Heavy Rain on Lower North Coast. Sydney
The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, intimated to-day there was no indication of any break in the heavy rain over New South Wales coastal areas…
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Floods & storms, 1937
305 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 16
Tweed Show May Be Abandoned Result of Heavy Rain. Murwillumbah
The committee of the Tweed Rive Agricultural Society met early this morning, and decided to further postpone the Tweed show until tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launch Smashed Gale at Woolgoolga. Woolgoolga
A 20ft. fishing launch, owned by Messrs. P. Hardy and A. Graham, was torn from its moorings at the jetty in a gale yesterday and smashed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S.A. Tour Cancelled Duke of Windsor Storm of Criticism Workers Hate Bedaux Friend of the Windsors Suspect Duke of Nazi Sympathies. London
A message from Paris states' that it is officially announced that the Duke of Windsor has decided to postpone his visit to the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car and Sulky Caught by Flood Waters
Floods at Clarkson's Crossing, near Nabiac, caused two accidents. David Salter was driving a sulky, with mail for Mininbah, when the sulky was…
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Glenreagh experienced the full force of last Sunday's storm. The gale blew trees across the road between Glenreagh anr Nana Glen, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wind and Hall Damage At Glenreagh Cyclonic Storm. Glenreagh
Following an exceedingly hot and oppressive morning a storm of unprecedented violence broke over Glenreagh shortly after two 'o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Overdue Loss in Gales Feared. St. John's (Newfoundland)
The steamer Calgadoc with a crew of 15, carrying a cargo of coal from Sydney, is six days overdue, and it is feared that she foundered in last week's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Tide Recovers. Melbourne
Flood Tide, who was withdrawn from the Melbourne Cup, now seems fully recovered, and his gallop at Mentone this morning, six in 1.18, the last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in China a Million Homeless. Shanghai
A million are homeless, and facing starvation, and another million are on the verge of ruin in Shantung province, as a result of the worst floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →23 Missing Greek Ship Sinks in Storm. New York
A heavy Atlantic coastal storm badly battered North America, damaging shipping, disrupting communications and flooding wide areas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →20 RESCUED Crew Of Greek Ship Went Down in Storm. Norfolk (Virginia)
The coastguard cutter, Mendota, rescued 1.4 survivors of the Greek steamer, Chandris, which foundered during the week-end. Two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Havoc Near Lismore Crops Cut To Pieces Houses Unroofed Lismore
A cyclone, accompanied by a severe hailstorm, laid waste a strip of country two miles wide, between Larnock and Rock Vailey, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Likely Forecast for 1938
The intermediate rains of November 13-14 and November 18-19 do not seem to have any immediate prospect of special sunspot support, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood-lit Baths
Structural alterations will be made m Murwillumbah Memorial Baths, at present under construction, to allow for underwater flood-lighting at an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Local and General Heavy Rain
Woolgoolga struck the full force of the deluge of rain that fell last week end, and Coffs Harbour was not far behind. Six inches were registered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300 Sheep Drowned Storms on South-western Slopes. Sydney
Severe thunder and hailstorms in the south-western slopes have caused damage to crops and fences, while hundreds of sheep have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Old Man Rescued From Caravan Trapped in Flooded Creek. Lismore
Trapped in a caravan by floodwaters from Byron Creek early yesterday morning William Williams, an aged showman, was rescued in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy's Escape in Cyclone
A severe cyclonic storm which passed over the Dubbo district on Monday caused considerable damage to crops and property. Arthur Budge, 9, clung…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many Lives Lost Heavy Storms in Java. Amsterdam
Many were killed in heavy storms in East and Middle Java, where enormous damage to tobacco crops is reported…
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