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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1937

1,345 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 68

Polish Professors Repudiate Ghetto Measures. Storm in Anti-Semitic Circles

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 8

Warsaw.—A storm of indignation was caused ia the anti-Semitic camp by a declaration made in the Pilsudski University in Warsaw by Professor…

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Liverpool Storm Relief From Government? "Would Set Precedent" Says Minister

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 7

If the Government granted monetary relief to orchardists, viticulturists and tomato growers who suffered heavily in last Friday's storm…

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Fishing-boats in Peril. Gales Raging off Korea. 600 Vessels Swept Away. Tokyo, Dec. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 9

Gales that are raging off the south-west of Korea swept away 600 fishing-boars, with crews totalling 3000. Rescue ships are hurrying to the scene but…

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Snowstorm and Floods in England—police Recruits' Ceremony —Final Preparations for Christmas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 12

Telephone lines and power cables in the South of England were carried away by trees which had been uprooted by a severe snowstorm recently. Above: The havoc caused in the Lyndhurst district. Men at work in the…

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Liner Reaches Port. Holds Flooded After Collision. LONDON, Dec. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 10

With two holds flooded, the American passenger liner, City of Hamburg (8424 tons) was able to proceed under her own power to Cuxhaven (Germany) yesterday after her collision…

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Christmas Floods City

The Sun · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 1

Sydney's record Christmas brings its problem of traffic. Taken at a busy intersection late yesterday afternoon, this picture shows the heavy flood of pedestrians and vehicles. Christmastide traffic will reach its peak to-morrow evening. A new portrait of Rear-Admiral W. N. Custance, who has been appointed…

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Mail Flood Exceeds Xmas Records G.P.O. Handles 2,561,000 Articles In Day

The Sun · Thursday 23 December 1937 · page 1

The G.P.O. handled 2,561,000 letters and packages yesterday, nearly 450,000 more than on any day in any other year. Mail cleared from December 11 to 22 is up 15 per…

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Liverpool Storm Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 10

Mr. C. Ireland, of Sunnybrook Vineyard, Warwick Farm, says that as a result of the storm which passed over the district recently, only half-of his vines and crop of grapes…

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Will Wattle Sum's Adventures After The Storm

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 9

THERE followed the wildest night you could imagine. "Nut Shanty" bent this way and that before the storm, as though…

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Petrol Flood Stops Street Traffic Firemen Called To Rescue

The Sun · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 1

REMARKABLE scenes were witnessed to-day in Marrickville-road, Marrickville, when nearly 50 gallons of petrol gushed from a petrol waggon. All traffic was stopped, and pedestrians were not allowed…

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Manly Floodlighting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 7

Manly Council will continue indefinitely to floodlight its new council chambers at night, despite suggestions that the practice., which costs 176 a week…

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Scattered Storms. Holiday Weather Mr. Mares's Forecast Relief From South

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 December 1937 · page 11

The weather to-day and for the holidays has left the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) in doubt. He said last night that yesterday's sudden…

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Crash in Snow-storm Prague

The Sun · Monday 27 December 1937 · page 5

Caught in a blinding snowstorm, an aeroplane on the Bucharest-Paris service crashed at Bergeichstein, in southern Czechoslovakia, on…

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Cool Change. Thunderstorms May Occur. To-day's Forecast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 December 1937 · page 7

Alter a short spell of, cool southerly weather on the morning of Christmas Day, sultry heat returned to Sydney in the afternoon and night, and continued…

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Storms on Way. Probably Severe. Relief From Heat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 7

A brief shower about 8.30 o'clock last night was the only rain which [?]ell in Sydney over the holidays, but the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares)…

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Hail, Floods: Crops Ruined Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 1

Many acres of pea crop ready to pick, and standing wheat crops were destroyed in this district by a hailstorm which swept over a limited area…

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Heavy Rain And Cool Change

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 1

COOL southerly winds and a violent thunderstorm struck Sydney at 9.30 last night. Sixty points of rain fell in an…

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All Is Not Well in Cyclone

Referee · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 24

TED. WELLS, skipper of 12ft. canvas boat, Cyclone, is building up a record for seconds, comparable only with that of Silver Standard. He was the only man game to set a peak head spinnaker in…

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Electric Current Cut Off Effect of Storm

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 2

Residents of Penrith, St. Marys, and other parts of the district were much inconvenienced for a couple of hours on Wednesday, between 4.30 and 6.30…

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Drenching Rain. End of Torrid Day. Fierce Tasman Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 December 1937 · page 10

The heaviest downpour of rain experienced at Sydney for several months last night brought the first real relief from 12 consecutive days…

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