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Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 68

Cyclone Batters Northern Coast Sydney Police In A New Uniform

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 18

DURING the cyclone on the Queensland coast, serious erosion was caused on the main bench at Southport, south of Brisbane, where a number of houses were threatened…

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Ship's Fight with Gale. Bridge Smashed Fittings Buckled Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 12

With the port side of the bride smashed in, and deck fittings buc[?] the Holyman line freighter War[?] (474 tons) berthed at South Wharf t[?]…

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"Fresh Gale" Arrives Southerly Blow At 41 m.p.h

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 12

The southerly wind at 7.30 this morning reached 41 m.p.h. and qualified as a "fresh gale." "Hits sting in the tail of the…

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Ship's Bridge Stove-in in Storm Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 6

BEARING mute testimony to the fury of the fierce seas now raging in Bass Strait, the freighter Wareatea. 700 tons, reached…

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More Storms in U.S.A. Many Injured. Widespread Damage. New York, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 12

Wind storms, gales, and tornadoes swept sections of North and South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri, breaking…

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Missing Plane Seen Fighting the Storm Passed Over Collier at Barrenjoey

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 1

AT the end of three days of negative searching for the missing Stinson machine and its complement of seven, one fact definitely secured was that the plane flew past Barrenjoey lighthouse on the landward side,…

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Trade Review. Metal Prices Soar. Flood of Speculative Buying. London, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 13

Sensational rises in metal prices, accompanied by almost unprecedented market activity, represent one of the most important repercussions of the Government's…

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Vast Damage in America's Worst Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 12

More than 250,000 persons were rendered homeless in the recent floods in the United States, which were described as the worst in that country's history. The damage was estimated at more than £3,000,000, and hundreds of persons lost their lives. The town of Lawrenceburg. Indiana, suffered terribly. It was, as the picture shows, almost completely covered by the waters of the Ohio River. Only the tallest buildings, such as the church in the foreground, showed their roofs above water…

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Lumber Vessels In The Cyclonic Gales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 4

The steamer Anglo Peruvian, which left Vancouver 37 (lays ago with a cargo of logs for Newcastle and Sydney, was expected to arrive off…

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Autumn Comes On Heels Of Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 7

THE distribution of pressure on the weather chart yesterday, said Mr. Mares, told two things:--…

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Wanganella in Cyclone Stormy Passage From Wellington

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 4

The Huddart Parker motorship Wanganella arrived at Sydney yesterday morning after battling her way through heavy seas throughout the…

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A Child of the Storm

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 5

One of the lost children who. poured into Madrid in the early days of the Spanish war. 'Many children became. separated from their, parents in the feverish flight before the rebel advance, and many, alas, never saw them again…

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Popular Delusions — 4. Man Who Copied Noah Second Deluge Foretold — London's Panic

The World's News · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 11

THERE are astrologers to-day. but it is doubtful if they command the respect that they did in the days when…

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Storm on Seamen's Ballot Johnson Vote Wiped Out

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY seamen yesterday declared null and void a ballot for the election of general secretary, won on figures by…

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Rough Seas. Ships in Storm. Passengers Injured on Wanganella

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 15

Ships have encountered rough seas off the eastern Australian coast during the past few days. Heavy seas were met by the…

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Storm Fatality in N.Z. Rail Car Escapes Disaster AUCKLAND

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 13

During thunderstorms which swept the west coast of the South Island yesterday, George Small, of Hokitika. was killed instantly when…

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Killed by Lightning in Storm Auckland

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 1

Struck by lightning during thunderstorms which swept the west coast of the South Island yesterday, George Small, of Kokitika, was killed…

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Lost 'Plane. Weather on Route. Forecast on Day of Disaster. Cyclone Mentioned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 9

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said yesterday that at noon on Friday—about an hour before the lost Stinson air liner set out from…

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Storm Note

The St George Call · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 6

Two farmers met in town a few days after a cyclone hit the countryside. “Yes, it did a lot of queer tricks out our way,”' declared one reflectively…

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New Zealand Floods. Main Highway Blocked. West Coast Landslides. Christchurch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 11

Flooding occurred in Southland as the result of two days' persistent rain. The main Dunedln-Invercargill highway is impassable in two places and other…

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