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Floods & storms, 1937

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Flood Warning to North Further Heavy Rain Expected

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 9

With the movement southward of a severe cyclone, big seas are lashing the far North Coast. Brisbane reports that several…

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Still in Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 2

The steamer, Shousing, with her rudder temporarily repaired, is still in the thick of a cyclone off the east coast of Australia, her agents believe…

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Storm Halts Radio

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Sweeping suddenly over the metropolitan area tonight, a severe thunderstorm disorganised train services, prevented…

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Cyclone Moving Down The Coast

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 7

THE North Coast of N.S.W. is affected by a severe cyclone moving slowly down the coast. The centra of the disturbance is at…

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Violent Storm. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 9

A violent electrical storm, which occurred to-night following the oppressive heat during the day, temporarily disorganised traffic in many parts of the metropolitan area. Train…

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Warning to Shipping Severe Cyclone Moving Down Coast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

A warning has been issued to shipping in the path of the cyclone, which is slowly moving down the east coast, and causing rough seas on the north…

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In Fatal Storm Inquests On Victims How They Died

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 10

THREE fatalities arising from the violent storm which swept over Botany on January 25, were…

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More Storms of Dust. Distress in U.S.A. Sun Blotted Out. New York, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 11

The duststorms in the west are causing acute distress among farmers. In some towns the schools are closed, and the street lights have…

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Cargo Ship Im Cyclone Sends Out S.O.S. 100 Miles North of Brisbane Disabled And Drifting With Broken Shaft Two Ships to Rescue Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 9

C.O.S. calls were received to-day from the A.U.S.N, company's coastal freighter Babinda. The freighter is about 100 miles north of Brisbane, where heavy seas, whipped up by a cyclone,…

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Grazier Drowned. Swept Down Flooded Creek. KEMPSEY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 11

Mr. George B. Waller, of Wallarobba, wellknown stock-breeder and noted Shorthorn cattle judge at many show rings on the north coast, was drowned yesterday in the Macleay…

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Stop Press Flood Toll

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Thursday.--Death-roll in disastrous floods in Mozambique unofficially estimated at 2000. Hundreds of natives rescued from…

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Cyclone Will Bring Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 1

RAIN, accompanied by squally winds and generally unsettled conditions, was forecast for today by the Divisional…

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Another Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 17

The Weather Bureau nt Brisbane last night issued a warning of another severe cyclone which appeared ' to be moving southwards almost along the track of that now raging of[?]…

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Flood Rains. Deluge at Dorrigo. North Coast Rivers in Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 17

Cyclonic conditions along the north coast yesterday were accompanied at several places by torrential rain, as a result of which the Nymboida, Orara,…

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Storm Deaths Investigated

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 2

Three deaths resulting from the storm that swept Sydney and suburbs on January 25 were investigated by the City Coroner (Mr. Oram, S.M.)…

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Lindbergh In Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 3

BUSHIRE, Friday.--Although Colonel Charles Lindbergh and his wife, who arrived here by plane this afternoon, says they are enjoying the trip…

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Storm Victims. Verdicts of Accidental Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 12

The deaths of three of the victims of the fierce storm which wrecked property at Botany and Matraville on the afternoon of January 25 were inquired into by the City Coroner (Mr…

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Three Tragic Deaths in Fierce Storm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 8

VERDICTS of accidental death were returned by the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday when he inquired into the deaths of two men…

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Babinda in Cyclone Sends Out S.O.S. Calls

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 5

S.O.S. calls were received in Brisbane yesterday from the A.U.S.N. Co.'s motorship Babinda, which is bound from Bundaberg…

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Big Seas Whipped Up by Cyclone Jetty Wrecked; Liners Are Delayed

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 2

DAMAGE was done and shipping delayed when the effects of the cyclone became apparent on the New South Wales coast to-day. Heavy seas are lashing the coastline. At Woolgoolga…

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