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

Floods & storms, 1948

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Storms at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 3

On Friday night, writes our Taralga correspondent, a heavy thunderstorm with torrential rain broke the recent dry spell,…

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Heavy Storms Hit District Roads and Fences Damaged

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 1

Severe electrical storms which broke over Crookwell and district on Sunday night last caused considerable damage to roads and fences, and in certain areas disrupted traffic…

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Crookwell Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 4

Severe electrical storms which broke over Crookwell and district on Sunday night last caused considerable damage to roads…

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Flood Damage to Shire Roads Estimate at £5,800 List of Proposed Work and Costs

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 3

Recent floods and storms over Boorowa Shire area caused damage estimated at £5,000 This information was contained in…

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Heavy Rain 166 Points In Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

Heavy rain fell in Goulburn yesterday, and the day's registration of 166 points brought the…

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Violent Storms Cause Interruption to Gunning Shire Electricity Supply

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 2

To the Gunning Shire Council at its last meeting, the electrical engineer, Mr. W. Smith reported that during the two weeks prior…

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Novel Knitwear Takes Paris by Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 2

Novel knitwear designs. in wool which, have taken Paris by storm are being featured by leading house s and range from cosy sports sweaters to gossamer lingerie. From Marcel Rochas comes a range of wasp-waisted pullovers which can be worn with sports clothes or dressed up for more formal occasions with a…

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Severe Cyclonic Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 April 1948 · page 3

A severe cyclonic storm swept through Conkey and Son's piggeries at "Greenhills," Cootamundra, causing extensive…

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Communists Smart Under Defeat Moscow's Radio Storms At Election Result

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 5

ROME, Thursday: Smarting under their decisive defeat in the Italian general elections which lave given the Christian Democrats a clear majority in both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies,…

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Trapped by Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY: Three men, including a doctor, who had been trapped in flood waters between Beulah and Tianjara tributaries…

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End of Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 5

Following misty weather last night, fine weather prevailed in Goulburn this morning, bringing the flood period to an end…

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Bullocks Drowned in Local Flood Waters

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 1

Two fat bullocks were drowned on Monday after they had been swept by a strong current under the Kippilaw Bridge near Merrilla. Owned by Mr. W. M. Chisholom,…

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Flood Rains in Monaro

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 1

Light rain which commenced to fall in Braidwood early on Sunday morning, increased in intensity as the day wore on…

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Biggest Flood Since 1925—Water Almost Crossed Road—homes Flooded

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 2

One of the biggest floods since 1925 was experienced. in Yass early Tuesday morning, when the river rose to the front of Mr. W. Burden’s premises in Cooma-street and went within six…

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Permanent Flood Relief Fund (To the Editor)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 2

Sir,— May I be allowed to express my feeling for those people who had to leave their homes at an…

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Canoe Used During Flood Period

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

During the recent floods, Barrallier residents received their mail and provisions by canoe. Mr. Win Hartley, of Bowman's…

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“Drains Inadequate:” Yard, House Flooded

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 3

“The drains on the road are totally [?]quate and during the recent rains the water came down the road and…

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Storms In Teacups

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 6

The representative of the Federated Liquor and Allied Trades Union (Mr. A. McVeigh) yesterday attacked officers of…

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Serious Damage by Floods in Tasmania

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

HOBART: Floods in the Derwent Valley last week caused damage estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 to hopfields, roads, railway property, and the Lake Fenton water pipeline…

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300 Deaths Are the Present Estimate of Oregon Flood Disaster

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 3

PORTLAND, Oregon, Monday: Unofficial estimates of the death toll at Vanport City which was wiped out on Sunday by flood waters of the Columbia River, are as high as as 300, but it may be days before the actual figure is known…

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