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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 68

Flood Danger at Moorebank Removal of Soil Weakens Bank

Liverpool News · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 4

B. Deadman and four other residents of Moorebank complained to Liverpool Council that the removal of soil had weakened the bank of the river, and…

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Gale Havoc in Italy Floods Near Rome Leave 6000 Homeless Fears of Tiber's Embankments Naples

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 8

SIX thousand are homeless as a result of the River Liri flooding 20 square miles of country around the village of Sora, 55…

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Hail Ruins Crops. Fierce Storm. Liverpool Area Laid Waste. Farmers Seek Help

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 17

A [?] hail-storm laid waste many acres of crops, orchards, and vineyards, in the Liverpool district and neigh-bouring areas yesterday…

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Liverpool Families Face Ruin Holdings Stripped by Hail Storm Mayor Will Seek Relief

The Sun · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 1

BROKEN windows, stripped crops and damaged orchards to-day testify to the severity of the hail storm which swept Liverpool district yesterday. Damage is estimated at about…

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ITALIAN_FLOODS. Thousands of People Homeless. ROME, Dec.,17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 18

The Tiber is 30 feet above normal, and 2000 people are homeless in the suburbs. King Victor and Signor Mussolini…

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A Bad Hombre "Gale in the West," by E. J. Muntz. Hodder and Stonghton. Dymock's, Sydney

The Sun · Sunday 19 December 1937 · page 17

IN the Wild West, the young rustler and killer who takes the name of Gale Pietrie is as resourceful and unbeatable as d'Artagnan and the…

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Lovely German Baroness Takes Melbourne By Storm Much Chatter From The Southern Capital MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 19 December 1937 · page 2

YOU may fancy your beauties, you Sydney folk. But let them look to their laurels when our…

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Two Killed by Lightning. Cricketer and Child. Electrical Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 9

Two persons—a child of 7, and a man—were killed by lightning in the week-end. The man was struck while playing cricked at Casino…

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Darwin Base's Faults S.-w. Storms Will Be Troublesome DARWIN

The Sun · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 5

The experience at Darwin of the Centaurus, the Empire flying-boat, which is on a survey flight from Southampton, has caused concern…

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Liverpool Ravaged by Storm's Fury Council Seeks Help For Stricken Farmers Giant Hailstones Ruin Crops

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 1

Unless the efforts of Liverpool Council and various ratepayers' and progress associations in the district are successful, orchardists and viticulturists in Liverpool, Newbridge, Hammondville, Chipping Norton, Moorebank and other areas will be seriously up against…

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Disease Fear in Rome. Flood Abating. Worst for Century. ROME, Dec. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 10

The coming of fine weather has relieved anxiety about the flood in the River Tiber, which was the worst for a century, but there are fears in…

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Victims of Floods

The Sun · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 5

Posed in silent grief, a Syrian mother holds the body of her child, one of 350 victims of recent floods which wiped out whole villages near Damascus. Other refugees, driven from their homes, look on. Many were forced to sleep in the fields, and go without food…

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Tiber Flooded Monks' Cells

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 December 1937 · page 3

ROME, Sunday. -- Ten thousand people were forced from their homes by the flood waters of the river Tiber. Among them were many monks who…

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America's Balance of Payments. The Flood of "Hot Money."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1937 · page 13

The complaint his oflen been made against the United States that she does not receive payment in imports of commodities to nearly the full extent of its exports of…

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Will Wattle Cum's Adventures a Storm Is Brewing

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 9

"THE weather Is simply perfect," said' Clarence Kookaburra. "Um," said Will Wattle-gum and little Snoot Snubble-toes…

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Storm Damage at Liverpool Farmers Rebuffed by Govt

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 7

No company in the Common wealth is prepared to insure farmers against loss caused by hall storms. said Mr. F. a. Manners, of…

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The Amateur Cameraman Floodlighting Effects Pictures by Night

The World's News · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 35

FOR the purpose of taking pictures of flood-lighting effects, a lens hood is necessary. If a hood is not used, reflections from ordinary street-lighting are liable to fog the negative…

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Fire in Mine at Lithgow Got Under Control By Flood Of Water LITHGOW, Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 5

A FIRE broke our during the night in the working of the old Cobar Tunnel. aid. W. H. Thomson manager of the…

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Will Wattle Gum's Adventures What A Wind Storm!

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 11

THE seagulls said yesterday that Will Wattle-gum's desert island was right in the path of a storm. "Not one-of your little…

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Fierce Storm Hail Ruins Crop. Farmers Seek Help

Liverpool News · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 1

A fierce hail-storm laid waste many acres of crops, orchards, and vineyards, in the Liverpool district and neighbouring areas on Friday afternoon. The…

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