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

Floods & storms, 1951

69 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Bullock Killed By Lightning Storm at Blakney Creek

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 22 October 1951 · page 1

A HEAVY thunderstorm last week at Blakney Creek put several local telephones out of order, and the unusually severe lightning…

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Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 October 1951 · page 3

President Truman's decision to have full diplomatic relations with the Vatican, promises to cause a heated…

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Freak Gale Hits Peak Hill

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: A violent 10-minute storm wrecked homes and buildings at Peak Hill. central N.S.W., last night, causing damage…

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Scores Drowned As Floods Sweep Southern Europe

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

LONDON: Scores of people have been drowned in Southern Europe, which has been held in the grip of torrential rainstorms and, lashed by gales which have swollen rivers and flooded thousands of acres…

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Italian Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 3

ROME: Workers fled for their lives last night as the mighty rain swollen po River smashed a half-mile…

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Floods Continue in Italy

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 5

ROME WEDNESDAY: New and heavy rains brought more floods and landslides to the Upper Po Valley, Northern Italy…

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Flood Drowns Twenty

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 3

BUENOS AIRES, Wed.: Over 20 persons were drowned in a flood which engulfed Tandil, an…

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Dust Storm Covers Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 December 1951 · page 2

Crookwell experienced the unusual sight of a dust storm last Thursday afternoon during one of the hottest days for…

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Crookwell Hit By Hail Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 8

Backyard gardens were damaged by a sharp hailstorm which struck Crookwell early last-night…

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