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248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 13
THE traffic cn the Great Northern line has not been resumed as early as anticipated, the damage done by the late floods being of a more serious nature than at first imagined. On Wednesday last, when the back-water began to clear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The committee of the Floods Relief Fund met on Friday, Saturday, and yesterday, in the Exchange, at 11 o'clock a.m., on each occasion. On Friday the chair was taken by the Honorable George Allen, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first thing which, at the present time, attracts the attention of a passenger by one of the steamboats plying between Sydney and the Hunter, on leaving Newcastle wharf for Morpeth, is the discoloured…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →From Mr. J. D. Brown, farmer, of Freeman's Reach, near Windsor, we have received the following particulars regarding the flood. On Thursday, 20th, as the river was rising rapidly, and the heavy rain threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JUNE 27TH,—The reports that have reached us from other parts of the colony show us that during the late tempestuous weather our's has been a favoured lot. We have not altogether escaped, but have experienced only the drippings of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Having been a resident of, and an eye-witness to floods, in both the Hunter and Hawkesbury River districts. 1 would take this opportunity of stating (what to my mind is) the cause of, and how a repetition of the same may be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting of the inhabitants of Newtown was held last evening, in the School of Arts, for the purpese of making arrangements for raising funds towards the relief of the sufferers by the late floods. The meeting, which had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YESTERDAY morning, of the usual hour, the Working Committee of the Floods Relief Fund met in the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney Exchange, the Mayor being in the chair. Amongst the other gentlemen present were the Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Thursday and Friday week last, from the tenor of the telegrams from Gundagai and other places, from the large quantities of rain which had fallen in the district, and from the black, lowering, and generally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—As it must probably be several years before any of the grand schemes suggested for the protection of the inhabitants of the alluvial valleys of the colony from floods, such as cau[?] can be completed; in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR, —I regret very nuch that Mr. Tebbutt was unable to obtain the exact amount of rainfall during the late floods at Windsor, by being compelled to remove his rain gauge. I regret it the more, because an accident happened to my…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. G. S. HALL, jun., has forwarded us the following particulars of the trip of the steamer Sir John Young, on a relief expedition down the Hawkesbury—the distress and suffering therein described are truly heartrending:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING was held in the Chamber of Commerce, Exchange, yesterday morning. There were present the Mayor of Sydney (who occupied the chair), Mr. Piddington, M.L.A., Mr. J.V. Gorman, Rev. S. C.Kent, Rev. J. Sheridan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MEETING AT NEWTOWN.—A meeting, which had been convened by the Chairman of the Newtown Municipality, was held on Tuesday evening in the School of Arts, and was numerously attended. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YOU have donbtloss long before this received intelligence of the disstrous flood in the Hawkesbury; but I suppose yon have not been informed of the extraordinary flood in Mangrove Creek, a large tributary of that river, on account of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY morning, at the usual hour, the Working Committee of the Floods Relief Fund met in the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney Exchange, the Mayor being in the chair. Amongst the other gentlemen present were the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Narramine the river broke over, and from what we learn we infor Mr. Christio and his household had to leave the place. No loss othor than the carrying away of fences, old huts, &c., has, it is said, taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The roads from East Maitland to Larg[?] has sustained so much damage by the l[?]le flood that it is now perfectly impossable for vehicles. Between Pitn[?] punt and the Wesleyan Chapel, B[?]Warra, the river has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weather since my last has been very fine and it it is to be hoped will continue so for some time to come, particularly here in the valley, where the consequences of a few hours' rain are so disastrous. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING of the Working Committee was held yesterday morning at the Chamber of Commerce, The Mayor of Sydney occupied the chair, and there were present Mr. Piddington, M.L.A., Mr John Dawson, the Rev. Thomas…
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