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

Floods & storms, 1947

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Wild Storm Hits Sydney Hundreds Injured: Hail as Large as Cricket Ball

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY: Hundreds among thousands of people "trapped" on the city surfing beaches yesterday afternoon in a heavy hailstorm were severely injured…

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TARALGA Beneficial Storms

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

TARALGA: Good rain fell over many parts of the district as a result of scattered thunderstorms during the…

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Lashed by Storms Havoc Caused in Hawaii

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 5

SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday: Damage estimated at millions of dollars was caused by a violent storm which…

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Yesterday's Storm Welcome Fall of Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 3

Thirty-five points of rain fell in Goulburn in a mater of minutes yesterday, when a fierce thunderstorm…

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Another Storm Hits Sydney Damage Estimated at £250,000

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: The damage as a result of last night's storm is estimated at £250,000. This is in addition to the tremendo us damage done by the hailstorm on New Year's Day…

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Wollongong Storm Holidaymakers Drenched

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 3

A fierce storm, which broke late in the afternoon, spoiled the day for the large number of Goulburn people who yesterday…

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Ships' S.o.s.: Caught in Atlantic Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Latest casualties in the violent gale which has been lashing the Atlantic for more than a week include the Canadian Government owned freighter, Tecumseh Park, of 7163 tons, which reported by radio late yesterday that she was wallowing in high seas 800 miles east of Halifax…

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Violent Storm Fowls Hurled into Air

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1

INVERELL: A freak whirlwind carried 100 fowls into the air and threw them against a fence 25 yards away…

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Disastrous South African Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Thursday: Four people have been drowned and damage totaling many hundreds of thousands of pounds…

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Sydney Storm Suburban Homes Damaged

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Lightning during last night's violent electrical storm damaged two houses, burned power and telephone…

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Welcome Storm Respite from Heat

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

Brief respite from the heat-wave conditions under which Goulburn had melted for the past two days was provided by…

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Duke's Plane Delayed Storm Causes Hold-up

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Because of bad weather the Governor-General, the Duke of Gloncester, was unable to leave Sydney…

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Cyclone on the Way Planes : Ships Warned

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 3

BRISBANE: A cyclonic disturbance is raging along the coast from the Clarence River, N.S.W., to Gladestone…

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Dartmoor Legacy Published by Special Arrangement Copyright. Chapter Xxxix Storm at Dawn

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 6

Three o'clock came and Bob was not back. Lester was uneasy. I think one of us ought to go out and look for him," he said…

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Flood Rescue Goulburn Men Marooned

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 3

Drought horses were used to rescue two men, -Eric Eggins and George Cain, of Goulburn, who were marooned in their car at…

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Narellan Havoc Cyclone Hits Township

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Destruction caused in Narellan township near Camden, yesterday afternoon was due to…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY: Heavy tropical rain is falling along the Queensland coast, records varying from 5 to 15 inches…

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Beneficial Storm Fall Totals 70 Points

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 February 1947 · page 5

Seventy points of rain fell in Goulburn during a heavy thunderstorm between 5.30 and 6 o'clock last evening…

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Water Supply Replenished Storms Benefit Wide Area

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 February 1947 · page 3

Heavy rain—the result of thunderstorms during the last two nights—has fallen over the greater part of the Goulburn district, alleviating conditions for the man on the land…

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Heavy Rain Benefit Wide Area Water Supplies Replenished

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 7

Heavy rain-the result of two heavy thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday last-has fallen over the greater part of the…

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