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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1972

9 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Flash flood disrupts rail service

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 January 1972 · page 2

More than 30 rail passengers from Queanbeyan were inconvenienced on Tuesday when local flood waters more than four feet high cut line railway line between…

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Flooding in Early Street

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 February 1972 · page 14

Early Street residents complained last week about major flooding resulting from a…

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Storms bring heavy rain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 February 1972 · page 1

Widespread storms on Sunday and again last night resulted in a total of 149 points of rain being registered at Queanbeyan Post Office…

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Extensive Damage in Deluge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 February 1972 · page 1

Extensive damage was caused in Queanbeyan late on Saturday afternoon in one of the severest storms to hit the town in years. Heavy hail and rain…

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Pigs Protest a “Storm in a Teacup”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 February 1972 · page 6

Claims that piggeries at Wickerslack subdivision are a menace to health and have resulted in a drop in property values were refuted at last week’s meeting of Yarrowlumla Shire Council…

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Storms bring rain

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 March 1972 · page 1

Queanbeyan had 63 points of rain in thunder showers which fen Alright. throughout the…

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Queanbeyan girl’s experience in cyclone

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 April 1972 · page 9

A Queanbeyan girl on a cruise on the liner Orcades has sent home a graphic account of her experience as the ship circled tropical cyclone “Emily” last…

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St. Gregory’s Aid Flood Victims

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 August 1972 · page 1

After general assembly last Wednesday, the girls of St. Gregory’s High School staged a three-day drive to send a donation for relief in Manilla…

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Depot established for flood relief

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 September 1972 · page 3

A depot has been set up at J. B. Youngs Queanbeyan store for the receipt of clothing and tinned food for the relief of flood victims in the Philiipines…

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