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

Floods & storms, 1948

67 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 4

Fierce Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 5

A gale with an estimated velocity of 100 miles an hour, accompanied, by a terrific downpour of hail and rain, swept…

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Faithfull St. Danger Resident Tells of Flood Erosion

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

Fears that a building in Faithfull Street might collapse as a result of flood erosions, were expressed by a Goulburn…

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Violent Storm Sweeps Several Towns

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was done. last night, when terrific storms, accompanied…

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Further Heavy Rain

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

The New Year has brought no relief from the unseasonable weather which has been a feature of the last…

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England Has Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 5

LONDON. Wed.: Floods in Derbyshire, the worst reported in 70 years, and in Yorkshire, Mid-Wales and Herefordshire,…

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Washaways Due to Drainage Neglect Storm Damage On Shire Roads

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 3

That a number of washaways on the roads throughout Goodradigbee Shire during the recent heavy rains…

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District Struck by Severe Storm Fruit At Tallong Damaged By Hail On

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 3

A severe thunderstorm, which was accompanied by lightning and hail in some places, struck Goulburn and district on Friday afternoon, causing slight damage…

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Violent Storms Hit Tarago Area

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

The storms on Friday which swept the district seemed to concentrate heavily on Bungendore and…

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Storm Damage To Roads In Shire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

At last meeting of Goodradigbee Shire Council, the shire engineer (Mr. S. H. Liddicoat) gave details of storm damage to…

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Storm Yielded 160 Points at Windellama

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 2

The thunderstorm which broke over Windellama last Friday afternoon yielded 160 points, and local floodings resulted…

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Quiet Welcome for U.S. Task Force Entry Made In Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY: "Where is the sunshine?" and "Where are the girls?" were among the first greetings shouted from the decks of the ships comprising the American Task Force 38 as they steamed…

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Many Killed In Cyclone Reunion Suffers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 7

PARIS, Monday: A cyclone which has been raging on Reunion Island since Tuesday last, caused 100 deaths…

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Storm Causes Power Failure

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 6

A severe electric storm passed over Gunning last Wednesday, January 28. A failure in the electric…

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Flood Takes A Hand Food Problems In Queensland

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 8

BRISBANE: Heavy rains threaten to disrupt emergency road transport of food and other essential supplies…

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Heavy Rain Southern Falls

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 7

At Wagga, houses were unroofed and flooded sheds demolished, telegraph lines brought down, and trees uprooted…

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Storm Damage Claim For £10

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

A letter from Sister Imelda, of the Convent of Mercy, claiming £10/10/ compensation for storm damage to the Convent's gates…

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Storms and Rain Hit Goulburn District Falls Up To 5 Inches: Some Damage Reported

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 5

Violent thunderstorms, which were followed by copious rains struck the Goulburn district at the weekend, when falls ranging from more than five inches at Taralga to 162 points at Crookwell were recorded…

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Severe Storm Last Night: Over Two Indies Of Rain in Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

A total of 235 points of rain was registered at the Yass Post Office up to 9 a.m. this morning…

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Golf Premises Flood Bound

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 5

The Goulburn Golf Club premises were flood-bound at 11 o'clock to-day. The Mulwaree River rose sharply…

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Flooded Rivers More Rain Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

Torrential rains over the whole district caused flood conditions in Goulburn yesterday when the Mulwaree…

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