Flood Recedes Railways Now Working ADELAIDE
The Ailee Springs railway Service was resumed to - day since the flood. waters at the Flnke River are abating Repairs at North Marrco are now…
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Floods & storms, 1937
349 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 18
Floods and Fires in America
A strip of the United States from Pittsburgh in the north to Arkansas in the south is being devastated by floods. Fifty lives have been lost and at least…
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A violent storm struck portion of the township with cyclonic force on Monday afternoon last. The storm, which was of only ten minutes'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberdeen Section Disastrous Storm
The violent storm which struck portion of the township with cyclonic force about five o'clock on Monday afternoon caused considerable havoc…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Storm at Gloucester Electric Wires Severed
A brief, fierce storm which swept Gloucester on Tuesday night left in its trail roofless buildings, severed electric wires, torn and twisted trees,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Male Choir To Assist Kearsley Storm Victims
The Choir will commence its practice on Monday night, February 15th. Requests have been made for the Choir to do…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Floods. Million Persons Homeless. Chicago
Authorities arc less alarmed to-day concerning the flood conditions. A relief corps of 130,000 is now concentre ted on the two fronts in the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Million Homeless in Flood Disaster Panic Danger Levees May Yet Fail More Water to Come Chicago, January 28
A relief corps of 130,000 is concentrated on two fronts of the flood area to-day, cleaning up the Ohio Valley, and preparing for the expected Mississippi rising. The army…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →800,000 Now Homeless. Influenza and Pneumonia Follow Floods. Chicago
The known dead in the flood arc now 137, while the homeless are at least 800,000. Damage to property is estimated to be in excess of 300 million…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Devastating Floods in United States. Lives Lost, Fire, Hunger and Disease
Between 100 and 500 persons have lost their lives in the disastrous floods which are ravaging the Ohio and Mississippi valleys…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Flood Damage Exceeds £75,000,000 Hundreds of Dead Cremated
Pestilence following in the wake of the floods in America has piled horror upon horror in the devastated areas of southern and middle-western States. Influenza and pneumonia are rampant, particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fierce Storm Causes £1000 Damage Aberdeen Suffers Aberdeen
Considerable damage, estimated at £1000, was fraught by a florce storm which passed over portion of Aberdoon. Lasting only ten…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Havoc of Flood Desolation Everywhere More Danger Yet Chicago, January 29
From Cairo to New Orleans, laborers are working day and night in an effort to strengthen and raise the levees against next week's expected flood crest. So far they are holding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Social Life in Sydney Turning Out Miss 1937—Suitably Caparisoned—Floodlit Grounds for Garden Party—Country Families Married—Enjoying Bondi after Brisbane—School Holidays in a Motor Car—A Popular Engagement
Although the holiday recess is not yet over, the wardrobe of the Modern miss and her, brother requires so much attending to that many mothers have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hot Inland Sultry Morning Storms Forecast
After a cool night, the weather in Maitland this morning was again warm and sultry, but in the afternoon a pleasant north-…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in N.Z. Big Regatta Affected Wellington, (N.z.)
The heaviest gale and the worst rain for many years lashed Auckland Harbor for the Anniversary Day regatta, Dozens of small craft capsized,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Misery in U.S.A. Flood Takes terrible Toll Death Roll Totals 400 CHICAGO. Jan. 31
Rain and snow in portions, of the Mississippi flood area have added to the misery of refugees to-day. Thousands of fresh men have been rushed to the danger, spots to aid in the work, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enormous Damage In American Floods High Death-roll Feared
At least 400 are known to be dead as a result of the disastrous floods in the United States, but it is feared that the death roll will be much higher before the crisis is past…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sultry Day Maitland Weather Storm Brewing?
Sultry conditions again prevailed in Maitland for the greater part of to-day bit in the early afternoon a breeze from the south-east…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands Flee From Swiftly Rising Flood Lashed by Wind Sea-Wall Still Holds Crisis Grows Hourly Chicago, February 1
Lashed by the wind and a swift current, the waves to-day broke over the lower rampart of the 60-foot concrete sea-wall at Cairo, Illinois, and hammered on the ominously…
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