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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 68

Melb. Head of River How Xavier Zoomed To Victory Conquered Gale

Referee · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 12

XAVIER crew conquered the wind, and became, last Friday, Head of the River for the third time since the school…

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Disastrous Storm Sweeps Wheat Fields. REGINA (Canada), May 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 9

A sandstorm has damaged thousands of acres of growing wheat in Saskatchewan. A strip of eountry 300 miles in length and 150 miles in width was ravaged by a…

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Yacht Sirius Returns. Romantic Voyage Ends. Gale in Sight of Home

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 11

The yacht Sirius, which left Sydney on July 14, 1935, returned early last night, having completed a voyage of 30,000 miles round the world…

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Floods in England London

The Sun · Saturday 22 May 1937 · page 2

Violent storms with thunder and lightning were experienced in many parts of southern England early today when exceptionally heavy rain…

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Gales Sweep Britain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.--Violent storms with thunder and lightning swept many parts of Southern England on Friday and yesterday. The heaviest rainfall was…

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Violent Storms in England London

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 5

VIOLENT storms with thunder and lightning were experienced in many parts of Southern England yesterday, when exceptionally heavy…

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Stop Press Polish Floods

The Sun · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 1

Warsaw.--Fifty villages has been sub[?]ed by [?]in C ral Poland. The death roll is heavy…

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Floods in Poland. Fifty Villages Submerged. School Children Lost. WARSAW, May 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 11

Many persons have been drowned and hundreds injured by floods in Central Poland. Fifty villages are submerged and…

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Fifty Drown in Polish Floods Warsaw

The Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 11

Fifty persons have been drowned in the floods in Central Poland. About 120 houses were wrecked and 300 damaged…

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Fifty Dead in Polish Floods Warsaw

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 5

THOUSANDS are homeless as the result of serious floods which are ravaging fifty villages in the Kielce district, in central Poland…

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Collier's Nightmare Voyage to Sydney Battered by Gales and High Seas Water Bad, Crew Sick, Food Supplies Exhausted Eighty Days on Trip

The Sun · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 2

WITH two small tins of soup left, no tea or coffee and with no cigarettes among the men, the small steam collier Elfstone berthed at Sydney today, 80 days out from Newcastle-on-Tyne…

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Collier Fought Gales Food Ran Low on Long Trip From England

The Sun · Sunday 30 May 1937 · page 5

Short of stores, the small collier Elfstone berthed in Sydney yesterday, after a nightmare trip of 80 days from England…

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Cable Repairs Hindered by Tasman Storms. Cable Ship Unable to Work. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 10

After an absence from Auckland since March 24, the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's cable ship Recorder reached port again on Saturday after fruitless endeavours…

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Crowds Storm Plaza

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 10

IT is a tribute to the entire cast, a the producers and the entertainment element of "On the Avenue" that record crowds are still…

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Fierce Gale Raging in Bass Strait. Shipping Delayed. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 8

Fierce westerly gales and huge seas in Bass Strait and off the south-east coast of Victoria, were reported to-day by ships and coastal stations…

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Floodlights for 1938 Extensive Scheme Planned

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 12

FLOODLIGHTING on a scale eclipsing anything ever previously attempted will be a feature of the illuminations for the 150th…

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Cyclone in Tasman. Ship Hove-to. Severe Cold in N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 12

The cyclone which inconvenienced all shipping in and near Bass Strait on Wednesday moved eastward yesterday, and caused severe gales in…

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Memorial Floodlights

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 7

Permanent fixtures to floodlight the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park will be installed. Announcing this last night, the…

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Storm Damages

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 11

THE thunder rumbled in the heavens; rain pelted down in torrents, while streaks of lightning illuminated the dark sky. Suddenly…

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Bitter Day. Coldest for a Year. Heavy Rain. Metropolis Soaked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 18

Sydney yesterday experienced its coldest day since June 14 of last year. Heavy rain fell throughout the day. The mean temperature for the day…

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