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313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 16
SIR,—With feelings of admiration, I have road the pro[?]i[?]g[?] of the meeting at the Masonic Hall, for the purpose of affording relief to the sufferers caused by the late [?]; yet, with regret, when [?] reflect that its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE'S a wail of mighty sorrow Resounding o'er the land-- From fellow-men a call for help Swells high on every hand;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting was held in the School of Arts, Morpeth, on Widnesday evening last, to consider the propriety of appointing a committee to co-operate with the Maltland committee in alleviating the distress cooa,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Will you allow me a space in the columns of your valuable paper to refer to a letter which appeared in last Saturday's issue of the Herald, signed Y. W. R.[?] relative to a permanent fund for the relief of sufferers by floods. I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IT [?]ommenced raining again in Sydney on Tuesday night, and continued gently, with occssional intermissions, and without much wind, untill Thursday evening, when it increased and fell in torrents throughout the night and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE tendency of the Hunter River to overflow its banks has always been a source of anxiety to the residents in its vicinity. Three times during the current year have, they suffered from those visitations, the most disastrous being that of the 14th,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAST Thursday evening, June 9, everyone was hopeful that the weather had cleared up, for a finer night we had not seen for some time; the stars shone brightly, and a keen frost-likeair was blowing. Our surprise may be imagined, when rising on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SATURDAY, 11 A. M.—Scarcely has the district had tims to recover breath from the great and disastrous flood of las month ere, in the wise and inscrutable dispensation of the Almighty, it has been doomed again to undergo a similar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JULY 15TH, NOON,—The last news which was forwarded by us, was with reference to a flood, the most de[?]tructive that ever swept along the fertile valley of the Hawkesbury, and now it fails to our lot again to chronicle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE present year will, to the residents of the f[?] districts through which the Hunter passes, for a long time [?] made memorable by the frequency of the floods of which, it has been the era. [?]arly on Saturday the river had passed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →JULY 18TH.—The heavy rain ceased on Friday night, and the last two days have been fine, the end shining brightly, and a splendid breeze blowing from the westward. The water continued to rise until Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OUR last summary left the whole country lying upon the banks of the Hawkesbury, Hunter, and Shoalhaven Rivers, as well as upon those of their numerous tributaries, either submerged by the spreading waters,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the public meeting, at the Masonic Hall, on Monday, the 27th June last, a committee was appointed to carry out the resolations then passed. The committee held their first meeting on Wednesday, the 29th, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In your f[?] of yesterday I observsd, by a Paragraph from Camden, that the committee are truly thankful to the master bakers for their liberal do[?]tions of bread to their dis[?]ssed district. Now, Sir, I am sure that every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE WEATHER AND THE GENERAL FLOOD RAINS.— Strong westerly trying winds prevailed from the taking up of the weather until Wednesday, when the wind fell. The weather continued fine, howerer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Goulburn Herald of the 20th instant says:- When we last wrote there was every appearance of continueus rain and of the waters rising still higher. But fortunately on Saturday morning, it was [?] that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is extracted from "Flanagan's History of News South Wales:- "Af[?]r a drought—in March, 1799, the Hawkesbury rose 50 feet; one man was drowned, and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The brightest lands, the richest vales, In sunny clime of New South Wales, With warm and deep alluvial soil, Repaying well the farmer's toil;…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Day after day. Elemental fray, Whilst around the wind is roaring; Night after night…
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