Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 68

Diggers Help a Digger. Home Built in a Day After Destruction by Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 9

Evidence that the spirit of the A.I.F. so manifest during the war, when soldiers were always ready to give a helping hand to a comrade in distress,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Storm Drowns 16

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 3

TOKIO, Monday.--Terrific storms in Kogendo Province, Korea, have sunk 10 fishing boats, drowning 16 men. Another 61 fishermen are missing…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Tree Uprooted by Gale

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 9

Strong wind uprooted an old tree, 40ft. high, in the Botanic Gardens to-day The tree was at first split down the…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

City Shivered in Cold Moderate Cyclone From Tasntan

The Sun · Wednesday 14 April 1937 · page 9

Beneath the lash of a moderate cyclonic condition. Sydney shivered last night and to-day with temperatures at their lowest since…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 15

JESSIE GORDON (Pailford): There are two mountains at the back of our home, that are ever changing their hue. I love to watch them. On a hot morning the trees look…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Sydney Felt the Cold Winds Reach Gale Force

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 1

Chilly blasts of wind and drenching rain caused Sydney's population to shiver yesterday. The minimum temperature of…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Heavy Rain Hampers Work on Tracks Warrawing Suited by Conditions Smart Three Furlongs by Lord Sun

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 13

TRAINING was hampered on the various tracks this morning by heavy rain, which at times was accompanied by a strong southerly wind. Few trainers appeared at Rosebery, but a fair…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Ships Miss Heads in Storm Rain Curtain Blots the Entrance

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 27

A CURTAIN of rain which obscured the Heads early today caused the Narkunda and the new motorship Sussex to pass the entrance. When the weather cleared they entered port from the north instead of the south…

Continued on Trove, page 27 →

Turned Back at Broken Bay Airliner Flew Into Heavy Storm NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 23

Two 'planes are held up at District Park aerodrome, through stormy weather on the coast, particularly in the Hawkesbury River area…

Continued on Trove, page 23 →

Tweed River Floodings. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 9

Grave concern that failure to dredge the Tweed River would result in much more extensive flooding of farm lands in future heavy downpours of rain was expressed at a…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Site of Mission Station Flood Danger Is Emphasised BOGGABILLA

The Sun · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 8

Fears that the next flooding of the river would sweep the proposed new site of Toomelah aboriginal mission station, and drown many, were…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Blinky Bill at Kensington Heavy Rain Upsets Track Work

The Sun · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 2

Blinky Bill, a fancied candidate for the Fourteen-two Handicap tomorrow, worked on the cinders at Kensington this morning…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ships Delayed by Gale Spray Swept Over The Awatea

The Sun · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 10

Although the weather along the coast moderated to-day, shipping still was affected by the gale which raged yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Skids and Collisions After Rain Shipping Delayed in Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 4

WET roads caused two vehicles to skid and collide with trams in Oxford Street, Paddington, yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Sydney's Day of Rain and Storm: Zoo Sidelights Photo News

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

SAFE in port. A storm-battered coaster coming through…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mrs. Bonney Flies Through Storms. Reaches Sourabaya on Second Attempt. SOURABAYA, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 11

I left Rambang for Sourabaya at 6.5 this morning, but storms were too bad, and I had to return. I left again at 11.5 a.m., and made bad time to Sourabaya, where I arrived…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Rain and Gales. 'Planes Turn Back. Ships Fail to Find Heads. Need of Radio Beacon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 12

Heavy driving rain and fierce gales swept Sydney and the coast yesterday. Ships were delayed, and air-liners were unable to complete their journeys…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

"The Storm."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 10

The Liberty Players will present "The Storm" at the Savoy Theatre on Monday at 8 p.m…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Sailing Home. Storms at Sea on a Windjammer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 13

[In this article, Miss Patricia Long Innes, of Sydney, who recently made the voyage from Copenhagen to Adelaide in the Finnish four-master…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mrs. Bonney at Batavia. More Storms Experienced. Unable to Land at Semarang. Batavia, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 17

I arrived at Batavia at 3.30 this afternoon, having left Sourabaya at 10.30 a.m. Conditions were bad to Semarang. I could not get around the storms. I circled around Semarang for…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →