The Mississippi Flood. Desperate Efforts to Save Cairo. But Prospect Apparently Hopeless. Chicago
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 1
Hopes of holding the 60ft. sea wall at Cairo (Illinois) against the flood waters of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are rapidly fading as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Floods. the Fight for Cairo. City's Slow Inundation. Chicago
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2
Six thousand weary workers spent a night of terror behind the river wall at Cairo, as the water from behind the dykes broke through sandy sections…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger Remains Cairo Still in Peril Men Quarrel: One Killed Chicago, Feb 4
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5
Six thousand weary workers spent the night in terror behind the river wall at Cairo last night as "sand boils" or patches of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Floods Gas Explosions in Louisville Chicago
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 38
Two gas explosions, caused by the flood, to-day destroyed two three-storey buildings in the heart of the business section of Louisville. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Worst Storm for Years Extraordinary Scenes
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 28
Extensive damage has been caused by gales and heavy seas that buffeted coastal towns caught in the fringe of a willy-willy at Bunbury (W.A.), which…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Cyclone Off Queensland. Japanese Steamer in Distress. BRISBANE
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1
The Japanese steamer Shousing is fighting a cyclone, approximately 700 miles east of Cairns, with her rudder chain broken. The steamer, China…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Droughts and Floods Problems in U.s.a
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 18
In a special message to Congress, submitting the report of the Great Plains Drought Committee, President Roosevelt asked for the adoption of a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Cyclonic Disturbance. Floods Expected. SYDNEY, Friday afternoon
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 3
Mr. Mares received a message this morning that a severe cyclone war centred about two hundred miles off the Far North Coast, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electrical Storm 49 Points of Rain Registered at Deniliquin
The Independent · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3
Following oppressive weather an electrical storm passed over Deniliquin on Saturday evening, 49 points of rain being registered at the post…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Sweeps Melbourne Suburbs Flooded
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 14
Accompanied by heavy rain, a thunderstorm passed over Melbourne late on Saturday afternoon and caused flooding in many suburbs. Many street…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Trail of Destruction Cyclone on N.s.w. Coast
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 6
A cyclone which swept the north coast of New South Wales on Friday and Saturday left a trail of destruction in its wake. The most serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fierce Storm at Bright
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 9
After severe thunder and lightning an exceptionally heavy hail storm, came over Bright (Vic.) on Monday afternoon, causing much damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Darwin Cyclone. Tremendous Damage. Government Grants Aid. DARWIN
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 2
Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a cyclone which raged over the town last night. An aborigine was killed when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Darwin £100,000 Damage; One Death Wind Velocity 100 M.P.H. SYDNEY
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 5
A message from Darwin to-day states that practically the whole town was severely damaged by a terrific cyclone this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disabled Steamer Buffeted by Gale
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 3
Escorted by the freighter Mildura, the Chinese steamer Helping, better known to Australians by her old name of Craigend, is limping down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Darwin Cyclone. Pearling Luggers Safe. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2
A message from Darwin states that all the pearling luggers, for whose safety anxiety had been felt because of the recent cyclone, are safe,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Damage. Peculiar Queensland Experience SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2
During a sudden rush of water which came down Apple Tree Creek, near Childers, Queensland, an hotel and fruitshop were washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Darwin Devastated by Cyclone £50,000 Damage; Trail of Ruin Aboriginal Killed
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 38
A cyclone struck Darwin last week, and was more disastrous than the 1897 cyclonev The damage is estimated at £50,000. Only one death has…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Floods in the North. Man Swept from Horse. Serious Damage Done. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1
A message from the North Coast last night stated that there was danger of floods in several areas. William Lane (17), of Coff's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Loss of Sheep. From Northern Floods. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2
The recent heavy rains,with the resultant floods, have been responsible for the loss or thousands of sheep on the North-western plains. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →