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

Floods & storms, 1950

217 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 11

Floods in the North

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Several small towns have been isolated by floods in north-east New South Wales and further flooding is expected…

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Heavy Week-end Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

A heavy storm broke over Crookwell during the early hours on Sunday morning and yielded over an inch of rain. Odd light showers continued…

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Road Damage in Mulwaree Parts Affected By Storms

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

Details of February storm damage to district roads were given to a meeting of the Mulwaree Shire Council yesterday by the engineer, Mr. H. B. Darke…

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Floods in South

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: The danger of serious flooding of South Coast towns is passing, but dozens of motorists and bus passengers are…

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Floods Hit Local Areas Nearly Six Inches At Gunning : Highway Blocked Near Yass E. Goulburn's High Level

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

Thousands of acres of land were flooded by week - end rains throughout the Goulburn district and some areas have reported rivers reaching their highest levels for more than 10 years. Falls ranged from about two inchese in the Taralga district to almost six inches at Gunning…

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Flood Sightseers

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

Scores of people inspected the flooded Yass river at the Hume bridge yesterday afternoon. Others walked to vantage points…

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Five Inches District Flooded

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 2

Since Friday 534 points of rain have been registered at Yass Post Office in the heaviest downpour of rain…

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Heavy Rain Floods District Creeks Traffic Delayed At Pejar Bridge

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

Heavy rain, resulting from a series of storms, which passed over the Crookwell district yesterday afternoon, caused many streams to rise sharply and by nightfall a…

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Flooding Shuts Off Power

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

Flooding has also put out of action the steam power house at Canberra which could ordinarily le called in…

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Flood Waters Are Falling

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 4

Despite heavy showers yesterday afternoon and last night, flood, waters of Goulburn's rivers continued to fall this morning. Although the Mulwaree River…

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Floods Cause Power Interruption

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

Heavy flooding at Burrinjuck is believed to have caused the interruption to power supplies between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. this…

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Telephone Cables Flooded Heavy Rain 781 Points at Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 2

Heavy rain which fell at Yass this Week caused severe flooding of telephone cables, and affected about…

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Flood Threat at Wagga State Of Emergency

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 5

WAGGA: With the flooding of parts of Wagga and the isolation of North Wagga now inevitable, a…

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Cloudburst Causes Widespread Flood Wollondilly And Mulwaree Overflow Banks Racecourse and Golf Links Under Water Train Marooned At Bungendore Last Night

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 1

Another violent storm yesterday swelled the Mulwaree and the Wollondilly dangerously, cutting off Eastgrove from the city, flooding several buildings and submerging Murray's Flats under seven feet of water with incalculable damage to fencing and stock…

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Height Of Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 1

One observer, who lives on the bank of the Mulwaree, placed a peg marking the height reached by the river…

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The Days When Floods Came Goulburn in 1900 and 1925 Mulwaree a Mile Wide

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 4

At the moment residents of Goulburn and district are inclined to regard themselves rather in the light of flood victims. It has been raining here for the last few days, the rivers have risen, and a large area of ground has been inundated. But there was a time in Goulburn when the…

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Flood Effects In Other Towns

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 4

Many other towns in the south-east, including Tumut, Cooma, Gundagai and Nyngan, are threatened…

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Boorowa Flats Flooded When River Overflows Banks Six Days of Rain Yields 674 POINTS Families In Low-Lying Areas Leave Their Homes

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

'Hundreds of acres of land along the Boorowa River flats were flooded on Wednesday last following heavy rains which commenced to fall last Friday and continued until Wednesday night, causing damage to fencing and heavy losses to…

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Flood Waters Subside in Local Districts Sterne Street Family Back In House

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

After the sudden rise of the Mulwaree and Wollondilly Rivers, which partially submerged several buildings and forced one family to vacate a home, flood waters have now subsided…

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Murrumbidgee Floods Narrandera Suffers

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY: Several districts along the Murrumbidgee are threatened by flood waters…

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