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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

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Storm Damage In Hobart HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 3

ASEVERE storm, accompanied by a north-westerly gale, swept along the north-west coast of Tasmanis yesterday. It was…

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America Battered By Storms Floodings in Many Areas (Special to "The Miner.") New York, November 15

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 4

HEAVY Atlantic coastal storms have badly battered North America damaging shipping and disrupting communications…

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Floods In N.S.W.Towns SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 November 1937 · page 4

TORRENTIAL rain and hail has flattened wheat crops and washed away fences on a 20-mile front near Junee. Three…

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Big Loss Iis W.A. STORM Lightning Sets Mill On Fire PERTH

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 6

CEVERE thunder storms in country districts have caused extensive damage. A timber mill at "Wilga, in the south-west was struck by…

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Storm at Taree

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 December 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A terrific storm struck Taree In two minutes the main street became a lake of water. Five inches of rain fell…

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Cyclonic Storm Hits North Coast Huge Toll of Destruction Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 December 1937 · page 1

DURING a terrific storm in many parts of the State last night considerable damage was done. At South Grafton…

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Lashed by Storms Much Damage Caused on Pacific Coast (Special to "The Miner") San Francisco, December 2. [?]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 4

THE city has been isolated, shipping endangered, bridges and railroads washed away, numerous houses destroyed, and…

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Villages Isolated by Storms

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 3

LONDON, December 17.— Aided by a snow plough drawn by six horses, 50 men cut their way through four miles of snow on the Yorkshire…

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Man Killed by Lightning Severe Storm On N.S.W. Coast SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 3

A MAN and a girl were killed by lightning in different towns on the North Coast on Saturday. John Brewer, aged 29 years, a…

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The Calm Before Storm Of To-night?

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 1

AFTER a record Christmas shopping wave extending over the past three weeks, business in Argentstreet was slack this morning, and…

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