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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

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The Flood Relief Movement. Local Governing Bodies Confer. Scheme Referred to Councils on Chairman's Casting Vote

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 August 1937 · page 6

A conference between members of the Macleay Shire, Municipal Council and Hastings Shire Council was held in the Council Chambers on…

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Flood Relief. Conference of Councils

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 7

At Kempsey Municipal Chambers on Friday last, members of the Macleay Shire Council, Kempsey Municipal Council and the Hastings Shire…

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Cyclone in East Many Killed; Vessels Ashore Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 September 1937 · page 4

Hongkong: More than one hundred persons are believed to have been killed by a cyclone in which the wind reached velocity of 130 miles an hour…

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Damaged by Gale. Snowstorms. Drover Killed on Hastings. Yacht Wrecked and Family Rescued

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 September 1937 · page 1

Strong gales swept the State on Friday. A drover was pushed by a falling tree and killed. people in houses were endangered when the roofs were…

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Last Week's Gale. Falling Tree Kills Drover on the Hastings. Yacht Wrecked and Family Rescued

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 3

Strong gales swept the State on Friday. A drover was crushed by a falling tree and killed, people in houses were endangered when the roofs were…

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Serious Floods in Victoria Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 4

As a result of flood waters at Koo Wee Rup, a number of patients were transfered from the local hospital to a two-storied hotel for safety. A…

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Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 2

As a result of floodwaters at Kooweerup (Victoria) a number of patients have been transferred from the local hospital to a two-storey hotel for…

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Noah the Second Ark Built in Anticipation of Flood

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 7

Predictions of the end of the world have been plentiful, but few prophets have gone so far as Noah II. of the Washington Mud Flats, in other…

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Flood Storms on Coast. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 5

Fierce tropical rainstorms are sweeping the Central North Coast. Creeks are overflowing in the Bulahdelah and Wallis Lakes district…

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Vivid—realistic—romantic "Stratosphere Express" Chapter Xv. Storm Is Seized As a Hostage

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 8

'You saw my note?" asked Lovac gently. He smiled again. "I'm so glad." "I don't understand you! I haven't had a note from you!"…

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Latest Telegrams. Disastrous Storm. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 5

A sudden squall struck Blacktown yesterday afternoon, causing widespread damage, although there were no casualties. The Christadelphian…

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Floods Likely. Forecast for 1938

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 4

The intermediate rains of November 13-14 and November 18-19 do not seem to have any immediate prospect of special sunspot support, and must…

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Floods Likely Forecast for 1938

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 3

The intermediate rains of November 13-14 and November 18-19 do not seem to have any immediate prospect of special sunspot support, and must…

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Cyclone Near Lismore. Crops Cut to Pieces. Houses Unroofed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 24 November 1937 · page 5

A cyclone, accompanied by a severe hailstorm, laid waste a strip of country two miles wide, between Larnock and Rock Valley, early on Thursday…

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Why Not a Flood-proof Fence?

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 5

Not least among the items of loss resulting from the floods which periodically lay waste many low-lying rural districts is that represented by…

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Spirit of the Storm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 3

Sudden, impulsive, it burst on our town. In reckless fury tearing things down: In fiery defiance, with lightning's flash…

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Cyclone Strikes Taree. Surprisingly Little Damage Done

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 4

Saturday was hot and sultry. The heat was oppressive. Late in the afternoon a big bank of angry looking sky built up in the west and…

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Terrific Storm Lashes Manning District

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 December 1937 · page 2

The district was lashed on Saturday afternoon by one of the fiercest rainstorms experienced for very many years. The heavy rain clouds came up from…

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