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

Floods & storms, 1951

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Flood Damage Grants

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 7

The Minister for Public Works, Mr. J. J. Cahill, has agreed to make two grants totalling £1345 to Goulburn…

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Mulwaree in Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 3

None but the largest of vehicles could get through the flood which covered the read to Eastgrove on…

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Flood at Forbes Vegetable Crops Hit

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: The Lachlan River at Forbes this morning reached 34 ft which is only six inches below the…

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Swiss Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 August 1951 · page 1

GENEVA: Two lives have been lost in great havoc caused by serious floods which followed a deluge of rainstorms in Eastern…

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Many Killed by Storms in Europe and U.s.a

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 5

LONDON, Friday: Earth Tremors, torrents of rain, hailstorms and river floods marked Europe's summer weather yesterday and a death roll of more than 20 resulted. In the United States, a heat wave, which scorched Texas for almost two weeks, killed 15 persons…

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Man Severely Burned at Bolong Had To Be Carried 2 Miles Over Flooded Creek To Ambulance

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 15 August 1951 · page 1

Reg. Tuckwell, 39, was shockingly burned about the lower portion of the body and both legs down to the ankles at about 8.30 p.m. Friday night. He lay in agony in a tent throughout the bitterly cold night, until…

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Flood in Mexico

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 5

MEXICO CITY, Monday: Hurricane-borne rains drowned nine people in the El Mante region of Mexico and soldiers are…

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Floods in Korea

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 3

MUNSAN, KOREA, Thursday: Six American soldiers were drowned when the rapidly rising Imjin River trapped and…

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Obituary Mrs. F. M. Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 2

Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Florence Marcia Gale wife of Albert Walter Gale, died at her home in Garfield Avenue,…

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OBITUARY Mrs. F. M. Gale

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 2

Following a lengthy illness, Mrs. Florence Marcia Gale, wife of Mr. Albert Walter Gale, died at her home in Garfield Avenue,…

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District Flooding: Mail Services Cut

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 September 1951 · page 2

Creeks and rivers throughout the Goulburn district broke their banks last night, disrupting road mail services and flooding low lying areas…

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Flood Waters Receding Golf House Hit: Highway Closed

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 1

Flood waters from the Mulwaree River reached a height of between three and four feet in Goulburn Golf Club House at 8 p.m. yesterday. Floods also washed out the…

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Flood and Race Area

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 26 September 1951 · page 3

Providing no more rain falls, races will be held in Goulburn at the week-end. This was revealed to-day in a…

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Torrential Rains And Gales At Moss Vale

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 28 September 1951 · page 5

Torrential rains and gale force winds lashed the district, early this week, causing delays to motor vehicle…

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Car Lifted By Flood Waters

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 October 1951 · page 1

What could have been a serious accident was fortunately. averted recently, following heavy rain which caused the creek in…

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Mulwaree River Flooded Again

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

Flood waters from the upper reaches of the Mulwaree River resulted in the river at Goulburn breaking its banks last night…

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Losses Among Shorn Sheep Heavy Rain and Gild Weather

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 October 1951 · page 4

Weak stock in the district felt the heavy rain and cold weather during the Iast week in September a good deal. As far at is…

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Goulburn Hit By Thunderstorm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 October 1951 · page 1

A heavy thunderstorm sliuck Goullurn on Staurday night, when torrential rain and hail fell for more…

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Jetcraft Warned of Storms

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 2

The Society of British Aircraft Constructors, which organises the famous Farnborough Air Show, has announced…

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Savage Storm Sweeps Southern Italy

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 5

ROME, Monday: Over 100 people died in the worst storm in the central Mediterranean area for 50 years. About 70 victims were killed under collapsing houses or drowned in southern Italy. At least 30 died in Sicily and Sardinia…

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