Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

107 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 6

Floods in London Dry Spell Ends in Thunder-storms London, August 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 16

London's spell of dry weather, with high temperatures, came to a sudden end to-day in thunder-storms, which caused severe flooding in many…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Villages Isolated Floods in New York State Now York, August 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 14

At Elmira (New York State) flood waters from the rain-swollen creeks have isolated villages over a large area and have forced hundreds of families…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Floods in South Australia. Worst for Fifty Years. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 September 1937 · page 3

The worst floods in 50 years are enveloping the lower part of South Australia. Telephonic communication is interrupted; trains stopped…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Thunder and Heavy Rain Expected Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 September 1937 · page 5

The State Meteorologist (Mr. . Mares) said to-day that thunder storms accompanied by sudden squalls and heavy rain, were…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Heavy Rain in Parts of District

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 5

Portions of the Corowa district benefited by the heavy thunderstorm which passed over early yesterday morning, although falls of rain varied…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Strong Gale Drover Killed by Tree

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 15

Strong gales swept parts of the State at the week-end. A drover was crushed by a falling tree and killed, people in houses were endangered…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Inch of Rain Severe Storm at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 44

A severe rainstorm, with thunder and vivid lightning, was experienced at Albury early Thursday morning. In less than two hours an inch. was…

Continued on Trove, page 44 →

Dust Storms I Due to Insufficient Rain, Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 3

An official of the Department of Agriculture referring to the dust storms throughout the states during the week end, said that the soft was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Exciting Experience 20Ft Launch in Storm Occupants Seasick and Powerless SYDNEY,Monday

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 September 1937 · page 3

George Lea, 3s, and Archibald Hilde,20,had an exciting experience last night. It appears that yesterday afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Albury Defeat Henty in Gale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 35

ALBURY, 4 goals 7 behinds HENTY, 3 goals 4 behinds Scores by Quarters 1 2 3 4…

Continued on Trove, page 35 →

Damage in Three States Severe Gale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 39

A severe gale, the wind reaching a velocity of 60 miles an hour, swept across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales on Saturday. Great…

Continued on Trove, page 39 →

Balloons in Flames Result of Electric Storm London, September 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1937 · page 16

An electric storm which occurred over Cardington airship works set fire to ten balloons which were aloft, in connection with an experimental…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Fighting Flood in Victoria

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 September 1937 · page 3

An appeal to his listeners to do their best to assist the Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission in its fight to minimise the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

[?] Crops Suffer [?]St Storm Sweeps [?] Continent

The Independent · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 1

[?]ing wind, accompanied [?]st storms, swept across [?]as of the State and, un[?] very soon, wheat crops…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Echuca's Oldest Resident Remembers 1870 Flood

The Independent · Thursday 30 September 1937 · page 2

Much interest is being displayed in the claim for the district's oldest resident and business. The latest is from Mr. John…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Destruction and Death South American Cyclone New York

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 38

Sixteen persons were killed, 100 were injured, and 300 houses were razed in cyclonic storms which swept over the south-eastern section of South America…

Continued on Trove, page 38 →

Wide Area Benefits Floods Expected in Victoria Deniliquin Receives 97 Pts. Over Week-end

The Independent · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 2

After a lengthy dry period the outlook in the Riverina and wheatgrowing areas of Victoria has been changed by heavy fails of rain…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Pine Tree Shattered by Lightning Severe Storm at Balldale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm passed over the Balldale district early on Saturday morning last. The rain was much heavier in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Victorian Floods Hundred Square Miles Under Water

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 6

More than 100 square miles of country in the Gippsland (Vic) district was inundated on Tuesday by the overflowing Bunyip River. Altogether 70…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Floods at Kooweerup. a Woman Missing. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 1

Most of the township of Kooweerup (in the Gippsland district) is now under water, which in some streets is shoulder high. A whole area was…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →