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

Floods & storms, 1947

110 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 6

Floods Kill Fowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 2

MOLONG: Leslie Alexander, of Larras Lee, near Molong, lost 125 young fowls in recent heavy rain…

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Storm in a Teacup U.S. Registration Of Shannon

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday. Describing the matter as "a storm in a teacup," the executive secretary of the New York Jockey Club,…

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Power Failure Caused by Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 December 1947 · page 4

Trouble at Burrinjuck, due to flood discharge, was responsible for the failure of electric light and power in…

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Woman Saved From Disaster Caught In Flood Waters At Bowning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 December 1947 · page 2

In an attempt to rescue her dog, a woman at Bowning was hemmed in by flood waters which came down the…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne Cricket Washed Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Heavy rain during the night and again this morning, has washed out the Sheffield Shield game between…

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Unexpected Flood Imperils Bowning Woman's Life

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 December 1947 · page 4

In an attempt to rescue her dog, a woman at Bowning was hemmed in by flood waters which came down the Bowning creek on Thurs by afternoon last as a result of heavy rain at that centre. She was saved from…

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Storm Accident

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 1

J. L. Stewart, of Tubbul, was driving in a converted utility truck during the height of a storm, and when he was within…

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Heavy Losses From District Hail Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 3

A heavy hail storm caused extensive damage in the Lower Mummell, Merrilla and Parkesbourne areas on Christmas Day. The hall swept across a small…

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Floods at Barrallier

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 2

From December 1 to 21 at Barallier, 819 points of rain were recorded. This is the highest number of points ever recorded…

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Violent Gales in Victoria and W.A. Wind Reaches 78 m.p.h. Boy Scouts Camp at Bundanoon

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY: Violent gales swept Victoria and Western Australia yesterday. In Victoria the wind cut a path across the State, from the…

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