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498 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 25
ALTHOUGH on the lower part of the river, from Summer Island downwards, the flood water rose the highest, the damage is said to be the same everywhere, owing to the disastrous, effects of the gale which blew on Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BY the arrival of the mail from Casino, our worst forebodings, with respect to the destruction occasioned by the floods on the Richmond River, have, we regret to learn, been more than realised. The loss sustained by the Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MARYBOROUGH has been visited by a most disastrous flood, the effects of which have been more calamitous than even that of 1864. The river first gave indications of rising on Saturday, March 5th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →DURING the late extraordinary weather, Maitland and its vicinity has been the scene of numerous disastrous floods. The frequent lulls in the downpour of rain, however temporary, were sufficient to lead the inhabitants to hope that time would be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →IF we were required to conjure up a scene representing the extremes of loneliness and desolation, we would picture some recently inundated district from which the waters had only just subsided. In all other agents of destruction among the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALTHOUGH on the lower part of the river, from Summer Island downwards, the flood water rose the highest, the damage is said to be the same everywhere, owing to the disastrous effects of the gale which blew on Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →IN a recent issue the local journal describes a very cleverly executed pen and ink sketch of the appearance exhibited by the town of West Maitland during flood time, as seen from the back balcony of the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →SINCE our last summary there have been further reports af disastrous floods; at Moruya and in the braidwood district to the South, and further destructive inundations to th[?] North. At Araluen, the gold claims thero were all flooded,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DURING the earlier period of the inflation process it was kept in its place by thirteen ropes, each fastened to a little canvas bag containing some sixty pounds of sands, but as the work proceeded some of these were dispensed with, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DURING the earlier period of the inflation process it was kept in its place by thirteen ropes, each fastened to a little canvas bag containing some sixty pounds of sand; but as the work proceeded some of these were dispensed with, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Another destructive flood has taken place in the Hunter districts. The river rose rapidly on Saturday night and yesterday, and is now eight inches higher than the last flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →APRIL 25.—The heavy rain which has prevailed in this district during the past week has culminated in another dreadful flood in the Hunter, which threatens to be more disastrous in its effects than any hitherto experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the following we are indebted to the courtesy of the Hon. the Colonial Secretary:— WINDSOR, MONDAY.—River risen about eighteen feet above the usual level, and is still rising slowly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another destructive flood has taken place in the Hunter districts. The river rose rapidly on Saturday night and yesterday, and is now eight inches higher than the last flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Thursday evening, says the Western Post of Tuesday, heavy rain set in, continuing throughout the night and the next day. Lawson's Creek rose rapidly; Mr. Mann, the Government surveyor, having to shift his camp suddenly from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUDDENLY and unexpectedly I am again called upon, in the exercise of my duty as your special representative in this district, to record the occurrence of a high and disastrous flood in the valley of the Hunter, extending this time from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The river commenced rising on Sunday morning, and by 12 o'clock on Monday night it had risen over fifty feet. Every house in the main street inundated, and the inhabitants had to take refuge on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern mail train due at Redfern at nine this morning, had not arrived at one p.m. A special train was despatched by the Minister for Works to ascertain the cause of detention, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER an interval of scarcely five weeks the Hunter River has been suddenly and unexpectedly visited with another calamitous flood, which has already roached a height considerably beyond the last Inundation, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river commenced rising on Sunday morning, and by 12 o'clock on Monday night it had risen over, fifty feet. Every house the main street inundated, and the inhabitants had to take refuge on the hills…
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