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Floods & storms, 1937

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Coastal Floods Feared Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 4

The assistant-State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said that nearly all the coastal river systems were likely to exceed flood conditions before the…

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Fenland Floods Serious Inundation in England Dyke and River Banks Broken London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 8

Further extensive breaches of the dykes and river banks in the Fenland flood area are feared and 100 air force officers have been ordered to stand…

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10,000 Sheep Lost Northern Floods Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 16

Sheep losses in the north-west as a result of floods are believed to be more serious than at first thought While it may be many days before…

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Gap Road Flood Damage Government Will Provide £241

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 4

" Councillor H. S. Prowse, deputy president, waited on the Minister on behalf of the Mitchell Shire Council with a request for assistance for the…

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The Weather Township Flooded Queensland River Overruns Banks Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

Running 15 miles in width the Moonie River flooded the township of Thallon, on the Warwick-Dirranbandi railway line. Last night the water was about…

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Mungindi Menaced Floods in North-west Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

The flood waters from the north-western plains, which had been pouring into the Barwon River from many streams since the heavy rain of last…

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Mussolini Angry "World Storm Against Italy" British Press Attacked "Hysterical Anglican Parsons" ROME

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 1

Signor Mussolini was in an angry mood to-day when he addressed 250,000 people from the balcony of the Venice Palace on the occasion of…

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Drought and Flood Relief

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 4

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Buttershaw, invites attention to the fact that Crown settlers who desire to apply for relief under the provisions of…

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Cold in Melbourne Gales Delay Shipping Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 4

The Easter holidays came to a wintry conclusion. The temperature fell so low yesterday and to-day that falls or snow occurred on the Alps…

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Loyalist Tactics Rebels Flooded From Valley London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 1

The Madrid correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" says that the loyalists are still diverting irrigation ditches, having flooded three square…

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Many Killed and Injured Violent Storms in America

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1937 · page 1

ATALANTA SPRINGS (Georgia), Tuesday.—Storms which have been responsible for at least 12 persons being killed and 60 injured swept the…

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Darwin Storm Damage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Minister of the Interior (Mr. Paterson) said to-day that the estimated cost of repairing the damage to Government buildings at Darwin was…

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New Gale Comet SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 1

The well-known amateur astronomer. Mr. Waller Gale, working in his private observatory at Waverley at midnight on Tuesday,…

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Husband of Gundagai Woman One of Two Drowned In Flooded River

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 2

Two Sydney men, members of the crew of the Adelaide Company’s motor ship Manunda, were drowned in the Barron River at Kamerunga on…

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Drowned in Flooded River

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 2

Two Sydney men, members of the crew of the Adelaide Company's motor ship, Manunda, were drowned in the Barron River at Kamerunga—…

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Ships Delayed by Gale Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 4

Heavy, rain fell over the metropolitan area last night and to-day and a gale along the coast is hampering the movements of shipping. The liner…

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Jealous Husband's Error Shoots Wife and Son Followed to Flood's Home

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 1

SANTA CRUZ (California), Saturday.—Allan Boggs, aged 52 years, a retired army major returning home early this morning found a note…

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Serious Floods Feared in United States Doctor Drowned New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 1

The worst April floods for years have again imperilled Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. Mountain streams, fed by heavy rains and…

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Yacht Survives Gale But Builder Drowned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 1

After fighting a terrific gale on its voyage from Hobart to Sydney, the 42-foot yacht Brilliant arrived at Sydney Harbor to-day. The owner, Neil…

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