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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1858

10 stories in Sydney's papers

Gales in the Channel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1858 · page 4

Terrific hurricanes have within the last fow days swept the English and Irish coasts. Reports of considerable damage done to shipping have arrived from various seaports. It is stated that the works of the Plymouth and Great Western…

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Great Floods in Cork

Empire · Wednesday 6 January 1858 · page 3

The Dublin correspondent of the Times, writing on the 1st of October, says:—The Cork pupers reoeived this morning state that on Tuesday a strong gale blew frort the southward, and towards evening rain fell in torrents…

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Great Floods in Cork

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 January 1858 · page 3

The Dublin correspondent of the Times, writing on the 1st of October, says:— The Cork papers received this morning state that on Tuesday a strong gale blew from the southward, and towards evening…

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Server Gale at Ceylon

Empire · Thursday 21 January 1858 · page 5

On Friday morning the weather, which had been threa[?]ing during the previous night, changed from a steady breeze at W. by E. to n strong gale at N. by W. This increased hourly in force until 3 ¼p.m., which the barque Fa[?]el Haz Louisa, 400 tons,…

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The Indian Mutinies. the Times, of 19th November, contains the following interesting details of events in India, extracted from private communications:— the Storm of Delhi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1858 · page 2

The following is from an Engineer officer:— "The Camp, Delhi, September 21 to September 27. "Here we are at last, thank God, having kicked out those rascals neck and crop after a twelve days' attack…

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"The Case of Mr. R. V. Gale." to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 2 July 1858 · page 6

SIR—In your report of the proceedings of the Assembly, Mr. George Macleay in represented to have said that the Local Board dismissed Mr. Gale, "without communicating the reasons which induced the Board to do so to…

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The Case of Mr. R. V. GALE. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 July 1858 · page 5

SIR,—In your report of the proceedings of the Assembly, Mr. George Macleay is represented to have said that the Local Board dismissed Mr. Gale "without communicating the reasons which induced the Board…

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"Pitt-street Presbyterian School" and "The Case of Mr. R. V. Gale." to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 5 July 1858 · page 4

SIR—In your paper this week, there appeared two letters under the above heading, the former on the 1st instant, and the latter on the day following, and only serves to show that the writer, James Fullerton, has…

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Disastrous Floods in Tasmania

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 August 1858 · page 8

BY way of Melbourne we have news from Tasmania to the 17th instant. The papers give particulars of the most serious floods ever known in that colony. The coaches have…

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Mr. Flood and the Late Colonial Architect. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 December 1858 · page 5

SIR,—My continued absence from Sydney has prevented1 my earlier requesting you to afford me space in your columns to vindicate my professional character from a charge brought against me by Mr. Flood, in the Legislative Assembly, during the debate…

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