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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 68

The Awatea. Severe Gale Encountered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 9

The Awatea, for the first time in her history, was late on Saturday morning, because of weather. She berthed at 12.29 p.m., four and a half hours behind time, having gone…

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Storms in U.S.A. BENTON (Arkansas), April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 10

Wind, hall, and electrical storms in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama killed three people and injured more than 50. A tornado was responsible for two deaths, and…

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Gale Hits Australian Squadron Forced to Shelter Many Ratings Seasick

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 16

Rather than face needlessly a Tasman gale, the Australian squadron returning from New Zealand sought…

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Fierce Storm. Wireless Operator Stunned. Effect of Lightning. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 12

The second wireless operator of the liner Akaroa (Mr. A. E. Goodman) was stunned by an electrical discharge from his earphones during a storm early on…

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Eastern U.S. Again Flood-Stricken Rains and Snow People Ready to Move New York

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 13

THE worst April floods for years are again imperilling the three-State area of Pennsylvania, Maryland and…

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Storms Check Mrs. Bonney

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 3

BANGKOK (Siam), Tuesday.--Bad weather forced Mrs. Bonney, who is flying from Australia to South Africa, to return to Bangkok 30 minutes after…

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Man Lost Overboard From Yacht Thrown on Beam by Gale Struggle Off Gabo

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 1

HAVING lost one of her crew overboard in a gale off Gabo Island, the 42ft. yacht, Brilliant, reached…

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Floods in America. Many Towns in Danger. 13 DEATHS. Militia on Duty. New York, April 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 15

Mountain streams, fed by heavy rains and snows, are pouring torrents into the Ohio River and its tributaries, causing the worst April floods…

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Golf Clubs Will Be Dearer in Sydney Cost of Steel Is Cause Effect of Arming and Floods

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 20

BECAUSE the nations are arming, and there are floods in the United States, golf clubs will cost more in…

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Disastrous Floods Canadian Cities Affected TORONTO

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 15

Thousands of people are fleeing from their homes and industry is paralysed owing to floods in six Western Ontario cities…

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Will Wattle Cum's Adventures Floating Through The Flood

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 9

WELL, here are Will Wattle-gum. Clarence Kookaburra, and Pikki Possum sitting together in the canoe which Will and Clarence built all…

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Cyclonic Storms. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 6

A series of cyclonic storms passed over parts of the Darling Downs and coastal areas this afternoon, preceded by a heavy wind which unroofed several buildings…

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Lost at Sea. Member of Yacht's Crew Storm Off Gabo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 9

When the yacht Brilliant arrived at Sydney yesterday morning from Hobart, the owner reported that Athol Taylor, 27, a member of the crew, and also the builder of the yacht,…

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Floods in America

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 14

MOUNTAIN streams, fed by heavy rains and snow, poured torrents into the Ohio River (U.S.A.) and its tributaries, causing the worst April floods for…

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Floods in Canada. 6000 Homeless; Much Damage. OTTAWA, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 9

Thousands of people are fleeing from their homes, and industry is paralysed by floods in six cities in western Ontario. Six thousand people are homeless, and the…

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Causes in No. 4 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and jury.) Flooding Alleged. Gallen v Council of the Municipality of Kuringai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 5

Annie Gallen claimed damages in counts of negligence and nuisance from the council of the municipality of Kuringai, she says that she is the owner of a property in…

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Will Wattle Cum's Adventures The End Of The Flood

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 11

YOU should be glad to hear that the Bushland flood has gone down. When Will Wattle-gum, Pikki Possum and Clarence Kookaburra…

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Floods Drown 21; 10 States Suffer New York

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 3

TWENTY-ONE persons have been drowned and thousands are homeless in floods ravaging the eastern States of America,…

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'Plane Turns Back. Storms Near Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 17

Severe storms in the vicinity of Canberra caused an interruption to the Sydney-Melbourne air service yesterday. The Dragon Rapide 'plane which left the Kingsford Smith…

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Crowds Storm Stadium Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 1

Unprecedented scenes were witnessed outside the Fitzroy Stadium, to-night, when huge crowds stormed the building to gain admittance to…

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