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135 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 7
THERE was a letter in the Herald paper, in which it states that Mr. Brown, the district constable, sent a man with a boat to fetch the Rev. Mr. Steele and family out of his house, which was not the case, for I was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WRITING from Shoalhaven on Sunday night, at nine o'clock, our correspondent says:— It is with extreme regret I have to inform you that this poor devoted district is threatened with another deluge. At the time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE laws of aerial storms—theories, once—are now very lucidly ascertained; as clearly, at least, as laws, whether natural or civil, are usually understood. Colonel Reid and Lieutenant Maury have earned to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hark! the rains are fast descending; Hark! the mountain torrents roar; Giant oaks before them bending. Homes once happy are no more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the members of the Musical Profession in this city assembled last night, pursuant to adjournment, at Mr. Marsh's Music room in Jamison-street, at eight o'clock. The chair was occupied by Mr. C.S. Packer, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE are sure that our readers will peruse the accounts which appear in this journal of the devastations of the floods, with deep sympathy for the sufferers. This has been a month of storms. In Sydney, there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE result of observation has proved that Australia is subject to periodic floods, of a very extensive and destructive characterâirrespective of the minor overflowings of creeks and rivers which annually take…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SINCE the departure of the last mail we have had to record a severe calamity which visited the colony in the shape of extensive floods, causing a wide-spread destruction, both of life and property, throughout the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—In acknowledging the very kind and flattering notice of the concert, given at the Exchange, last evening, by the members of the musical profession, in aid of the sufferers by the late floods, permit me to correct a slight error that appears in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE amount which the committee will have to distribute is about [?]5000, nearly £4000 of which has been actually received. No plan of distribution has yet been agreed upon, but a special meeting of the committee is called…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING of the commit[?]ee of the above fund was held yesterday morning at the Exchange, to arrange the plan of distribution of the money already collected. There were present,[?]Kemp, honorary treasurer; Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OUR last summary contained an account of the devastation caused by the heavy floods at Shoalhavan and Braidwood. The suffering which prevailed at that time in these districts for the moment absorbed all the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Bench of Magistrate and the Municipal Council met as a committee of relief in the Nowra Court-house, on Saturday, the 7th instant, at ll o'clock a.m., Kenneth McKenzie, Esq, J.P,, in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The probable loss by the recent floods ls roughly estimated at about £200,000. The basis of the approximation is certain returns which have been made out of the losses sustained in the Shoalhaven district. In this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Bench of Magistrates and the Municipal Council met as a joint relief committee, pursuant to adjournment, in the Court-house, Nowra, on Monday, the 16th instant, at eleven o'clock a.m. Present: Kenneth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Sunday night a gentleman arrived in town from Camden by way of Campbelltown and Liverpool. He states that the whole of the lower parts of Camden, on all sides, are submerged—the water having risen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →APRIL 29.—This district has been visited with a most awful flood, such has not been known for the last twenty years. As near as can at present be ascertained the Nepean was about twenty-five feet above…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The late heavy rains caused floods of an unexampled nature in the city and suburbs, and unprecedented damage has been the result. The gravelling of the streets has in many places been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is my painful duty to record One of the moat disastrous floods that has ever visited this district; of far greater magnitude than the one in August, 1857, which was then stated by that venerable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →APRIL 29.—DISASTROUS FLOOD ON THE HAWKESBURY, AND REPORTED LOSS OF LIFE.—It is my painful duty to report that a most disastrous flood has again visited this district. To attempt to describe it…
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