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Floods & storms, 1937

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The Weather Heavy Rain in Queensland Drought Areas Relieved Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1937 · page 4

Heavy rains fell yesterday, giving relief in many drought stricken areas. The best falls were in the north-west, south-west, central highlands, and…

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Heavy Rain Floods In Melbourne Sporting Fixtures Off Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 2

Heavy rain fell in Melbourne yesterday and last night. The conditions this morning were showery but at 10 o'clock heavy rain set in…

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Jean Batten Delayed at Camooweal. Raging Dust Storm Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 5

Miss Jean Batten arrived at Camooweal from Wyndham this morning. She will not continue the flight to Darwin until to-morrow…

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Miss Batten in Storm 'Plane to Be Overhauled Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 1

Flying out of the thunder and lightning of a tropical storm, Jean Batten reached Darwin at 3.55 p.m. yesterday. Miss Batten decided to-day to…

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'Planes Buffeted Gale Disorganises Air Services Loongana Fights Its Way Across Bass Strait MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 1

Australian National Airways made a gallant attempt to maintain Tasmanian air services to-day, in spite of the howling southerly gale. The Douglas…

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Cup Quandary Further Heavy Rain Many Suggestions Advanced Chairman to Inspect Course To-day MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 8

Rain continued to fall heavily in Melbourne to-day, and the possibility of a further postponement of the Caulfield Cup from Wednesday until later…

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Flooding Begins People Flee for Safety

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 4

Flooding began to-night from the main canal through Koo-Wee-Rup which had risen in the town from 9ft at 9 a.m. to 29ft at 11 p.m., and was…

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Flood Warnings Issued in Victoria Rivers and Creeks Overflow Their Banks Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 4

With rain still pouring down in many parts of Victoria, fears are ex pressed that a disastrous flood may overwhelm many residents of the low…

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Seventy Farms Inundated in Victorian Floods! 100 Square Miles Under Water Yarra Overflows MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 1

More than 100 square miles of country in the Gippsland district was inundated yesterday by the overflowing Bunyip River. Altogether 70 farms…

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Victorian Floods Hundred Square Miles Under Water Yarra Overflows Koo-Wee-Rup Threatened MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 4

More than 100 square miles of country in the Gippsland district was inundated to-day by the overflowing Bunyin River. Altogether 70 farms…

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Koo-wee-rup Flooded Vast Area Under Water Melbourne, Midnight

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 4

Flood waters poured into Koo-Wee-Rup to-night said covered the countryside over a vast area to a depth of three feet. At midnight the water was…

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Big Deth Roll Storm in Black Sea Istanbul (TurKey)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 3

Twenty are already Reported dead and hundreds' of boats have been wrecked to a five days storm in the Black Sea. The deaths, however, are…

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Victorian Floods Heavy Stock Losses Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 4

The Latrobe River is still giving anxiety and the country around the Kiewa Valley, in north-eastern Victoria, is still flooded…

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The Weather Heavy Rain on North Coast Area Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 4

Heavy rain, accompanied by hail and squalls, fell on many parts of the north coast last night, BeUingen receiving 327 points. The State…

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Flood Tide for the Hotham

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 5

The New Zealander, Floodtide should win his first race in Australia when he starts in the Hotham' Handicap, the last race at Flemington to-morrow…

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Floodtide Scratching Probable Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 October 1937 · page 14

Floodtide is almost certain to be withdrawn from the Melbourne Cup He was so lame after exorcise to-day that the veterinary surgeon does…

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The Weather Floods Likely Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 1

A warning of floods on the Central and South Coast was Issued to-day by Mr. Mares, who also advised shipping that gales were likely along the entire…

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Melbourne Cup Floodtide Out Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 1

Floodtide failed to respod to treatment for an injured leg, and he is now definitely not in the Melbourne Cup. If you had a tumblerful of [?]…

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1000 Dead Floods in Stria Damascus (Syria)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 1

More than 1000 people are dead and 10,000 homeless as a result, of floods which followed terrific rains. Several villages have been…

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Cup Horses Flood Tide Doubtful Starter Injured at Caulfield Sir Regent's Trial Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 7

Flood Tide has sprained the muscles of his back, and it is Melbourne whether he will start in the Melbourne Cup. Running him in the Hotham…

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