Darwin, Scene of Severe Cyclone
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 12
Severe damage was done to Darwin and surrounding districts by a cyclone yesterday. Darwin, as seen by travellers on the Empire mail 'planes, is shown at top. Fort Hill is on the peninsula, and behind it is Government House. The Government buildings abut on the road at the top of the picture, an d Smith-street, the main thoroughfare, runs diagonally across the centre of the picture. Chinatown, where great damage was done, is in the left foreground. In the bottom row is shown a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cyclone's £50,000 Havoc Fear for Fleet of Luggers Boy Killed In Darwin's Night Of Storm Terror DARWIN
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1
AN aboriginal boy was crushed to death and damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a 98 m.p.h. cyclone which swept Darwin last night. There were many narrow escapes, but no one suffered more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scenes at Darwin, Where a Terrific Cyclone Has Caused Much Damage and Isolated a Wide Area
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 14
The cyclone which swept Darwin yesterday, it is feared, may have caused heavy loss of life in the pearling fleet. portion of which is shown above. The Darwin aerodrome is on flat country and would…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Luggers Missing in Cyclone Darwin's Night of Terror Damage & Injury In Town One Death Darwin, Thurs
The Labor Daily · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1
ANXIETY is increasing for the safety of the pearling fleet of 50 luggers Ashing east of Goulburn Island, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stevens Shown by Storm Help For Darwin, But None For Botany Mayor's View
The Labor Daily · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 8
THE decision of the Federal Government to make a grant of £2000 for me relief of residents of Darwin, whose property suffered in the,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Patrol to Search for Pearling Fleet Anxiety Over Fate of 450 MEN Lepers Played Cards As Gale Shook Buildings News by Flashlight Darwin
The Sun · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 1
ANXIETY is increasing over the fate of the pearling fleet. It is believed to have been in the track of the cyclone that wrecked Darwin, and few consider…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Cyclone. Half Darwin Devastated. Residents' Night of Terror, Anxiety for Pearling Fleet. No Word From Outlying Mission Stations. (From Our Special Representative.) Darwin
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 11
Not one building in Darwin escaped damage in Wednesday night's cyclone, the worst for 40 years, and half the buildings in the town have been wrecked. The damage is provisionally estimated at £100,000…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1937 · page 19
A SECTION of the Pacific Highway at Ballina, where 830 points were registered in less than 12 hours. In six days the total registration exceeded 15 inches, and many sections of the town were flooded…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 1
BRISBANE, Friday.--Torrential rains have fallen to North Queensland, ranging up to 28 inches in 36 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Darwin Cyclone Police Search for Luggers Darwin
The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 1
POLICE searchers left Darwin to-day to look for two pearling luggers reported missing after the cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Lugger Is Now Safe Mission Boat Defied Darwin Cyclone
The Sun · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 4
The lugger St. Nicholas, one of those missing after the Darwin cyclone, is safe. The secretary of the Methodist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Luggers Safe, Owners Believe Able to Ride Out the Cyclone Darwin Busy Rebuilding Darwin
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 5
CONFIDENCE in the ability of the pearling fleet to ride out Wednesday's cyclone was expressed in Darwin today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Mayor's Outburst Causes a Storm Trotting Men Up in Arms Stinging Reply From Dubbo Stalwart
Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 19
TROTTING men are still wondering whether the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ald. Howie, will accept the challenge of Mr. J. P. Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Lugger Survives the Cyclone Telegraphic News of St. Nicholas
The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1937 · page 16
The lugger St. Nicholas, one of those missing after the Darwin cyclone, is safe. The secretary of the Methodist…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →On Way From Bathurst Is. Darwin Warned of a New Cyclone Darwin
The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1937 · page 1
Warning that another cyclone was approaching Darwin from Bathurst Island was issued to-day by the Meteorologist at Darwin, Mr. W. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Houses Again Flooded Heavy Rain in Wake of Cyclone Darwin
The Labor Daily · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 5
The Junkers 'plane is still bogged at Koepang, and it is impossible to [?] when it will arrive here. Heavy rain squalls swept over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Coming Southward
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2
A "FAIRLY energetic" cyclone, travelling south-east across Queensland, may touch the northern coast of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain Relieves Dry North-west Fears of Floods on Four Rivers Drought In Catchment Area May Be Broken Queensland Benefits
The Sun · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 7
HEAVY RAIN is drenching the dry north-west of N.S.W., relieving fears of water shortage and assuring winter pastures. Floods are feared along the Namoi and MacIntyre…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Expected. Heavy Showers Likely To-day
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 9
The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said last night that a southerly change with strong winds and heavy showers, would probably arrive to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pearlers Believed All Safe Lucky Escapes in Cyclone Darwin
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2
LUGGER owners here are confident that the Pearling fleet is safe. Mission authorities have no news…
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