Storm Damage in Inland Wheat Areas Crops Flattened by Hail Sheep Lost Sydney
Torrential rain and hail have flattened wheat crops and washed away fences on a 20-mile front near Junee. Three hundred sheep were swept…
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Floods & storms, 1937
557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 28
Games Cancelled Heavy Rain Last Night
Owing to the heavy rain last night, all games in the district night tennis championships to be conducted on the Hill courts were cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Loss of Life in Storms in Java Amsterdam
Many persons have been killed by heavy storms in the cittern and middle areas of Java. Enormous damage was done to tobacco crops…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm Damage Sheep Drowned: Crops Flattened SYDNEY
Severe thunder and hailstorms on the south-western slopes have caused damage to crops and fences. Hundreds of sheep have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trapped by Flood Aged Showman in Caravan Rescued by Two Men Lismore
Trapped in a caravan by floodwaters from Byron Bay early yesterday morning, William Williams, an aged showman, was rescued by George Kalakoff and Colin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City Isolated Floods in Portugal 18 Injured in Train Collision Lisbon, November 21
Floods described as the worst in memory have swept the country, causing vast damage. Lisbon is practically isolated. Torrential rain is marooning trains, trams…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Storms in Java Amsterdam, November 22
Many persons have been killed by heavy storms in the eastern and middle areas of Java. Enormous damage has been done to tobacco crops…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Caught in Flood Runaway Steamer at Lisbon Damage Totals £10,000 LISBON, November 23
Five tugs were needed to check the runaway British steamer Dalhanna, which was torn from its moorings by floods at the mouth of the Tagus, while unloading 6000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Mitigation Scheme City Council to Give-support
"I do not think that this council intended to withhold cooperation when it decided to take no action for the time being."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Killed Trapped in Flooded Tunnel TOKIO, November 28
Eight persons were killed and one was injured when a party of 26 students from the Mimakibara experimental farm were trapped in a flooded tunnel while…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Old Flood Message Turns Up
A flood message placed in a bottle 24 years ago at Singleton by Miss Myrtle Redman, of Bishopgate-street, has just been found sticking in a bank in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mares Gives Hope of Relief Storms by Week-end Sydney
This sticky sweltering weather was blithely referred to to-day as "somewhat oppressive." by Mr. Mares, the N.S.W. Meteorologist…
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Sir,—It was with interest I read in yesterday's issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" the flood message 24 years old, as I threw that message from the Donolly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Bomb-proof London Tube Stations Danger of Flooding London, December 1
The war-time faith in tube stations as shelters against air raids has been severely shaken by Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd's announcement in the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storms Deluge Wheat Lands in Victoria Crops Are Flattened Houses and Shops Flooded Melbourne
Thousands of acres of the State's best wheat-producing country in the N.W., from Sea Lake almost down to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Flooded Creek Aged Cyclist Drowned ADELAIDE
Christopher Hawkins, 73, a collector for the Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Institution, was found drowned between Point Pass and Budunda to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Crops Suffer Floods After Storms in Victoria MELBOURNE
Thousands of acres of the State's heat wheat-producing country in the North-west from Sea Lake almost down to the seaboard, have suffered badly from floods…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Storm Drain Man Swept for Mile and a Half Few Cuts and Bruises Melbourne
Herbert Browne, 20, of Blawyn, had a remarkable escape from death to-day. When trying to retrieve a tennis ball he slipped and fell down an embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Many Thunderstorms Sydney
The Weather Bureau reported to-night that numerous thunderstorms had occurred during the day in the south-east quarter of the State. Some of them were severe…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Heavy Damage to Crops Flood Rains In Victoria MELBOURNE
Although falls of from four to five inches of rain were recorded in North-western Victoria yesterday morning, resulting in thousands of…
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