43 Points in Sudden Storm Last Night
Queanbeyan experienced a sudden heavy storm last night For about half an hour torrential rain fell recording 43…
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Floods & storms, 1956
27 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2
Heaviest Storm in Canberra’s History
TWO INCHES of rain fell in 30 minutes at Canberra on Tuesday severing telephone communications with Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prompt Action on Flood Damage Works
P[?]dent heavy rains and resultant floods throughout the State has resulted in a great deal of work being required on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Links Cut, Mails Interrupted More Flooding as Heavy Rains Continue to fall
District rivers and creeks were again in flood yesterday following constant heavy rains throughout the area on Sunday night and yesterday morning. Mail service and road links were cut and some local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal for Fodder As Flood Relief
The NSW Department of Agriculture has agreed to the distribution of donations of fodder for flood relief in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodlights at War Museum
THE Australian War Museum at Canberra floodlit for the Dawn Service on Anzac Day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Cause Postponement of Opening
The opening of the new Catholic Church at Jerangle which was arranged for last Sunday, has been postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anniversary of Big Flood Damage was Widespread
Thirty-one years ago this week the major portion of Queanbeyan was under several feet of water. The most disastrous floods in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anniversary of Queanbeyan’s Big Flood
RESIDENCES of Mesdames Thornton and Cook and G. Leach in Balcombe Street. Salvaged furniture was piled in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded River Hinders Rescue Attempt
Rescuers braved the flooded Goodradigbee River on Tuesday to bring out on injured man for medical…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District Swept by Weekend Rains and Floods Queanbeyan River Highest for 6 Years
Queanbeyan River, at the height of the weekend rains, rose to thirteen feet, the highest for nearly six years. The thirteen feet level was recorded early on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods While Engineer “Twiddles”
“Rome burned while [?] fiddled, and I’m being washed out while the Engineer twiddles,” a resident of Meredith Stree[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Peak of Yesterday’s Flood
THE MAYOR (AM. A. Lambert), with Ald. H. O. Taylor, Sgt E. J. C. Heathcote and Constable S. Halliday confer on safety measures as the floodwaters reach the 14ft. mark. FLOODWATERS swirl about a pumphouse high on the river…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan River Highest Since 1925 Rapid River Rise Brought Flood Freaks
Fears of serious flooding were aroused yesterday when the Queanbeyan River rose to the 15ft level the highest since 1925 when the town was swept by the “great flood.” Torrential rains in and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House Flooding
The New South Wales Housing Commission companied in a letter to Thursday’s.. Queanbeyan Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood-damaged Roads Need Repairs Council Needs £2,000 Grant
Queanbeyan Municipal Council has decided to make application for a grant of £2,000 towards the cost of repairing flood-damaged roads in the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Flood Assistance Advocated
The State Government should help finance the building of permanent levees in country towns to protect property and…
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In two days, more than £73 was donated to the Wagga Apex Club’s Flood Relief Appeal. This appeal, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Apex Club’s Drive for Funds Flood Appeal is Launched in Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan Apex Club has joined with Apex Clubs throughout Australia in an appeal for funds to assist the people of flood devastated areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Over the Carrot Patch
In a letter to the Editor, Mr. E. J. Beaver, says:—“In your issue of August 31, under the heading Panel’s Advice…
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