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187 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 10
SIR,—Will you be so kind as to allow me to correct one or two inaccuracies which appear in the letter signed "Landamus," in your issue of to-day. The name of the vessel to which Mr. William Boyd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PRELIMINARY meeting of persons favourable to rendering assistance to the sufferers from the disastrous floods in the Hunter River District, was held yesterday afternoon, at the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OUR contemporary, the Northern Times of yesterday, says:—The flood was at its greatest height on Saturday. People in Maitland, who had not previously cared much about it, began about this time to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A preliminary meeting of persons favourable to rendering assistance to the sufferers from the disastrous floods in the Hunter River District, was held yesterday afternoon at the Royal Hotel, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The best view of the flood was to be had from the Stockade Hill, in East Maitland, near the residence of the Rev. Mr. Rusden. We ascended this hill on Saturday evening, when the flood was at its highest. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two schemes for preventing losses by future floods in this neighbourhood have already been broached—and indeed have been partially discussed years since. The lightest of these, as regards maintaining expenses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE committee appointed at the meeting pn Monday last, for the purpose of collecting information relative to the losses by flood sustained in the district, met on Wednesday afternoon, at the School of Arts, pursuant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE district of the Hunter is so intimately connected with the metropolis, by its extensive trade and productive industry, and by its rapid means of approach and the frequent social…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first six months of 1857, now drawing to a close, will be long remembered by the inhabitants of the Hunter River district generally, from the frequency and viclence of the floods which have devastated the localities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first six months of 1857, now drawing to a close, will be long remembered by the inhabitants of the Hunter River district generally, from the frequency and violence of the floods which have devastated the localities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss or LIFE AT SCONE.—The afternoon of Wednesday set in with rain, and serious apprehensions occupied the minds of the inhabitants of the town as to the fate of those thus cut off as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The heavy falls of rain during the past week in the Hunter River-District have resulted in a flood, which seems to have been more disastrous in its consequences than any previous inundation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →May the tear of sorrow from the cistern of the heart be purified by the filter of affliction, and join, the waters of oblivion. May sorrow never find a watery grave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It has pleased Providence to visit us with a terrible calamity. In the midst of our security, and when we had the least expectation of such a castastrophe the waters have come down upon us, bearing with them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION DEBATING CLASS.—THE debating class of the Young Men's Christian Association have been for some time past engaged at their periodical meetings, in endeavouring to dispose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since my last communication the weather has been rather whimsical—alternately frost, wind, sunshine, and rain. On Tuesday last it was a beautifully clear morning until 11 o'clock, when the sky became overcast,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE river continues to full steadily, but scarcely so fast as at first appeared. Last evening it had fallen to about nine or ten feet above high water mark. Houses are everywhere being cleaned from the mud…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have had one of the greatest floods known since 1840; the whole of this township was under water. We fear a great deal of damage has been done; a number of cattle and horses have been seen passing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Thursday the following cases of distress were laid before the committee at the School of Arts. The Rev. Dean Lynch, the Rev. J. R. Thackeray, Dr. Liddell, and Messrs. Crawford and W. T. Mitchell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river continues to fall steadily, but scarcely so fast as at first apparently. Last evening it had fallen to about nine or ten feet above high water mark. Houses are everywhere being cleaned from the mud…
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