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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1850

22 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Extraordinary Case of Child Stealing. Police-Office, Monday, 11th February, before Mr. Flood, J. P.

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 16 February 1850 · page 2

Angelina Mary Hughes Hallet, alias Elliott or Elyard, and Amelia Croker, alias Walsh, were placed at the bar, charged, the first with having feloniously and maliciously and by force and fraud…

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California Extracts. the Flood at Sacramento! Immense Destruction of Property!! Destitute Condition of the Inhabitants!!! (From the Alta California, January 19.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1850 · page 2

THE deplorable catastrophe which has befallen the thriving and populous city of Sacramento, now completely submerged by the waters of the river of that name, can but excite our…

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The Flood at Sacramento! Immense Destruction of Property!! Destitute Condition of the Inhabitants!!!

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 30 March 1850 · page 6

The deplorable catastrophe which has befallen the thriving and populous city of Sacramento, now completely submerged by the waters of the river of that name, can but excite our liveliest sympathies, and we hasten to place the fullest particulars before the public…

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Reid's Law of Storms. (From the Times.) The Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms: and of the Variable Winds, with the Practical Application of the subject to Navigation. Illustrated by charts and woodcuts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 May 1850 · page 3

THIS volume forms the sequel to a work which attracted repeated notice in our columns at its first appearance, eleven years ago. Its contents, as is obvious from the title itself, are calculated…

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Reid's Law Op Storms

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 4 May 1850 · page 128

The Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms: and of the Variable Winds, with the Practical Application of the subject to…

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Adjourned Licensing Session. Monday. Present— The Right Worshipful the Mayor, J. R. Holden, Esq., Mr. Alderman Thurlow, T. Callaghan, Esq., E. Flood, Esq., Mr. Alderman Allen, T. W. Smart, Esq., Captain Browne, and E. D. Day, Esq, Application of Bridget Fitzgibbons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 May 1850 · page 2

The consideration of this application had been postponed in order to afford time for some repairs to the house, and it was now certified that the repairs had been completed. The…

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City Council. Monday. Present: — The Mayor, Aldermen—Allen, Broughton, Egan, Fisher, and Thurlow, Councillors—Board, Driver, Flood, Jenkins, Josephson, Little, May, Macdonald, Moffitt, Moore, Paton, Peden, Ryan, Roberts, Thomas, Thornton, and Williams. Improvement of Upper William-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1850 · page 2

Alderman EGAN moved, that as no eligible tenders had been received for the temporary repairs of Upper William-street, seven labourers and three carters be employed for six weeks, or…

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City Council. Wednesday. PRESENT:—The Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Broughton, Fisher, Thurlow, Brown, and Egan; Councillors Peden, Thornton, Thomas, Josephson, Williams, Moore, Roberts, Board, Driver, Flood, May, Moffitt, Jenkins, and M'Donald. Surveyor's Estimates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 June 1850 · page 4

Mr. ROBERTS moved that the resolution of Council, of date the 22nd April last, with reference to the estimates of the City Surveyor for works to be performed in the city, being…

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Lieut. Gale's Plan for the Discovery of the Missing Expedition of Sir John Franklin

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 8 June 1850 · page 1

Lieutenant Gale, R.N., the celebrated aeronaut, delivered on Thursday evening the last of two very excellent and interesting lectures on the art and science of aerostation, at the…

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City Council. Modnay. Preset: The Mayor, Aldermen Egan, Allen, Broughton, and Thuriow, Councillors Josephson, Williams, Driver, May, Moffitt, Flood, Peden, Ryan, Moore, Little, Board, Jenkins, Thornton, Macdonald, Wilkie, and Roberts. PETITIONS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1850 · page 2

Mr. LITTLE presented a petition for the repair of the Darlinghurst road. Read and received. Mr. THORNTON presented a petition for the…

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Original Correspondence. Circular Theory of Storms. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1850 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—The varied, miscellaneous, and scientific matter made public through the medium of your paper, both original and selected, appears so much calculated to enlighten and…

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Circular Theory Op Storms. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 3 August 1850 · page 208

Gentlemen,—The varied, miscellaneous, and scientific matter made public through the medium of your paper, both original and selected, appears so much calculated to enlighten and…

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A Pacific Ocean Flood Idea

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 17 August 1850 · page 2

"The man who fights and runs away Will live to fight another day; But hw who is in battle slain Will never live to fight again,"…

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A Fearfull(1) Flood. Police-office, Saturday. August 17

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 24 August 1850 · page 1

On Saturday (an notified in our last) Captain Augustus Charles Lennox Fitz Roy, son of, and Aide-de-camp to. His Excellency the Governor, appeared at the Police-office before John Rose…

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English News. Great Storm in Dublin. (From the News Letter, April 18.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 August 1850 · page 3

THE day was warm, with occasional clouds, and at 3 o'clock there was nothing in the ba[?]ometer to indicate that a sudden change was impending. The air became rather close and…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council. Monday. PRESENT—The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Thurlow, Egan, and Brown; Councillors Moore, Driver, Little, Thomas, Peden, Paton, Morfitt, Board, Roberts, Neale, Jenkins, Macdonald, Lingard, Flood, Ryan, Josephson, and May. Negociation with Mr. Norton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 September 1850 · page 2

The MAYOR stated that the negociation with Mr. Norton, referred to at the quarterly meeting, had terminated by a loan to the Corporation of £1600…

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The Late Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 October 1850 · page 2

The following is an extract from the log of the brig Essing'on, Captain Mills:— Sunday, October 13.—Off Cape Howe, at 10[?]30 A.M., wind sprang up light from the north-east, and…

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The Late Gale

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 26 October 1850 · page 278

The following is an extract from the log of the brig Essington, Captain Mills:— Sunday, October 13.—Off Cape Howe, at 10.30 A.M., wind sprang up light from the north-east, and…

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Great Storm in Paris

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 December 1850 · page 3

ON the 6th of August a fearful storm of rain burst over Paris. The following account of it is given by the Paris correspondent of the Times, of the 9th:—…

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Mr. Edward Flood, J.P.

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 7 December 1850 · page 2

THAT even ignominy is preferable to obscurity, would seem to be the principle actuating this gentleman in the course which he has thought proper to pursue in…

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