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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 68

Warning of Storms. Hermits' Duty on Island

The Sun · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 4

ON lonely and desert Willis Island, 300 miles off the north coast of Queensland, "where the cyclones come…

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City 2in. Deluge Weekend Outlook Dreary Good Falls in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 1

BETWEEN 10.30 a m. and 8 p.m. yesterday, 1.89 inches of rain fell in Sydney. This contrasts sl[?]arply with the…

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Snow Falls Reported at Randwick Coast Lashed by Heavy Gale

The Sun · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 5

AFTER Sydney's wettest day and night this year, a resident reported to Mr. Mares that snow had fallen…

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Lonely Life on Island Radio Men Who Gave Storm Warning

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 6

AFTER 13 months, Messrs. H. J. Edwards and A. Oliver, radio men of the staff of Amalgamated Wireless, reached Sydney this week…

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G.-g. Who Had to Live Like a Hermit Pension and Gratuity Plan Causes Storm in Dail Dublin

The Sun · Saturday 5 June 1937 · page 1

"WE are voting money to a man for making himself de Valera's doormat," declared Mr. Neil, a supporter of Mr. Cosgrave, when opposing a proposal that the Dail grant a pension of £500 a year and a gratuity of £2000 to…

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Earth Tremors and Storms Day of Violence in New Zealand Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 6 June 1937 · page 5

Earth tremors, whirlwinds, thunderstorms and vivid lightning have been combined in a day of rare violence…

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U.S.A. Cheered by Million Dollar Storm Denver (U.s.a.)

The Sun · Sunday 6 June 1937 · page 5

One of the latest summer snow storms recorded has swept Wyoming, Montana and Colorado breaking a devastating drought…

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May Be Fine To-day; May Be Worse Than Ever One Storm Going; Another Waiting Fine Breaks Likely Ships On Coast Buffeted

Truth · Sunday 6 June 1937 · page 18

THERE is hope, but very little, that to-day may see a definite break in the dismal rain-soaked conditions of the past two days. Even then, according to Weather Bureau…

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Weather Man Says That Deluge Will Continue 3 Inches at Week-end Air Service Was Abandoned Gales--high Seas

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 5

A FURTHER instalment of the deluge which visited Sydney over the week-end is promised by the Weather Bureau today. Rain, which fell almost without cessation, and gave Sydney its wettest week-end this year, was responsible for the…

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Gale Kept Most 'Planes on Ground

The Sun · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

So bad was the weather at the week- end that air services between Brisbane and Sydney yesterday were cancelled…

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"Million Dollar Storm." Denver (Colorado), June 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 10

What agriculturists term a "million dollar snowstorm" has swept Wyoming, Montana, and Colorado, breaking the drought and laying the dust…

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In Coastal Cyclone Minor Damage To Nieuw Holland Liner's Ordeal

The Sun · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 13

BATTERED by heavy seas on the way from Brisbane, the Dutch liner Nieuw Holland, arrived at Sydney…

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Terrific Cyclone on Coast D.t. Plane From Rabaul Held Up

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

Bringing pictures of the Rabaul disaster, the Daily Telegraph plane, which had crossed the Coral Sea on the…

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Volcanoes' Fury in Pictures. Vivid Series Rushed From Rabaul Capt. P. G. Taylor's Epic Flight In Cyclone

The Sun · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

IN addition to the magnificent pictures on this page, to- day's issue contains, on Pages 9 and 11 and the Back Page, groups of vivid illustrations of the great eruptions at Rabaul…

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Good Rain. Relief for North Coast. Local Floods Likely. Rough Seas on Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 10

The outstanding feature of the weekend weather was the splendid rain which fell generally over the northern coastal areas of New South Wales…

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Floods Are Imminent on the N.s.w. North Coast Falls Up to 7 Inches Warning Given to Shipping

The Sun · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 7

A WARNING that floods are imminent on the North Coast, was issued today by the State…

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Old Man Found in Bush Party Camps in Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 2

POLICE yesterday returned to Comboyne with John Piggott, 60, who had been lost in the bush near the town from…

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Liner Damaged. Rough Night in Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 11

The Nieuw Holland, which arrived in Sydney from Singapore yesterday encountered the full force of the cyclone, which raged along the coast during the week-end, on her trip…

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Peril of Floods Not Imminent But Cyclone May Bring More Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 9

ALTHOUGH a flood warning has been issued to towns on the North Coast rivers, no danger is expected unless more heavy…

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Cyclone Goes Eastward Showers In City Still Likely

The Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 10

The cyclonic conditions responsible for yesterday's ram have moved eastward and are now over the Tasman Sea…

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