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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1836

4 stories in Sydney's papers

Sydney Theatricals. " Heaven s[?]ield the mariner on his path of starom, Where the breakers white Fling o'er the night, a thousand dreadful forms; When the st[?]s are wr[?]pt in g1 om, And every wave come like a doom— Heaven sh[?]eld the mariner— Heaven shield the mariner upon his path of storms.'' Pilot—Act 1st.sc. 3rd

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1836 · page 2

FITZBALL's three act Nautical Bur[?]etta " The Pilot," was played on Thursday night last to a tolerable house; but owing to the contracted limits of the…

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Bengal. Awful Situation of the "Lonagh," in a Late Gale

The Sydney Herald · Monday 1 February 1836 · page 3

Extract of a letter from the Commander of the ship Louach, dated Kedgeree, 2nd Septem ber, 1835 —"We left Sangor on the morning of the 31st ultimo, with a favourable breeze…

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Dreadful Gale and Awful Loss of Life

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Wednesday 15 June 1836 · page 4

SCARBOROUGH, FEB. 18--One of the most awful storms known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant was experienced here yesterday, and which it is to be…

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Celect Poetry. Lines Found in the Cell of a Maniac Supposed to have been written during a storm

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1836 · page 4

Rise, spirit of the whirl wiud, dread demon of the blast, And crush an abject wietch,whose dream of hope is past: Stern elements, I brave ye, for your hottest rage can…

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