Devastating Cyclone At Darwin Many People Left Homeless
Singleton Argus · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1
The greatest cyclone since 1897 damaged practically every house in Darwin on Wednesday night. Many houses were wrecked. A great many of the white population and hundreds of Chinese are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Peril Fears For Pearlers Search Arranged Darwin
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1
Fears are still entertained for, the safety, of 450 men, crews of the Darwin pearling, fleet, which' is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darwin Wrecked by Cyclone. Houses Lifted Bodily, Then Crashed. One Dead; Hundreds Injured During Cyclone. Fears for Fifty Luggers. Darwin
The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1
People screamed in terror, houses were lifted bodily from the ground and smashed to pieces, wreckage hurtled wildly through the air, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in Dry North-west Winter Pastures Assured Sydney
Singleton Argus · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2
Heavy rain was recorded in the dry north-west during the week end, relieving fears of a water shortage and assuring winter pastures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Planes an Dvessels Stand By. Storm Delays Traffic. Deluge in Sydney. Sydney
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2
The Sydney-Brisbane 'plane service was suspended to-day owing to unfavorable weather. The wind early this morning reached a velocity of 50 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Enveloped in Rain Flood Warinings Heaviest In Sydney Since 1933 Air Services Cancelled
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 7
Air services between Sydney and Brisbane were cancelled to-day, hundreds of points of rain having been recorded in the city and parts of the country, bringing relief in some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pearling Luggers All Safe Warned of Cyclone and Took Shelter
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 1
The pearling luggers for which grave fears were felt after the cyclone which swept Darwin are all safe, having reached shelter just in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Body Recovered Orara Flood Victim GRAFTON
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 7
The Clarence River at Copmanhurst was 23 feet high this morning and rising steadily but as the weather has cleared there is no danger of further…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Warning SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 7
The following Hood warning was issued to-day by the State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares: Flood waters are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Gates Nearer Creek Mouth to Cost £21,500
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 6
The new floodgates at Walls Creek, to replace the present structure at Victoria Bridge, will be erected nearer the junction of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone Damage Darwin Rebuilding MELBOURNE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5
Mr. T. Paterson Minister for the Interior states that reports he was he has received on the Darwin cyclone Indicate that the damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder Case Witnesses Held Up by Floods Cars Abandoned
Singleton Argus · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 7
Because floods prevented several witnesses from reaching Goondiwindi yesterday, the Chief Justice (Sir Jas. Blair) adjourned to Warwick on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods on the Border Subsiding Sheep Losses
Singleton Argus · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 7
Though waters in most flood affected areas are now slowly subsiding, some inland centres are still isolated. Heavy stock losses are reported in some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Hold Up Witnesses
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 4
Floods held up witnesses in a south-western Queensland murder case, and the trial was deferred till next week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Losses' 10,000 Sheep Die Flood Toll Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 9
The loss of sheep, due to this week's flooding, is estimated at more than 10,000 in the country between the Barwon River and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hot Day Tendency To Storms Dusty -Inland
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 5
Conditions at the week-end and again to-day were hot. According to the forecast there is a tendency to storms. Inland dusty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Danger Queensland Washouts Homes Deserted Brisbane
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 5
Messages received to-day state that the Moonie River, which is runing 15 miles wide, flooded the township of Thalion, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man in Flooded River Knocked From Bridge
Singleton Argus · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4
Flood conditions continue in Queensland areas. Train traffic in some parts is still held up. While trying to remove debris from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in England Prayers for Deliverance
Singleton Argus · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 2
Further extensive breathes in the dykes along the river banks in the Fenland flood area are feared., One hundred members of the Royal Air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Losses 10,000 Sheep Die. Flood Toll
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 2
The loss of sheep, due to last week's flooding, is estimated at more than 10,000 in the country between the Barwon River and the Dividing Range,…
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