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IT is again our painful duty to record floods of a most disastrous character, in the Nepean, the Hawkesbury, and the Hunter, consequent on the late heavy rains—floods greater than those which have laid waste from time to time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The accounts which reached Sydney on Friday night and Saturday morning, from the flooded districts, were so contradictory an yet alarming, that in order to place our readers in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE committee appointed on the 27th June, 1861, to relieve the distress occasioned by severe floods at that time, met, by invitation, at the Metropolitaan Hotel, Pitt-street, at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By the courtesy of the truffle manager of the railway I was accommodated with a seat on the balla[?]t train. We left the Honeysuckle Point Station at about 9 a.m. on Sunday with the intention of proceeding to the One-Mile Creek, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OUR correspondent sends the following chronicle of events from Windsor since Thursday last, in connection with the flood:- FRIDAY EVENING, 21ST JUNE.—It was with anxious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,— In this day's Empire, under the head of "Floods," the following paragraph appears: — "The water in the Nepean on Friday, was two fest six inches higher than the specified flood level retained by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—Another calamitous flood has visited our fair land, and, as a Consequence, will naturally entoila vast amount of human suffering, especially to those living on [?]d connected with, our own lying lands…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rain began to fall steadily soon after Rundown on Tuesday, and has continued With only brief intermissions to the time we are writing. During Wednesday night there was the heaviest downpour, and when day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The rainfall which began on Monday night lost, and which has continued with but little interruption ever since, has caused another flood, the second this season, In the Mulwarreo and Wollondilly rivers. During…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The tremendous heavy rains of the past three days have resulted, as might have been expected, in a msot disastrous and destructive flood in the Hunter at Morpeth, the two Maitlands and Singleton. By the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →June, 1864, will ever be memorable in this district on account of the great flood which rose to such an enermous height, and did such an immense amount of damage, destroying houses, demolishing barns,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Committee appointed on the 27th June, 1864, to relieve the distress occasioned by the severe floods at that time, held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the Metropolitan Hotel, Pitt-street, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WITHIN the recollections of the oldest inhabitant, Wollongong has never been visited with as severe and disastrous a gale as that we have experienced during the past week, Standing on the flagstaff and looking coastwise, the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The calamity that has overtaken so many of our fellow— colonists is of so sweeping a nature that it has stunned and paralyzed them. It b[?]hoves ua who aro unscathed to afford all the help that lies in our power. I would take the liberty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PURSUVANT to adjournment a meeting of the Flood Relief Fund Committee took place yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the appointed place of assembly being the large dining-room of the Metropolitan Hotel, Pitt-street. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JUNE 21.— A very observable change in the weather took place on Monday. The same day the moon, which for nights had been surrounded by a wide and widening circle, c[?]tered the third quarter. This observation is made to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—One of the characteristics of the population of Sydney is the spentaneous spirit of charity with which relief is offered in time of need. Be it fire, flood, or wreck, which cansos our fellow-creatures to suffer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting was held yesterday, at Butt's Metropolitan Hotel, Pitt-street. The chair was occupied by his Worship, Charles Moore, Esq., Mayor of Sydney. Among thos[?] present were the Honorable George Alled,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The effects of the fierce gale the blow for nearly a week on these shores has forcibly recalled the storm of last July, which so many precious lives were sacrificed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PURSUANT to advertisement, a meeting of the Committee of the Flood Relief Fund was held, yesterday afternoon, in the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney Exchange, at 3 o'clock, At the commencement of the proceedings about…
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