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Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 68

Floods Reduce Stock Supply Cattle Prices Harden At Homebush

The Sun · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

Floods in the country prevented many consignments of stock for Homebush being loaded. Only 33,330 sheen were forward from a listing of…

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Floods in Fen Country

The Sun · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 1

London, Wednesday.--Anxiety in regard to the flood situation in the low-lying fen country is still acute, and the banks of the swollen River…

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Blue Skies Once Again Flood Dangers Pass

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 8

WITH the cessation of rain in country districts, the danger of serious floods has now passed. The Assistant State Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, said last night that further aggravation of the position in the northern coastal rivers was unlikely. Flood…

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Flee From Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--Floods continue in the Cambridgeshire fenlands, where three villages have been abandoned…

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Rivers Rising in Flood Damage Over Big Area Farmers Suffer From Rains

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 7

ALTHOUGH rain has stopped over most of the State, northern rivers are rising and flood warnings were issued…

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Bass Strait Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Several ships were forced to seek shelter and others were delayed many hours by high winds and heavy seas in…

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Cyclone Sweeps Victoria Services Disorganised Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 8

LASHING the Victorian coast, heavy seas have delayed shipping, gale force winds have disorganised air services and temperatures have…

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Native Companions and Storm Hawk

The Land · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 16

One of the most reliable signs of rain approaching is the presence of the water beetles which come to the lights at night. Insects of all species…

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Bass Strait Gales. Sheep Washed Overboard. Melbourne, Thurs[?]day

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

Fierce westerly and south-westerly gales swept Bass Strait to-day. Many ships were delayed by the heavy seas, and other were forced to run for shelter. Sheep which were…

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Flood in Fen Country. Ouse Bursts Banks. Farms Under Water. London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 12

With a roar like thunder, the swollen River Ouse broke through its banks at Soham Lode last night. At first the water burst through a…

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Floods on the North Coast — Surfers Prepare for Australian Championshep Carnival — Golfers Frolic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 14

Queensland and Far North Coast teams, who will compete in the Australian surf carnival at Bondi on Saturday, are practising daily. Yesterday the men from Yamba were caught by the camera as they were carrying the patient from the water. Rain early this week caused North Coast…

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Big Losses in Floods. Sheep Drowned. North-West Suffers

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

The most serious result of the recent heavy rains was the loss of thousands of sheep on the north-western plains…

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Heavy Sheep Losses Severe Floods In North-West

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 10

It is conservatively estimated that about 15,000 sheep have been lost in floods on the north-west plains. Provisional estimates reported…

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City Close to a "Black-out" Floodwater Near Fuses

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 4

Flooding of the electricity substation at the comer of Wynyard and Carrington streets threatened a large business section of the city with…

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Pray for Safety From Floods London

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 13

Further extensive breaches have occurred in the dykes along the banks of the Ouse and while 1000 men are fighting to hold back the…

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Floods in England London

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 7

ANXIETY In regard to the flood situation in the low-lying Fen country of England is still acute, and the banks of the swollen river Ouse…

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Under Flood Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

THE NORTH COAST S.N. CO.'S wharves at Grafton under the floodwaters of the Clarence, which rose lift., in the recent rains…

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Floods Wash Murder Trial Out BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 1

Floodwaters prevented six witnesses from reaching a murder trial at Goondiwindi. James Walter Johnson, 26, is charged…

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Art Storm Brewing in Adelaide "Secessionists" To Hold Exhibition Notable Artists in Revolt

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 9

THERE is a storm brewing in Adelaide art circles. The conservative Royal Art Society is under fire, but it looks as if it will not have all its own way in future…

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Fen Floods Are Still Serious London

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 2

The flood situation in the fen country is still serious, and the closest watch is being maintained to strengthen the river banks at places where…

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