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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 68

Liner's Saloon Flooded by Seas Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 July 1937 · page 6

A violent south-westerly gale in the Australian Bight was encountered by the [?]r Orford, which arrived yesterday. Huge seas struck the vessel and…

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Il Giornale Italiano the Italian Journal July 28, 1937 a Storm in a Teacup

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 4

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North Pole's Flood Threat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 3

MOSCOW, Tuesday. -- The Soviet scientific and aerial base at the North Pole is threatened with floods from continuous rain and warm weather…

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Death of Mr. G. Flood

The Propeller · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 4

Mr. G. Flood, of Park Road, Hurstville, died on Tuesday, aged 65 years. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and one daughter (Mrs. A. L…

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R. League Stars of the Past Brief Reappearance In Game Under Floodlights Henson Park

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 5

SEVERAL famous Rugby League players of other days will make a brief reappearance in a match to be played under floodlights at…

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Storm on the Mountains. Early Coaching Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 July 1937 · page 13

This record of an accident to the Great Southern mail coach in the days of Cobb and Co. is taken from an old manuscript in the possession of a…

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Breeze Came Home at Gale Force

Truth · Sunday 1 August 1937 · page 2

HAD BREEZE breezed home in the second scamper of yesterday's Juvenile at Moorefield the filly would have done the ring…

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Landing in Storm. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 August 1937 · page 10

The pilot and passenger of a metal Gypsy Moth plane had a remarkable escape from injury this afternoon when the plane was caught by a gust of wind while landing on…

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Heavy Flood of Imports Govt.'s Low Tariff Policy Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 6

Customs revenue for 1937-38 on the basis of last month's collections--the first of the current financial year--shows every indication of being as…

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Flood Relief Scheme. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 12

At a public meeting of landowners of the Lower Macleay, Kempsey, and Hastings it was decided to approve of the proposed £30,200 flood relief scheme, towards the cost…

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Peril From Ganges Flood ALLAHABAD

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 August 1937 · page 3

THE river Ganges--source of life to millions of devout Hindus--is in flood, and has turned on its worshippers…

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Trains Unable to Run Storm Floods Tube In London LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 23

High temperatures were recorded in London to-day for the third day in succession, and the heat brought severe thunderstorms…

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Bass Strait Storm. Delays to Shipping. Small Ketch's Fight. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1937 · page 10

Many vessels bound for Melbourne have been delayed by a heavy coastal storm. The small auxiliary ketch Leeta May, from Smithton, had a terrific…

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Bass Strait Gales. Second Day of Storm. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 12

Strong gales and high seas on the south coast of Victoria continued to-day, and shipping was further disorganised. The weather has affected ships bound from both eastward…

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Struck by Storm

The Sun · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 12

Torn canvas of the 83-lon auxiliary ketch, Leela May, which was buffeted by big seas during her voyage from Tasmania to Melbourne, being repaired. The ketch was skudding under reefed canvas near Cape Schnanck when, without warning, the storm struck her, heeling her over almost on her beam ends…

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Storms Follow Heat in London London

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 8

High temperatures have been recorded in London for the third day in succession and the heat brought severe thunderstorms. The tube…

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Rain Deluge. North London. Rest of City Still Swelters. Freak Heat Wave. (From Our Special Representative.) London, Aug. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 11

The queerest freak weather for several years, which gave Londoners a five-day heat wave, yesterday broke temporarily in North London only…

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Storms Delayed Shipping

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 1

AS a result of the rough weather being encountered between Brisbane and Sydney, shipping is arriving hours overdue…

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Storm in a Tea Cup

Truth · Sunday 8 August 1937 · page 3

BY advocating that trainer Jack Jamieson should be restored to the No. 1 trainer's list, the daily "Sun" is getting nowhere and is only…

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By Radio Telephone Awatea And Monterey Racing In Teeth Of Fierce Gale

The Sun · Sunday 8 August 1937 · page 3

In a radio-telephone interview with "The Sunday Sun" at 10 p.m., the commander of the Awatea (Captain A. H…

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