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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 68

1,000,000 People Homeless. Floods in China. Yellow River Dykes. Shanghai, Nov. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 11

One million people are homeless and facing starvation, and another million people are confronted with ruin, in the Province of Shantung, as the outcome…

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Flood Tide Recovered

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 2

T. Webster has been engaged to ride Flood Tide in the Williamstown Cup, to be run to-morrow. Flood Tide has recovered from the trouble…

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"River of Sorrow" in Flood Another Disaster Hits China SHANGHAI

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 7

THE Yellow River, which has been responsible for the lives of millions of Chinese and which, through the years, has earned the tragic title…

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Two Good Cup Trials Flood Tide And Balkan Prince Best MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 25

BALKAN PRINCE'S mile in 1.48½ and Flood Tide's six furlongs in 1.18 were the best Williamstown Cup trials on the…

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From Hot to Cold. Week-end Weather. Inland Dust Storms Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 29

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said last night that violent weather changes were expected during the week-end…

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Disastrous Floods. Chinese Province Under Water. Million People Homeless. (From Our Special Representative.) Hong Kong, Nov. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 29

More than a million people are homeless and destitute, and another million are on the verge of ruin as the result of disastrous floods in Shantung…

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Gale Delays Airliner

The Sun · Sunday 14 November 1937 · page 3

LAUNCESTON, Saturday.--A howling north-westerly gale delayed the Douglas airliner Loongana three hours on its flight from Hobart to…

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Storm At Sea

The Sun · Sunday 14 November 1937 · page 3

THE big ocean liner was about to leave the Harbor on a very long journey. After she had gone about three miles out, the heavens…

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£354 for Botany Cyclone Sufferers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 8

Of £35916, received in donations from the public, £35447 was allocated to persons who suffered in the cyclone which struck Botany in January last, the Mayor…

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Cyclone Relief Fund at Botany

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 7

At a recent meeting of the Botany Council, the Mayor, Aid. W. Herford, who was chairman of the Botany (Cyclone) Relief Committee,…

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Atlantic Storm. North America Battered. Ship Sunk; Flood Damage. New York, Nov. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 10

A heavy Atlantic coastal storm badly battered North America yesterday, damaging shipping, disrupting communications, and flooding wide areas…

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Severe Storm. Damage in Tasmania. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 10

A severe storm, accompanied by a northwesterly gale, swept along, the, north-west coast of Tasmania yesterday. It was accompanied at Burnie by a cyclonic disturbance…

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Vessel Sinks in Furious Storm 'Ocean Graveyard' Claims Another New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 3

THE Greek freighter Tzenny Chadris has foundered off Cape Hatteras, with the loss, it is feared, of 22 lives…

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Villagers Flee From Floods BUDAPEST

The Sun · Monday 15 November 1937 · page 5

UNPRECEDENTED rainfall followed by disastrous floods in the Borsod county, have destroyed bridges, homes and dams, 50 villages having been flooded. A snowstorm during the past 24…

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Damage by Storm. Heavy Rain. Church Wrecked. Violent Winds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 11

A violent rainstorm swept over Sydney at 5 p.m. yesterday, and in less than five minutes 27 points of rain fell…

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Film Review Storm in a Tea Cup

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 4

A Scottish Provost aims to become a “leader” in faseist fashion. To the skirl of bag-pipes and the upraised salute of his theatrical followers he enters…

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Heat Wave Kills Two More Total of Six in Two Days Sydney's Freak Storm Yields 27 Points IN 5 MINUTES

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 1

FOR approximately five minutes yesterday afternoon rain pelted down on Sydney, yielding 27 points. or a little over three…

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Flood in Hungary. Budapest, Nov. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 12

Fifty villages and thousands of acres of land have been flooded in Borsod County, Hungary. Thousands of people are homeless. All the able-bodied men and many…

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Flood Tide Goes Home

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Flood Tide, a New Zealand gelding, who visited Melbourne for the Cups season, returned home today under the care of his trainer…

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After a Summer Storm

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 November 1937 · page 6

THE tall trees, and the strong earth-smell After the rain, The warm air's bated breathing; And again…

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