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248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 13
Sir,—It appears that the Central Committee are purchasing in Sydney the various articles, such as blankets, clothing, boots, &c., for supply to the local committees, to be in turn distributed by them to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—It appears that the Central Committee are purchasing in Sydney the various articles, such as blankets, clothing, boots, &c., for supply to the local committees, to be in turn distributed by them to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SIR.—The objections made by "A Settler" to the plan proposed by me to remedy floods, have little or no force; if (as he admits) my proposition was carried into effect, would tend to lessen the height of the floods at and about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →YESTERDAY, pursuant to adjournment, the Working Committee appointed by the Central Committee in connection with the Floods Relief Fund met at the Sydney Exchange, at 12 o'clock—the Right Worshipful the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Much has been said lately concerning the distress in Windsor, occasioned by the late flood, bur Richmond [?]as scarcely been mentioned, and an idea appears to prevail that the distress here is only trifling; indeed, we have been told…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE DISTRESS AT ARALURN.—The correspondent of the Broadwood Dispatch writes that "The Floods Relief Committee met on Tuesday, 9th instant, at 10 o'clock, and sat until half-past 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The applicants…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE violence of the storm was very great at Newcastle, though, providentially, comparatively few casualties occurred among the shipping. The lifeboat crew was, however, in [?]nent peril, and one of the brave fellows perished in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CONSIDERING the fearfully heavy weather that has swept along our seaboard with relentless fury from the night of 10th to the morning of 23rd ultimo it is gratifying to state that up to the present time the casualties, as far as shipping are concerned, in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SOME of the most fertile regions of the colony have been inundated by floods of unprecedented magnitude. This visitation has not passed away without causing loss of life, though happily the number of persons…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the issue of the Empire which contained the summary of news for the Jun mail, appeared several telegrams from various parts of the colony, announcing the probability and extreme danger of a recurrence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →YESTERDAY, pursuant to adjournment, the Working Committee appointed by the Central Committee in connection with the Floods Relief Fund met at the Sydney Exchange at 12 o'clock—the Rev. A. H. Stephen in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The disastrous effects from the previous and late floods are too generally known for me to dwell upon; but it appears the same catastrophe is likely to occur on every extensive fall of rain. Time, no doubt, will develop some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YESTERDAY, pursuant to adjournment, the Working Committee appointed by the Central Committee, in connection with the Floods Relief Fund, met at the Sydney Exchange at 11 o'clock— the Mayor of Sydney in the chair. Amongst the other gentlemen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Tuesday, pursuant to adjournment, the Working Committee appointed by the Central Committee in connection with the Floods Relief Fund met at the Sydney Exchange at 12 o'clock—the Rev. A. H. Stephen in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The fearful gale of wind the blew throughout the early part of yesterday, has caused a most lamentable loss of life, and the destruction of two pilot boats and a shipping butcher's boat, at the Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SCARCELY have the effects of the late disastrous floods softened down in the public mind, ere it is our painful duty to record a terrible disaster on the return of boisterous weather. On Sunday last, about 9 a.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—The calamity that has overtaken so large a number of the residents in the neighbourhood of our chief streams has reduced many able-bodied labouring men to compulsory idleness. For some time to come…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A preliminary meeting was held in the Lecture Hall attached to the Pirie[?]street Church, on Wednesday morning, July 17, for the purpose of considering what arrangements should be made to express the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY MORNING, the Working Committee appointed by the Central Committee in connection with the Floods Relief Fund met at the Sydney Exchange, at ll o'clock— the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Sydney in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A GENERAL meeting of the Flood Relief Committee of the Morpeth electorate was held at the Morpeth School of Arts, on Friday, the 26th instant, the Mayor, Mr. S. S. Dickson, in the chair. Memebers of all the sub-committe[?]…
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