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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 68

Rain, Hail &Thunder Forecast Gloomy Prospects For Week-end Cyclone Near

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 1

CYCLONIC conditions will probably spoil the week-end, according to Mr. Mares. A disturbance. bringing with it rain…

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More Rain at Week-end Winds Likely To Be Of Gale Force

The Sun · Saturday 21 August 1937 · page 3

With a steadily falling barometer, a promise of colder conditions and strong winds reaching gale force. Sydney is expected to share with the…

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Cyclone on Wane

The Sun · Sunday 22 August 1937 · page 1

Abatement of the cyclonic conditions yesterday is promised for to-day by Mr. Mares. Further fleeting snow is expected…

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Hockey. No Good in the Flood Easts Lose Cup To Norths Unusual Ruling

Truth · Sunday 22 August 1937 · page 7

THE Metropolitan Hockey Association season—one of the most successful in the history of the code—concluded yesterday. The…

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Risks in Flood to Get Body Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 22 August 1937 · page 1

Crawling out on a hurdle over a flooded stream, two Clare residents recovered the body of Sydney Butcher, 54,…

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Awatea Fighting Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 August 1937 · page 2

The express liner Awatea is fighting her way through a heavy gale on the passage from Wellington to Sydney…

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Ketch Sailed to Safety. Youth's Initiative. Master Incapacitated in Storm. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 15

With the distress signal flying from her foremast, her skipper disabled below, and his sole companion, a 19-year-old lad, at the tiller, the two-masted…

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Flooded River Prevents Funeral. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1937 · page 13

The funeral of Mr. William John Barnes, 73, of [?]undle Flat, who died in Wingham on Saturday, was to take place at Cundle Flat. The cortege left Wingham on Sunday…

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Storms Delay Air Searchers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 3

BARROW (Alaska), Wednesday.--Bad weather still hampers the search for the six Soviet airmen, lost 11 days ago when on a flight from Moscow across the…

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Maharaja Saves Town From Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 3

BOMBAY, August 4.--It is revealed here that prompt action by the 29-year-old Maharajah of Dungarpur, probably saved half Dungarpur, the chief town of…

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Lives Lost in Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 August 1937 · page 3

CALCUTTA, August 4.--The damage caused in the plains by flood-water from rivers swollen by the monsoon rains appears to be more serious this year than…

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Good Storms. Dry Areas Benefit. Relief for Graziers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 12

Stormy weather prevailed yesterday over a fairly extensive area, embracing the north-western slopes and plains and the northern tablelands…

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Air-liner Forced Down by Storm Seven Passengers: Landing Made in Small Paddock

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 2

BATTERED by storms, the Broken Hill-Sydney mail plane, with seven passengers and a cargo of mails, was forced down at Gungal, near Muswellbrook, yesterday afternoon. The pilot (Mr. Warren Penny)…

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Plane Is Forced to Land Caught In Storm At Gungal No Damage Tamworth

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 August 1937 · page 10

THE Broken Hili mail plane, a two-engined Gannet. with Warren Penny as pilot and seven passengers aboard, made a forced landing at…

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Heavy Rain. Early Morning Deluge in City. Unsettled Week-end

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 17

Heavy rain commenced to fall in Sydney soon after midnight Thursday and a succession of sharp showers occurred during the early hours…

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Floods in U.S.A. Villages Isolated. Hundreds Leave Homes. New York, Aug. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 August 1937 · page 18

Flood waters from rain-swollen creeks have isolated villages in a large area, says a message from Elmlra (New York), and has forced hundreds of families to evacuate their homes…

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Before The Storm

The Sun · Sunday 29 August 1937 · page 3

"The Sunday Sun" cameraman caught this flock of sea-gulls, when the approaching storm made them seek safety on the beach…

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More Floods in U.S. New York

Truth · Sunday 29 August 1937 · page 16

AT Elmira, floodwaters from rainswollen creeks have isolated villages over a large area, forced hundreds of families to evacuate their…

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Balmain's Brookes Like a River in Full Flood Over 78 Miles Course Pedals to Victory, Beats Senior Amateurs

Truth · Sunday 29 August 1937 · page 7

RACING under ideal conditions, A. Brookes, of Balmain, yesterday won the amateur cycling Senior Open Road Race, run over a course at the Cross Roads, Liverpool, proceeding along Hume Highway to Narellan, across to Campbelltown,…

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Awatea in Gale

The Sun · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The Awatea, from Sydney, is running through a heavy gale, and will arrive late to-night…

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