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

Floods & storms, 1954

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Snowy Will Reduce Wagga Flooding

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 1

The Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission believes that the Snowy River Scheme, w en completed, will reduce flooding of the Murrumbidgee at Wagga. But the Commission does not…

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House Flooded Frost Burst Pipes

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 2

When Mr. and Mrs. S. Pollock of Meehan Street, returned home on Sunday night after a week’s business trip to Melbourne, they…

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Council Action on Flooding in Ifield Area

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 2

According to the City Engineer, Mr. W. Muntz, it will be necessary for a major drainage scheme to be provided for land north of Kinghorne Street to prevent flooding during heavy rain…

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Five Dead, Twelve Missing in Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 3

LANGRY (TEXAS), Monday: The Rio Grande River went on a rampage in West Texas to-day, flooding towns,…

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Flood Death Roll Mounts As Waters Still Rise

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 3

VIENNA, Monday: Flood waters covering great areas on both sides of the German-Austrian frontier continued to rise yesterday, with the death all at 15, and from 40,000 to 50,000 homeless…

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Thousands Ready For Northern Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

LISMORE, Tuesday: Thousands of people in valley areas around this city and Murwilliumbah are to-day poised for flight from flood danger. Last night farmers…

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Floodwaters At Peak In Vienna

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

VIENNA, Wednesday : Floodwaters surging down the Danube over-ran some suburbs of Vienna yesterday…

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£2 Million In Flood Damage

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 3

LISMORE, Thursday: Acute flood danger on the North Goast has now abated. Many evacuated families have…

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600 Farms Flooded

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

Floodwaters yesterday still completely covered about 600 farms on the lover flats of the Clarence and Richmond Rivers…

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Call To Red Troops To Help Stem Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 3

VIENNA, Monday: The Hungarian Government has appealed to Soviet troops to help stem floods ravaging the country. The floods are worsening by…

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Villages Swept Away By Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

PATNA (North-East India), Thursday Nine flooded rivers spread death and devastation among a million…

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Hail Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

Goulburn's fine weather of the last few days came to an end this morning, when a hailstorm broke over the city shortly…

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Flood Warning System

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 7

The State Government has installed Australia's first radio flood warning system at a cost of £5000. The high frequency…

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Goulburn Gets Good Rain:storm Centre

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

More than an inch of rain fell in Goulburn yesterday and last night in the first heavy fall received here for almost six months…

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Thousands Homeless In Floods

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday: Thousands of people were left homeless yesterday by floods which covered vast areas of Persia. East…

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A.P.P.U. Wants Storm Insurance

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 2

A move by the Australian Primary Producers Union to have Storm and Tempest Insurance available to the…

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Drought, Floods & Cold Kill Lambs

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 August 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Drought in northern N.S.W., floods in the north-west, and bitter cold in the Southern districts are killing new-born lambs. Heavy fr[?]sts were recorderd in…

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Helpless In Deluge

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Tuesday: Widespread floods in north-east India are estimated to have killed about 200 people…

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Gale-allen Wedding at St. Nicholas'

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 29 September 1954 · page 7

St. Nicholas' Church, North Goulburn was decorated with pink and white spring blossom for the wedding on Saturday, September 11, of Elva Florence Allen and Rodger William Gale, at…

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Thunderstorms, Few Showers !

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 1

The Weather Bureau today gave this special weekend forecast for the Goulburn district: Fine and…

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