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

Floods & storms, 1954

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Gale Warnings in England, Belgium

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Flood watchers stood-to all day yesterday as gales and heavy seas threatened defences, just 11 months after 300 died in widespread floods…

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Sydney Storms

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 1

Rainstorms yesterday afternoon drenched thousands of people at beaches and weekend resorts near Sydney…

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Oval Flooded

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 5

Vandals who stole five taps from a Bowral sportsground at the week-end flooded the lower oval with water to a depth of…

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Editorial Storm Over Wheat

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

The storm over Sir John Teasdale's advice to Australian wheatgrowers is still raging, with some high officials coming to Sir John's aid and others condemning him for what they term "pessimism."…

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Hint Of "Storm" Over Electricity Extension

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

Cr. O. Murphy, told last week's meeting of Crookwell Shire Council a storm of protest would follow council's extension of electricity to an area outside the shire boundary…

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Storms Bring Cooler Change

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 2

Storms towards the close of last week brought early relief from the heat of the previous week and the…

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Heavy Rain in Qld

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 2

Heavy rains in the past 36 hours have brought renewed floodings in parts of the north, west, and central-west of…

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Fire, Flood And Rail Disasters Claim 52 Lives

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday: Fire, flood and railway disasters claimed 52 lives and injured 37 others in various parts…

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George V Memorial Floodlit

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

Scene of the meeting of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh with ex-Servicemen and women…

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Flood Warnings

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 2

The Weather Bureau last night issued flood warnings for a wide area of New South Wales. The Bureau expects more rain to…

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Minor Flooding Caused By Downpour Yesterday

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 3

Gutters overflowed, water poured into business premises and Auburn Street shoppers were sent hurrying to shelter yesterday afternoon when a torrential downpour yielded over an inch of rain in the city…

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Preparing for Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 2

Gradziers in the north-west of New South Wales are preparing for widespread flooding to-morrow or on Friday…

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Qld. Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 17 February 1954 · page 1

Floodwaters from the Fitzroy River were 50 yards from Rockhampton Post Office at 9 p.m. last night…

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No Serious Storm Damage Reported

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 2

No serious damage has been reported following the torrential falls of rain which drenched the city on Monday and Tuesday. Council authorities said the…

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Flood Toll Now 18: Desolation in the North

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 22 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Death roll in the tragic North Coast floods has now reached 18, with the possibility of another four lives being added to the list of drownings…

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Flood Victims Are Returning to Homes

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: North Coast flood victoms are to-day wading through receding muddy floodwaters back to wrecked and shattered homes. Meanwhile, R.A.A.F. Dakota aircraft are rushing blood plasma and medical…

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Flood Areas

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 8

Late last night the swollen Hawkesbury River at Richmond and Windsor was falling slowly leaving more, than 1,000 acres of…

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Flood Relief

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 3

The Commonwealth and New South Wales Governments each allotted £40,000 yesterday as an initial amount to relieve…

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Lismore "Bankrupt": Flood Toll Epidemic Feared

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

LISMORE, Wednesday: Lismore is bankrupt following the flood and a public meeting to-night will urge the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and the…

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Local Appeal For Flood Victims

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

The Mayor, Aid. G. E. Gerathy, to-day launched an appeal for money and clothing to aid flood victim in the…

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