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

Floods & storms, 1951

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Heavy Storm Tests Bowling Green

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 6

Torrential rain last Saturday. morning burn bowlers that their green has an system. A violent storm broke about…

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Storm Hit Electrical Appliances

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 3

Lights were fused and a number of radios and telephones put out of action during last Sunday's…

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Lucky Escape From Drowning at Burrinjuck Boat Upset in Big Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

A party of Cootamundra fishermen which visited Burrinjuck on the week-end (January 6-7) had a very lucky escape from…

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Floods, Fires and Polio

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE: Floods and bushfires are sweeping a great area of Queensland. At Charlesville, in the southwest,…

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Collier Hits Reef in Gale Man Drowned

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: It is known that one man was drowned when the 5OO-ton collier, Kiama,…

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Calm Reigns Before Storm in Korea Hell Loose At Any Time

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

TOKYO, Friday (A.A.P. Reuter):"All hell might break loose soon," Allied field officers grimly commented last night as the Communist troops were reported moving…

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Woman Injured in Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

A 42-year-old woman was admitted to the district Hospital for observation after an accident at the corner of…

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60 M.p.h. Gales

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Sixty miles an hour winds swept Britain yesterday, whipping up the worst sea storm this winter in the…

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Severe Thunderstorm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

On Thursday night a severe thunderstorm accompanied by vivid lightning broke over the town soon after 10 o’clock…

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Baker's Plan For Prevention Of Flooding At Wagga

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

A baker, Mr. Ben Hoskings, has outlined a £1000 plan to Wagga City Council for the elimination…

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U.k. Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Parts of Windsor Castle grounds and Eton College playing fields are under water from the Thames…

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Heavy Rain Assists Reds in Their Retreat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 22 February 1951 · page 3

TOKYO, Thurs." Allied forces struck through driving rain and mud that bogged tanks and grounded planes to-day against the Communist troops trying to dig on a new line from…

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Gales Kill Six in France

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday: Six persons were killed in France yesterday during gales which left behind a vast trail of damage…

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Flood Damage £450 Grant For Municipal Council

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 March 1951 · page 3

The Minister for Public Works and Local Government advised the Municipal Council on Monday night that a grant of £450 had…

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Freak Storm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 2

Preceded by loud claps of thunder a freak storm passed over portion of the town on Friday afternoon…

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Flood Areas

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The flood danger is increasing in central New South Wales coastal regions, where further heavy rain is…

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Calm During the Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

One of the arguments already being used by the Labour politicians is that the Banking Bill, i.e., the…

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"Macarthur" Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 March 1951 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday: The stage was set yesterday for another session of recrimination over General…

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Flood Damage

Boorowa News · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 1

BOOROWA SHIRE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED A FURTHER GRANT OF £5,860 FROM THE…

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Sydney Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Road traffic was stopped in many parts of Sydney early this morning by a heavy thunderstorm…

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