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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

276 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 14

Darwin Swept by a Cyclone. £100,000 Damage. One Death Reported. Fears for Pearling Fleet. DARWIN

Leader · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 4

Scarcely a single building In Darwin escaped damage when a cyclone swept the Northern Australian…

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Coastal Floods Eleven Inches of Rain in Two Days BRISBANE

National Advocate · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 5

Flood rains have tallen along the north coast and rivers are rising rapidly, The lower section of the Her[?]rt district, and the Ingham area…

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Darwin Cyclone No Word of Pearling Fleet Fears for Lives of 450 Men DARWIN

National Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 1

Anxiety is increasing over the fate of the pearling fleet. It is believed to have been in the track of the cyclone that wrecked Darwin, and few…

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Lugger Returns Darwin Cyclone SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 1

A MESSAGE from Darwin states that a lugger belonging to a pearling company arrived yesterday…

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Ship Abandoned Crew Saved After Battle Against Gale In Hopeless Plight BRISBANE

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3

Badly swamped by heavy seas, and with her engines useless, the freighter Haiping (1048 tons) which has been in distress off the Queensland…

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Judge Wants Flood Condemns Leaky Court SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 5

To-day's heavy downpour found the caky place in the old and dilaplda[?] public buildings "I wish the rain would flood the…

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Heavy Rain State in Grip of Heavy Storm Ships Endangered Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 5

New South Wales is in the grip to-day of the cyclonic storm which caused havoc and floods in Northern Australia. Torrential rain is…

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Darwin Cyclone Pearling Fleet Safe Sheltered Through Gale Darwin

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 1

The Darwin pearling fleet is safe. It suffered little harm in the cyclone which swept the pearling grounds on Thursday…

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The Turf. Races Postponed Heavy Rain at Grenfell

Leader · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 5

[?] Cush was In have [?]…

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One Dead in Storm. Plane Service Suspended. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 2

The Sydney-Brisbane plane service was suspended to-day. owing to unfavorable weather. The wind early this morning…

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Brisbane Floods Goods Train Wrecked Brisbane

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 5

A goods train was wrecked at Mount Parry, on a branch line, yesterday when the permanent way subsided. but the crew was not injured…

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Floods in North Grafton

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 5

The Minister for Commerce (Dr. Earle Page) is delayed by floods on his property outside Grafton, and will not be able to reach Sydney…

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Cyclonic Rain Heavy Floods in North Rain Was Almost General

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 2

The cyclonic disturbance which had moved southward from Northern Australia continued in unabated intensity throughout the State…

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Oberon News Heavy Rain in District Oberon

National Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 5

Steady seaking rain commenced at Oberon on Monday shortly before noon and the weather has continued unsettled, 170 points being registered up…

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Page Still Held Up Flooded Rivers in Grafton District Grafton

National Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

The Federal Minister for Commerce (Dr. Earle Page) is still flood-bound on his property in the Grafton district. Hundreds or acres of his land…

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Flooded Out

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 4

THE big military encampment at Glenfield, which is being attended by members of the Mudgee militia, was right in the track of…

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Shire Inspection Held Up By "Floods" But Many Localities Visited

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

Councillors of Blaxland Shire on Tuesday and Wednesday carried out [?] inspection of portion of the shire's roads but flooded rivers prevented…

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Delayed by Floods

National Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 2

Heavy floods in the northern districts prevented Mr. Gus Kelly. M.L.A reaching Bathurst on Saturday night in time to attend the annual dinner…

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Flood Waters Northern Towns Menaced SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

FLOOD waters from the north-west, which entered the Barwon, reached Mungindi yesterday and the river rose 21 ft.,…

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Boy's Prank S.O.S. Signals in Gale Auckland

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 2

In heavy rain during a terrific gale S.O.S. signals, apparently from Tiri Tiri Island, caused anxiety at Waiwera last night, and fearing hat a…

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