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Floods & storms, 1937

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Deaths in Auckland Gale Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 3

A gale which caused widespread damage along the Auckland waterfront yesterday took the lives of two young men. Athol Gordon, aged 20…

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Storm Damage in Palestine Jerusalem

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 3

A severe storm lasting six days caused heavy damage to property. It is estimated that 1,000,000 cases of oranges were ruined. Telephone and…

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The Weather Storm's Damage Buildings and Crops Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 4

Two persons were injured in a storm at Wiseman's Ferry this afternoon. The wind reached gale force, unroofed several houses, and damaged a garage…

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N.Z. Floods Subsiding Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 2

The Weather is clearing, and the floods are subsiding…

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Severe Hail Storm Peach Crop Suffers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

A severe hail storm passed over parts of irrigation area on Thursday evening of last week, as a result of which it is estimated that from…

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Royal Wedding Holland En Fete Effective Slimming by Princess Decorations Repaired After Storm Damage the Hague

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

A million Joyful people to-morrow will see Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhardt Zur Lippe-Biesterfeld ride in a coach of glass and gold to their…

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Soldiers' Memorial To be Floodlit To-Night

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 7

Mr. J. Brady, president of the Albert Park Soldiers' Memorial Trustees, has invited returned soldiers to attend the ceremony, at 9 o'clock…

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Our Soldiers' Memorial Flood Lighting Switching-on Ceremony

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 3

THE old lights, on high illumination standards, for the lighting of the soldiers' memorial on Albert Park have been replaced with two…

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Floods Likely Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

Heavy rain was recorded on the coastal areas during the past 24 hours and according to Mr. Mares, floods are likely to follow, especially in parts of…

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Heavy Rain on Coast Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

Heavy rain was recorded on the coastal areas during the past 24 hours and, according to the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares), floods are likely to…

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Fierce Storm Widespread Damage GOULBURN

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

Widespread damage was caused here by a fierce storm which passed over the city last night. Hall, the size of golf balls, fell. Trees were…

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32 Lives Lost In Terrific Gale LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

It is feared that 32 lives have been lost at sea off the North Coast of Scotland during a terrific gale in pentmnd Firth in the early hours of…

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Thunderstorm at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

A thunderstorm passed over Junee yesterday, but only a few drops of rainfell. At Junee Reefs, however, at the farm of E. Lehmann the water raced…

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The Weather Fierce Storm at Goulburn Haid the Size of Golf Balls Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 8

A terrific storm passed over Goulburn last night, doing widespread damage. Hall the size of golf balls fell for some time. At the Goulburn…

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Thirty-Two Believed Drowned Ship Breaks Up in Fierce Gale Off North Coast of Scotland Eight Swim Ashore Women and Children Among Missing LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

It is feared that 32 lives have been lost at sea off the north coast of Scotland, During a terrific sale in the early hours the…

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Queensland Floods Heaviest Rain For Year BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

Extensive floodings occurred on the south-western and coastal districts of Queensland as a result of monsoonal rains during the last 48 hours. Very…

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A Flooded River Men Marooned SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

The Macintyre River at Boggabilla has risen 24 feet in the past 24 hours. Three men who live on the bank were marooned from the township to-day…

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Queensland Floods Heaviest Bain in Brisbane for a Year Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 8

Extensive floodings occurred in the south-western and coastal districts of Queensland as a result of monsoonal rains during the last 48 hours. Very…

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Coastal Floodings Expected Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 8

Further heavy rains were recorded over the coastal areas yesterday and are expected to cause local floodings. The cyclone over the coast has moved…

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A Hefty Job Lifting Storm Water Pipe

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 8

The Public Works Department encountered an unexpected problem when it commenced to cross the bot­tom end of Kurrajong Avenue with…

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