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29 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
The recent heavy and continuous rainfall has led to most disastrous results in Lancashire and York-shire, and probably other parts of the country will suffer to an equal extent unless fine weather sets in. Many of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FLOODS widely destructive of life and property have recently occurred. From the Trent to the Tweed the streams and rivers have all been swollen by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad and serious is the change in this district's prospects from this day week, and short, was the time for the accomplishment of the dreadful suits—three persons drowned—crops and fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AFTER a long drought a change in the weather occurred on Friday evening last, after two or three fitful indications of an approaching change during the preceding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GEORGE BELFOUR, chief officer of the schooner Cyclone, who, with his shipmates, arrived in Newcastle on Sunday, having walked from Nelson's Bay, says :—"The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shoalhaven has been visited with another flood, the consequences of which are not quite so disastrous as might have been expected, but still its effects will be felt by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It has at last fallen to my lot to have to report a very serious and disastrous flood on the Shoalhaven are away from here, I will endeavor to give a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage done here by the recent flood has been of course but small compared to that on the low land of the river bank. More loss was caused to corn, potatoes, and fencing by the downpour about a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY may be classed by the inhabitants of Geelong among the memorable days, for few of the residents can remember when so near an approach to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT an early hour on the morning of Feb. 5, the most terrific gale which has been experienced for a long time broke over the metropolis, and lasting as it did for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WRECK AT WOLLONGONG AND LOSS OF LIFE:—On Friday afternoon, while the gale along the coast was almost at its highest, the ketch Margaret, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE rain which commenced early last week continued with almost unexampled fury, and early on Thursday the river had overflowed its banks to a depth of several feet, inundating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MUCH anxiety prevailed in Sydney on Friday, in consequence of the exciting accounts received from Windsor, Penrith, and other places, of the alarming progress…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A great deal of rain fell during Saturday and yesterday, which appears to have been merely a local visitation, as the river subsided fully ten feet on Saturday night, draining much of the flooded land,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The people of Penrith are about to illustrate the truth of the adage which says that "Misfortunes never come singly." One great calamity has befallen them, and another—by some people considered almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A LARGE and enthusiastic public meeting was held in the Masonic Hall, on Wednesday last, to devise means for relieving the distress caused by the recent floods and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The floods have subsided considerably since Sunday, and no part of the railway line is now under water. Yesterday evening the water was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In accordance with advertisement a public meeting was held at the Court-house, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of joining in the movement for alleviating the distress occasioned by the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A private letter, dated Burrendong, 22nd June, contains the following painful narrative of suffering and death. The writer's father, who lost his life in endeavouring to save his neighbours is Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following particulars of the melancholy catastrophe alluded to by our Wellington correspondent have been kindly furnished to us (Western Examiner) by F…
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