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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

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Queensland Floods Easier

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

Though the rains have ceased over most of Queensland, the rivers are still running high, but the danger of any serious flooding has now been…

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10,000 Sheep Lost Floods On. N.s.w. Stations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 35

It is believed that the floods last week resulted in the loss of more than 10,000 sheep in the country between Barwon River and the Dividing Range…

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Mussolini Angry "World Storm Against Italy" "Hysterical Anglican Parsons"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 10

Signor Mussolini was in an angry mood when he addressed 250,000 people from the balcony of the Venice Palace at Rome, on the occasion of…

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Fatal Storms In United States. New York

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

Storms, which have been responsible for at least 12 persons being killed and 50 injured, swept the southern States on the first anniversary…

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Darwin Cyclone

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 11

REPAIRS ESTIMATED AT £25,000 The damage done by a cyclone in Darwin last month was not as serious as was first supposed. A report has…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney But Fine Weather Expected Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Heavy rain fell in Sydney throughout last night, accompanied by strong winds along the coast, Sydney Heads were obscured for…

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Mrs. Elsie Gale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 3

The death occurred at Howlong on Sunday under sudden circumstances of Mrs. Elsie Gale, widow of the late Robert Gale aged 52 years…

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Flood Disaster in Central Poland Heavy Death Roll Warsaw, May 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 47

There is a heavy death roll, and hundreds were injured in floods in Central Poland. Fifty village were submerged and others menaced…

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Local Land Board Twelve Mile Creek Flooding Contested Application For' License Hearing Further Adjourned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 4

The hearing by the Land Hoard of the case concerning, an application by the Hume Shire Council Slid Messrs. F. C. Eyera H.B.T.P and…

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Rural Bank Gale of Forfeited Holdings Amendment of Act Wanted

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 11

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Buttenshaw), who received complaints during his tour of the south-western districts that the Rural Bank was selling…

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Corowa Land Board Twelve-mile Creek Flooding Contested Application for License

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 16

The hearing by the Land Board of the case concerning an application by the Hume Shire Council and Messrs. F.C.Eyers,H.B., T.P.and W.C…

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Rough Weather Shipping Delayed Floods Imminent on North Coast. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 3

Several vessels reached Sydney this morning after being have to off port owing to heavy weather prevailing…

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Steamer in Cyclone Gales Ott N.s.w. Coast

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 3

Meeting the full force of a cyclone, the Dutch steamer Nieuw Holland (11,057 tons) was hove to in mountainous seas off the central coast of…

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Meet Noah the Second His Ark Is Beady for the Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 5

Predictions of the end of the world have been plentiful, but few prophets have gone so far as Noah II of the…

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Sydney Deluged. Three Days' Heavy Rain. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 3

A cyclonic disturbance for three clays has deluged the coast of New South Wales, particularly the Sydney metropolitan area, with the heaviest…

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Abnormal Rains Flood Conditions Expected Werri River Breaks Banks Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 3

The State Meteorologist, Mr, Mares, said to-day that he expected flood conditions in rivers south of the Hunter, following torrential rains over…

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Floodlights Switched on

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 38

Visibility was so bad at Leichhardt oval on Saturday during the first grade Rugby League match between Balmain and South Sydney that in the…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney Sporting Fixtures Postponed Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 3

The Kensington Race Meeting, postponed from last Wednesday until today, has been abandoned owing to heavy rain. The Richmond Trotting…

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Flood Troubles Balldale-howlong Road Cutting and Levee Banks Licence Recommended by Land Board

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 16

After a sitting extending in three sessions over seven days the hearing of evidence in connection with objections by the Coreen Shire Council and…

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Cooktown Cyclone Wireless Aerial Carried Away

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 16

A church was damaged, the aerial of a wireless station blown down and roofs lifted by a tornadic storm which for three days swept Cooktown…

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