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187 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 10
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 being present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are favoured by Mr. Abraham Cohen with the following extract from a letter from Messrs. Cohen and Levy, Tamworth. It will be seen from this letter, and from communication below—from our correspondent at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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 [?] down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—Several of your readers in the interior have erroneously attributed to me the authorship of a letter or letters recently published in your widely circulated journal. The insertion of this communication will, I…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE adjourned meeting in aid of those who were in circumstances of distress through the late flood, was held at the School of Arts yesterday. The attendance at the commencement of the proceedings was not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river is falling now much slower than at first— scarcely a foot a day apparently. Laat evening it was still nearly seven feet above high water mark. The deposit left by the flood would be well worth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Monday a public meeting of the inhabitants of the Hunter River District was held in the Hall of the School of Arts, West Maitland, for the purpose of raising subscriptions and adopting other measures for alleviating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting took place at New-castle on Tuesday last, for the purpose of raising subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the late floods. The Warden presided. Resolutions were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following reports were sent in to the Flood Relief Committee, by the gentlemen appointed to inquire into the losses and distress occasioned by the late flood. We print them verbatim, or neatly so, being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We are indebted to the Mercury for the following additional statistics in reference to the losses sustained by the settlers from the late flood. THE REV. MR. KENNY'S REPORT ON NARROWGUT,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pursuant to notice, a public meeting was held in the Court-house on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of considering the best means of assisting those who have suffered by the late disastrous flood in the Hunter. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting was held at the Rose Inn, on Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose, as stated in the advertisement convening it, of considering the propriety of communienting some particulars connected with the late flood to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Inhabitants of Maitland and Morpeth ero now busily engaged in repairing the damages caused by the flood, the walls and floors of most of the houses being in a terrible state of filth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Since the public meeting held on Monday last, the Relief Committee has sat every day, at the School of Arts, for the purpose of investigating cases of distress and receiving new applications. A considerable number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE trust that the following appeal from the Flood Relief Committee will succeed in producing a more correct view of the flood distresses than now prevails very generally. We believe that a more lamentable…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr.G.B. Whyte, who was for more than a quarter of a century engaged as a Government Surveyor in the Hunter district, publishes in the Mercury the following valuable letter on the late floods:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Through the good providence of God, and the heroic exertions of certain benevolent and brave men, to whom the community are under the highest obligations, there has been only one life lost during the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In my last report I confined myself entirely to the loss and injury sustained in the three towns of West Maitland, East Maitland, and Morpeth, reserving any remarks on the country districts to a future period,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is only a few months ago that the people of this colony, moved by the reports of distress occasioned by an inundation in France, contributed some £500 or £600 as an expression of their sympathy. This colony…
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