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

Floods & storms, 1953

83 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Belmore Park Floodlighting: Work Starts

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 18 August 1953 · page 1

Work commenced yesterday on the installation of floodlighting in Belmore Park…

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1000 Missing in Heavy Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 3

RANGOON, Tuesday: Heavy floods have destroyed the town of Shwefyin, 90 miles north of…

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Flood of Cheap Goods If Japan Admitted to G.a.t.t. Conference Issue

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 September 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): The 35 member nations of G.A.T.T. will meet in Geneva on September 17, when the main issue will be the admission of Japan. Dispatches from Reuter correspondent in some of the…

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Yachts In Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 18 September 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY: All yachts in the Sydney-Nolimea race are reported to be batting against a south-east gale and all hands…

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Heavy Rain in Vic

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 30 September 1953 · page 8

MELBOURNE: Heavy rain has been falling in Melbourne and over most of Victoria for 24 hours and the Ballarat races…

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Gale Causes Prolonged Blackout

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 2

Winds which reached gale force during Saturday morning last snapped high tension wires of the main…

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Storms in N.s.w

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 October 1953 · page 3

Severe storms, with heavy rain, lightning, and thunder, swept over a wide area of New South Wales yesterday…

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Freak Storm Rips Off Yass Roofs

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 October 1953 · page 2

The crashing of iron and timber as roofs were ripped off by heavy wind in a freak storm terrified people in North Yass early yesterday morning…

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Italian Floods Have Killed 100 Persons

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 October 1953 · page 3

LONDON Monday (A.A.P. Reuter): Italian police yesterday had to evacuate many reluctant villagers by force…

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Taralga C.W.A.'s Help To Flood Appeal

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Taralga branch of the Country Women's Association the secretary, Mrs. W. B. Price, said that £43 had been collected for the Overseas Flood Appeal last year…

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Storms Lash Britain

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Monday: Storms, gale-force winds and rain lashed Britain day and night yesterday from s far north…

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Cold Snap After Sharp Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

A 15-minute storm, driven by ear gale force winds, broke the fine weather conditions in Goulburn…

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Storm Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 3

COWRA: Plumbers, bricklayers and carpenters began to-day to repair £20,000 worth of damage caused by a storm last night…

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Heavy Storm: Shop Staffs Take Up Watch

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 3

Heavy rain from thunderstorms drenched the Goulburn district yesterday, when over 70 points were recorded in many areas. The weather changed rapidly…

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TARALGA and District News Unpleasant Weather Conditions Affect Spring Show Attendance Ring Events Completed In Heavy Rain

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 6

Dull, misty conditions during Saturday morning last and heavy showers during the afternoon had a decided effect on both die attendance and the number of exhibitors at this…

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Royal Couple May Strike Rough Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: A gale was pounding the Irish Sea last night, as the Queen and Duke began their flight…

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Chinese Drug Rings Flood America with Heroin

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Monday: The United States Government has "very definite proof" that Communist China is trying to flood the American market with illegal heroin. Senators studying drug…

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Storms Bring Cooler Change

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 2

Storms which broke over Crookwell during the week-end brought a cooler change following the warm sunny weather of…

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Severe Electric Storms Over Week-end

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 8

Taralga did, not escape the severe electric storms which were reported from widespread areas of the State over the last…

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Savage Hail Storm Hits Young District Thousands Of Pounds Worth Of Damage

Boorowa News · Friday 27 November 1953 · page 4

A hailstorm combined with a gale force wind, which struck Young last Sunday, caused the greatest crop…

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