Heavy Rain in Adelaide Game with England Abandoned for Day Adelaide
Don Bradman felt so much better last night that he was determined to take the field to-day but the weather may give him a further rest. He…
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Floods & storms, 1937
557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 28
Gale and Heat Coast Battered Last Night Sydney
Driven by a north-easterly gale, the "black" gale of coastal seamen, huge seas battered the coast last night and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed Newspaper 'Plane Crashes Gale Over Channel London, January 23
The trans-Channel newspaper 'plane, which was reported missing in rough weather on Friday crashed in Surrey, and the two occupants were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Many Dead Disastrous Floods in U.S. Typhoid Feared President Appeals for Aid (Australian Associated Press.) CHICAGO, January 24
At least 23 persons are dead and 300,000 homeless as the result of the unprecedented floods in the southern and middle-west States…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News From The World's Four Corners Fire with Floods Huge Oil Blaze at Cincinnati New York
Cincinnati (Ohio), in the grip of flood and fire, is suffering the worst disaster in its history…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sidelights—here, there, everywhere Hovering Storms
OFFICERS at Nobbys Signal Station, who keep a close watch on variations in the weather said to-day that Newcastle was fortunate to escape the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Storm Lightning Flash Building Struck Damage at Marrickville
A large store was struck by lightning a sedan car was practically wrecked, roofs were torn off louses and power and telegraph lines were blown down when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →May Be More Storms Until To-morrow Change of Weather Assessing the Damages Sydney
A recurrence of isolated squalls almost as furious as that which struck Sydney yesterday is not unlikely, says Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Doctor Answers S.O.S. in Raging Gale 'Flu Stricken Isle London, Monday. LONDON
Alter being neld up By sad weather for two days. Dr. Macdonald of Skye yesterday visited the island of Boay, whose 73 inhabitants, it had been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Four Persons Die Cyclonic Storm Sweeps Sydney Extensive Damage in Suburbs Lives Lost When Buildings Are Wrecked SYDNEY
Four deaths resulted from a cyclonic storm in the metropolitan area this afternoon. Late to-night it was estimated that the damage at Botany alone was more that £100,000. Police in the metropolitan area…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blazing Petrol Floating on Flood Waters in U.S. Enormous Damage Thirty-two Buildings Destroyed (Australian Associated Press.) New York, January 25
Thirty-two buildings were destroyed stroyed at Cincinatti (Ohio) when petrol and oil floating on the flood waters was set on fire by sparks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Rains Flood Damage in America Increases More Than 50 DEAD "Worst Threat to Health in History" (Australian Associated Press.) CHICAGO, January 25
Further rains along the Ohio River have raised property losses caused by the flood higher into millions of dollars. The number…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →500,000 Are Homeless Big Death Roll in U.S. Floods Chicago
Half-a-million people are homeless in the flooded area in the valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, which now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Storm Havoc
Callachor Bros.' wool store, at Botany, was unroofed and extensively damaged in the cyclonic storm on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Aid for Storm Victims Sydney
Cases of distress in areas devastaed by Monday's storm will be investigated and dealt with as they come inder notice." said the Premier (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Homeless Sydney Cyclonic Storm Appeal for Help £100,000 Damage at Botany SYDNEY
Dozens of families in Sydney are homeless as a result of Monday's cyclonic storm. Their plight has been intensified…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Lives Lost Devastating Floods in United States Fire, Hunger, and Disease Thousands Homeless: Whole Cities Evacuated Under Martial Law (Australian Associated Press.) New York, January 26
Between 100 and 500 persons have lost their lives in the disastrous floods which are ravaging the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Approximately 500,000 people are homeless, It is impossible to estimate property losses…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thousands Homeless Flood Havoc in America New York
The worst devastation recorded in the history of America it attributed to the present Hoods, in which 150…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Storm Damage at Gloucester Electric Wires Severed Gloucester
A brief, fierce storm which swept Gloucester last night left in its trail roofless buildings, several electric wires, torn and twisted trees, and flattened gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Service Restored Train to Alice Springs Flood Water Recedes Adelaide
The Alice Springs railway service will be resumed to-morrow, since the floodwaters at the Finke River is abating. Repairs at North Marree are now…
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