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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 28

Koo-wee-rup Flooded People Driven From Homes Melbourne, Wed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 7

Koo-Wee-Rup looks from the air to-day like a township that some eccentric people have built at the bottom of a…

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Twenty People Dead Storms in the Black Sea ISTANBUL, October 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 10

Twenty persons are already reported dead and hundreds of boats wrecked in five days of storms in the Black Sea. The actual losses are believed to be much…

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At Storm Centre Party Leaders Meet Wished Each Other Well Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 9

Even the bitterest election fights have their human side. To-day Ballarat (Vic.) provided an interesting example. Both the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A…

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Flood Subsides Kooweerup Anxiety Over Sheep Losses Heavy Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 9

After two anxious nights residents of the flooded town of Kooweerup were relieved to-day when the water began to subside…

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Floods Receding in Victoria Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 9

Water has receded from all but the lower parts of Koo-wee-rup. leaving a mass of mud and silt, which will demand days of solid work before…

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Floodlights on T. and G. Tower

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 6

An electrical installation has been provided in the tower of the T. and G. building at the corner of Hunter and Watt Streets, Newcastle, to floodlight…

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Six Days Lost Woman Sought to Escape Flood Rescue by Bushmen Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 13

Missing for six days, during which torrential rains and floods occurred, Mrs. J. Deery, 28, was to-day found by a party of bushmen in rugged country…

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T. AND G. BUILDING Floodlighting Completed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 20

Edmunds, Moir and Company Ltd., electrical contractors, have completed the scheme for the floodlighting of the T. and G. building, in Newcastle, to which…

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Drowned in Storm Last Night Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 October 1937 · page 7

After he had been missing nearly five hours Thomas Alfred Preston. 20, a motor driver, of Peakhurst was…

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Heavy Rain in Towns on North Coast Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 1

Sudden rainstorms with thunder, hail and squalls inundated several North Coast towns last night. By 9 a.m. to-day, when it was still…

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Honeymoon Yacht Imperilled by Gale Trousseau as Distress Signal LONDON, October 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 8

When a gale imperilled a yacht from Torr Head, County Antrim, on which she rand her husband were spending their honeymoon, Mrs. Sivia Loo, an Estonian,…

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Storm Drain Tragedy Youth Dead in Six Inches of Water Stunned When He Fell Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 9

Thomas Alfred Preston, 20, a motor driver, of Peakhurst, was found drowned in six inches of water early to-day. He is believed to have been stunned when he…

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Heavy Rain Fell in the North Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 6

The following rain registrations in the north were made in the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m to-day: North Coast: Tweed Heads 84 points,…

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Floodtide Fancied in Hotham Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 5

[?] form at Caulfield makes him first choice in the Hotham Handicap to-morrow, in which he has 3lb. less than his Cup weight…

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Hail Havoc Wheat Crops Flattened Inverell District Storm Inverell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1937 · page 10

Extensive damage was suffered by farmers on the western side at Inverell yesterday afternoon when the heaviest hailstorm experienced in those parts…

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Floodtide Develops Lameness Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 October 1937 · page 1

Floodtide is the first casualty of the Melbourne Cup meeting. The report of a veterinary surgeon suggests that the horse…

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Like Snowfield Ice in Paddocks After Storm Damage in Queensland Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 8

Terrific hail, wind and rain, the worst the district has every known, was experienced at Woman, in the Burnett district, on Friday night…

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More Than 1000 DEAD Severe Floods in Syria DAMASCUS, October 30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 8

More than 1000 are dead and 10,000 homeless, and several villages have been destroyed by floods as the result of terrific rains in Syria…

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Warning of Floods on Coast Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 1

A flood warning to the central north coast and south coast was issued to-day by the State Meteorologist (Mr…

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Cup Candidates in Final Trials Flood Tide Unlikely to Run To-morrow Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 8

All eyes were on Hua when he came out late at Flemington this morning. He looked a little lighter than on Saturday, with water marks showing, but he was bright enough. His trainer. J. Scobie, did not ask the colt for anything…

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