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

Floods & storms, 1949

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Wild Storm in Europe Britain Lashed By Hurricane

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 27 October 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday: Lives have been lost at sea and on land, and many ships have been imperilled, by hurricane force gales which lashed Western Europe throughout yesterday…

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Severe Storm Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 October 1949 · page 1

A severe storm, accompanied by fierce wind and driving rain, broke over Goulburn at 6 o'clock yesterday evening…

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Braidwood District Hit by Cyclone Trail Of Devastation Left

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 November 1949 · page 4

Not for many years has a tornado struck Braidwood district, though we have pretty violent gales at times. On Thursday afternoon, however, following a day of fierce wind, a tornado. or whatever it might be termed, developed in the…

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90 Points in Two Hours Saturday's Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 5

A heavy rain storm broke over Goulburn late Saturday morning and 90 points fell in two hours. Total rainfall…

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Floods in Victoria Goulburn Valley Threatened

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 14 November 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Farmers in the Goulburn Valley are moving their stock and families out of the district…

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Heavy Storm at Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 17 November 1949 · page 5

A heavy storm broke over Crookwell this morning The day started out fine but about 10 o'clock heavy clouds…

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Violent Storm In S. Africa

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 4

JOHANNESBURG, Fri.: An electric storm, flinging huge hailstones, roared across Pretoria last evening…

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Last Night's Storm 47 Points Of Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 November 1949 · page 1

A heavy storm accompanied by thunder and lightning broke over Goulburn late yesterday…

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More Heavy Rain in District Nearly Three Inches At Crookwell And Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 22 November 1949 · page 1

Heavy rain fell throughout the district yesterday, and a further storm struck Goulburn and nearby centres late yesterday evening. Heaviest fall ,recorded was 287 points at Crookwell,…

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Warnings of Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 23 November 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY: Flood warnings have been issued to residents in low-lying areas near Gunnedah because of the danger of…

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Severe Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 2

A severe storm accompanied by thunder and vivid lightning passed over the town early yesterday morning. There was thunder for…

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Cyclone at 105 Miles an Hour

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 5

SEATTLE, Washington State, Sunday: One of the worst storms in the Pacific North-west history swept inland yesterday, leaving at least ten dead and millions of dollars worth of damage, in…

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Storm Water From Shantalla Subdivision

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 10

There was some discussion at the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night concerning storm…

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100 M.p.h. Gale Lashes N. Germany

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Eight people were killed and hundreds of others made homeless in a great gale which lashed North Germany yesterday. In Hamburg four dead were…

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Social Funds in Britain Causes Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 5

LONDON: A big political storm, testifying to the increasing bitterness of pre-election exchanges, is developing over Mr. Herbert Morrison's week-end attack on big business leaders…

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Sharp Fall in Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 5

A storm accompanied by driving wind and rain broke over Goulburn early this morning, and 15 points of rain were…

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Students Lost Study Due to Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 5

Many students lost four or five weeks during the year, because of the disastrous flood, and the coal strike which followed,…

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