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

Floods & storms, 1947

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WEDDING Flood -- Price

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 9

St. Mary's Church, Crookwell, was chosen by Margaret Laura Daphine, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Price, of "Hill View," Bannister, for her…

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Floods in Britain More Critical Water Breaks Banks and Floods More Villages

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday: The flood situation in Britain was more critical last night as the water continued to surge through the breaches in the river banks, rushing onto more villages and towns and swamping new areas of open country…

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Fight with Floods in Britain Critical Situation in Hereford

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Friday: Floods were still winning in the Fenland last night despite a daylong battle by over a thousand troops and prisoners of war. While army lorries brought up material to stop breaches in the river banks, cattle-laden trucks moved in the opposite direction to higher ground…

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Cost of Blizzards and Floods in Britain Cattle and Sheep Losses, £12,000,000

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Cattle sheep losses as a result of the blizzards and floods in Great Britain are estimated at £12,000,000. The National Union of Farmers believes it will be necessary…

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Floods' Toll Plea for Aid

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.: A promise to consider it national appeal for thousands of flood victims whose homes and…

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District Weddings Flood—price

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 3

St. Mary's Church, Crookwell, was chosen by Margaret Lauren Daphine, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Price, of "H'll…

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Oder in Flood Big Loss of Life

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 3

According to Hamburg Radio, 200 persons and reported to have been drowned in the Worst floods for 150 years in the Oder area…

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Drowned in Flood Riverina Swept by Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 3

A man was drowned, crops was lashed to the ground, miles of foncing were ashed away and several rail washaways occurred…

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Floods' Toll Britain's Plight

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 April 1947 · page 5

Revealing that the recent floods at their peak engulfed 600,000 acres of agricultural land, the…

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Race to Save a Nation's Food Britian Sets Target Clearing England's Flooded Lands

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 April 1947 · page 2

Energetic action is being taken to alleviate the serious threat to Britain's food production caused by the…

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C.W.A. and Flood Relief Fund for Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 16 April 1947 · page 2

A special meeting of the C.W.A. was held on Monday, April 14, to discuss ways and means of helping the flood relief fund for Britain, Mrs. C. E. Prell, President of the Branch, was in the chair…

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Gale Lashes Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 7

SYDNEY: A fierce southerly [?]le which at times reached 40 [?]nies per hour lashed Sydney for several hours carly to-day…

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Terrific Downpour in Sydney Today Shops Flooded, Traffic at a Standstill for an Hour

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY: Traffic was brought to a standstill. shops and factories were flooded and damage which will run into many thousands of pounds resulted from heavy rain which fell over 600 square miles of the metropolitan and suburban areas last night and this morning…

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British Flood Relief

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 8

At Crookwell the sum of £11 was collected last week. With £50 in hand, it should not be long before the £100 target is reached…

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British Flood Relief Red Cross Appeal for Funds

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

Attention is directed to the announcement of the Red Cross Appeal for funds for British Flood Relief…

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Red Cross Flood Relief Appeal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 2

The following donations have been received to the Red Cross Flood Relief Appeal: Nurse Walmsley £1, Mrs Alan Smith £2, Estate Joseph…

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Race to Save a Nation’s Food “Sowing in Three Weeks” is Target for Gigantic Combined Effort at Clearing England’s Flooded Lands

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 April 1947 · page 6

Energetic action is being taken to alleviate the serious threat to Britain’s food production caused by the succession of blizzards frosts and…

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Flood Relief Appeal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 2

The following further donations have been received by the Red Cross in answer to it’s Flood Relief appeal for…

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Flood Relief £1175 Presented to Red Cross

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 5

A cheque for £1175/9/2, the sum raised in Goulburn for the British Flood Relief Fund, was handed by the…

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Flood Relief Appeal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 2

The following further donatious have been received by the Red Cross in answer to it’s Flood Relief appeal for Britain Miss Triggs £5/5/…

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