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248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 13
As we feared the flood of Friday night (12th) proved the heaviest that we have experienced since the setting in of the late rains. As evening net in on that eight the rain, which, had been falling incessantly far forty-eight hours previously,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →APRIL 28.—Since Friday the water has risen very little, but sufficiently to flood the greater portion of the lowlands and cover hundreds of acres of golden grain which had been relied upon by the farmers as the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →APRIL 30TH, 9 P. M. —As may well be supposed, we are now in the midst of a flood, the town being almost, if not entirely, surrounded by water. At all points nothing but the same spectacle moots the eye, and strikes one with bitter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following report has been supplied to us by a psssenger by the Lady Young (s.), which arrived last night:- A storm of wind and rain of very unusual severity passed over Brisbane on Saturday night and Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With the exception of the flood in the river, the effects of the late storm have not been very serious, and, in fact, are far less than might have been expected. All communication by telegraph with Ipswich…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following report has been supplied to us by a passenger by the Lady Young (s.), which arrived on Thursday night:—A storm of wind and rain of very unusual severity…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE following interesting meteorological facts in connection with the gale have been supplied by the Rev. J. Bliss, the Government Meteorologist:- A gale of very unusual intensity visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →APRIL 30TH 9 P.M.—As may well be supposed, we are now in the midst of a flood the town being almost if not entirely, surrounded by water. At all points nothing but the same spectacle meets the eye, and strikes one with bitter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE correspondent of the Maitland Mercury gives the following particulars of the flood at Stroud, dated May 2:- A fortnight had only elapsed when this district was again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It has for some time been evident that the Eastern coast of Austrlia was to be visited this season by great falls of rain. It is now three years since any very heavy rainfall has occurred in the river basin of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The correspondent of the Maitland Mercury gives the following particulars of the flood at Stroud, dated May 2:— A fortnight had only elapsed when this district was again…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The coasts of Cornwall and Devon were visited, in common with the south of England, by a very heavy gale on the 16th and 17th, from the south-east. From Mount's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This was an action for the recovery of money paid by the plaintiffs for the use of the defendant, to which the defendant pleaded never indebted. Counsel for plaintiffs, Mr. Darley; for the defendant,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In these days of war, and rumours of war, it is gratifying to learn from the telegraphic columns of that great "head-centre" of European diplomacy, the S. M. Herald, that There is a better feeling among teas!…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IT rained heavily all last night, and the river has risen to within a foot of the great flood of 1864. It is still raining, and the waters continue to rise slowly. There is no communication by railway, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Much anxiety prevailed in Sydney yesterday, in consequence of the exciting accounts received from Windsor, Penrith, and other places, of the alarming progress of the floods. During Thursday night the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Dubbo Jockey Club Annuel Racoa commenced on Wednesday, and, so have, hare passed off very successfully. The weather was all that could be desired—fine and clear, with a moderate tomperature, neither too hot nor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CONSIDERING the fearfully heavy weather that has swept along our seaboard with relantless fury from Wednesday night to Sunday morning. His gratifying to state that up to the present time the casualties, as far as shipping are concerned, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A correspondent, who left Singleton by rail on Friday morning last, supplies us with the following narrative:— For a few nights provious to the evening on which the storm broke, a light greyish circle of unusually large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE flood in this district is said to be by far the highest which has occurred since its settlement by Europeans. The town of Windsor itself is almost entirely submerged, and the country for miles around is under water. The only…
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