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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1856

52 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

Mails by the Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1856 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given that mails will be made up and despatched for Great Britain by the Cyclone. The mails will be closed at this office on Saturday, the 30th August, at 6 p.m…

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Mails by the Cyclone

Empire · Wednesday 27 August 1856 · page 4

Notice is hereby given, that mails will be made up and [?] patched for Great Britain, by the Cyclone. The mails will be closed at this office, on Saturday, the 30th August, at 6 p.m…

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Mails by the Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 August 1856 · page 4
Also in Empire

NOTICE is hereby given that mails will be made up and despatched for Great Britain by the Cyclone. The mails will be closed at this office on Saturday, the 30th August, at 6 p.m…

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Mails by the Cyclone

Empire · Friday 29 August 1856 · page 4

Notice is hereby given, Hint mails will be made up and des patchell for Great Britain, by the Cyclone. The mails will be closed at this office, on Saturday, the 30th August, at 6 p.m…

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Mails by the Cyclone

Empire · Saturday 30 August 1856 · page 4

Notion is hereby given, that mails will be made up and des patched for Great Britain, by the Cyclone. The mails will be closed at this office, on Monday, the 1st proximo, at noon…

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Mails by the Cyclone

Empire · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 4

Notice is hereby given, that mails will be made up and des patched for Great Britain, by the Cyclone. The mails will be closed at this office, THIS DAY, at 6 p.m. Registered letters cannot be received after 10 a.m. All letters…

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Summary for England. by the Cyclone

Empire · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 5

THE following Summary of Colonial Intelligence is prepared for transmission to England by the Cylone, for which vessel a mail will be made up at the General Post-office, this evening, at six o'clock…

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Mails by the Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 September 1856 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given that mails will be made up and despatched for Great Britain by the Cyclone. The mails will be closed at this office THIS DAY, the 2nd September, at noon…

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Flood at Mudgee, and Serious Loss of Life

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1856 · page 5

ON the late flood at Mudgee, and calamitous loss of life occasioned thereby, three different gentlemen have addressed us by letter, from that quarter. They narrate the same heartrending event, each…

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Flood at Mudgee, and Serious Loss of Life

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 September 1856 · page 2

On the late flood at Mudgee, and calamitous loss of life occasioned thereby, three different gentlemen hare addressed us (Herald) by letter, from that quarter. They narrate the same heartrending…

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Flood at Mudgee and Deporable Loss of Life

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 13 September 1856 · page 1

An appalling visitation has just overtaken us. On Monday (yesterday) evening, Messrs L'Estrange and Gorman werp both together drowned in the river. The particulars, so far…

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Southern District. (From the Goulburn Chronicle of Saturday.) Storms and Floods in the Murray District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1856 · page 3

We take the following account of a violent thunderstorm at the Ovens, from the Advertiser of the 3rd instant:—"We were visited on the night of Sunday last by a thunder-storm, such as the oldest men among us…

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Storms and Floods in the Murray District

Empire · Thursday 18 September 1856 · page 2

We take the following account of a violent thunder storm at the Ovens, from the Advertiser of the 3rd instant:— "We were visited on the night of Sunday last by a…

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The Late Flood

Empire · Saturday 20 September 1856 · page 5

Although tim winnf me pust winter have not produced any sudden rush nf waters or in any degree inundated the country they have wi saturated the soil ns to produce a Hood in the river of…

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Disastrous Gale on the Coast of Labrador

Empire · Friday 7 November 1856 · page 4

PROVINCETOWN, July 30.—Letters from Captain Henry Cook, master of the schooner Louisa, of Provincetown, state that a severe hurricane was experienced at Green Island on the 1st July, in which his vessel and the brig Samuel Cook, Tilotson, of…

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The Rising Storm in Italy. (From the Times, August 20th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 November 1856 · page 5

WITH the exception of the Sardinian possessions, there is not a square mile of the Italian Peninsula which is not ready for revolt. The first effective rising in any one of teh Italian States will set Italy in…

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The Victoria Bridge Over the Nepean River During the Late Flood. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 November 1856 · page 3

SIR,—The following lines were suggested by an observation made by Mr. Hood in his place in Council on Friday, the 7th instant, during the discussion on the Albury Bridge, where he is reported to have…

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Loss of the Storm King and Rover, Schooners

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 November 1856 · page 5

On Friday morning last, at about half-past five, those unfortunate vessels were driven from their anchors The strength of the fresh and the tide together scoured the ground from their anchors, which caused them to…

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The Late Flood of the Nepean. [From a Correspondrnt.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 November 1856 · page 8

DURING the time the Nepean River was flooded last week, Mr. Ryan, and Mr. M'Beath, engineer to the Victoria Bridge, with several men, were employed in removing a large punt, which formerly contained the…

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