storm wich stashed Brisbane…

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Wild Storm City Area Lashed

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 4

When a violent storm struck Goulburn shortly before 2 p.m on Saturday, 20 points of rain, accompanied…

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Storms Wreak Havoc in Country Crops and Homes Suffer

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 7

SYDNEY: Fierge thunder storms, followed by hail, battered many city and country areas during the week-end. Heavy fruit losses are…

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3½d. Per Unit For Floodlighting of Tennis Courts

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 December 1946 · page 6

The Electrical and Water Engineer (Mr. E. P. Woodward) reported to last week's meeting of the Crookwell…

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Operation Thunderstorm Scientists Are Trying to Find Out What it's all About

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 30 December 1946 · page 2

NEW YORK: What is a thunderstorm? Nobody knows exactly, because science. has never thoroughly dissected one. U.S., scientists have been busy…

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