A Flood in New South Wales
SUPPLEMENT TO THE "ILLUSTRATED SYDNEY NEWS AND N. S. W. AGRICULTURIST AND GRAZIER," FEBRUARY, 1873. LITHOGRAPHED BY GIBBS, SHALLARD, AND CO., GENERAL PRINTERS, 108 PITT STREET, SYDNEY…
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140 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 7
Sticking Up of the Bourke Dubbo, and Wellington Mail. Floods at Card Well, &c. Arrival of Warren, the City Bank Defaulter at Melbourne. the Northern Territory. Orange. Monday, 10.41 a.m
The coach containing the Bourke, Dubbo, and Wellington mails was stuck up last night near Stoney Creek. The robbers took all the cash in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Day. the Melbourne Cricketers Man Washed Into the Yarra Deep Sea Fishing Company. Immense Shower of Frogs in Victoria. Melbourne Sheep and Cattle Market. Proposed Banquet to Sir W. F. Stawell. a Boy Shot Dead by His Sister Decline in Hustler's "Pups." the Adelaide Wheat Market. Latest From Hill End. Cooma Races. Land Caveat at Brisbane. Heavy Thunderstorm at Melbourne. Launceston Champion Races. &c., &c, &c. YOUNG. Wednesday, 2.49 p.m
The following is a verbatim copy of a telegram from the Rev. H. M. Finnegan handed to the Herald's agent on Saturday last at Grenfell:—…
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The papers to hand by the mail are filled with particulars of the disastrous results of a great storm which raged throughout England on December 8th. Number of lives were lost both on land as well as at sea…
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Soon after sunset on Sunday, December 8, a heavy storm of rain burst over London, which flooded the streets in a very short time. This was succeeded by a violent southwesterly gale, which lasted all night, and did much injury…
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The papers to hand by the mail are filled with particulars of the disastrous results of a great storm which [?]aged throughout England on December 8th Numbers of lives were lost both on land as well as at sea,…
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SINCE Saturday last the heaviest rains that have been experienced here for a considerable period have fallen and a good deal of damage has been done to the streets and buildings, ON Brickfield-hill in addition to…
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[The Minister for Public Works was in hourly communication with the Superintendent of Telegraphs, to have instant information of any danger from floods that might…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Day Flood Telegrams. State of the Rivers and Creeks on the Railway Lines. State of the Weather in the Country Districts. Great Flood at Berrima, &c, &c., &c. BATHURST. Tuesday, 9 p.m
Excursion trains will run from Sydney to the terminus next week to convey visitors en route for Bathurst races…
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WINDSOR. Wednesday, 3 p.m. River forty-five feet high; rising one foot per hour…
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Yesterday afternoon, after the 5 o'clock train had started from Redfern for the Southern line, the traffic manager, Mr. R. W. Moody, received a telegram from Menangle, stating that the station-master there had detained the train, and sent…
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ON Monday night, about midnight, the rain having some what abated in the earlier part of the evening. It again came down in torrents heavier than before, and so continued throughout the night, and up to near noon on Tuesday, when its violence…
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[The Minister for Public Works was in hourly communication with the Superintendent of Telegraphs, to have instant information of any danger from floods that might…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods. [The following appeared in Second Edition of yesterday.] WINDSOR. Wednesday, 3 p.m
River forty-fire feet high; rising one foot per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inundation at Liverpool. the Melbourne Sheep and Cattle Market. Latest News From the Flooded Districts. Suspension of Meat Preserving Operations. Conviction and Sentence of a Railway Accountant. Boy Drowned at Bungendore. Destruction of the White Ant. Projected Execution at Castle Maine. Discovery of Coal at Tasmania. Capsize of a Mail Coach for Hobart Town. Incredibly Rich Claims in the Northern Territory. the Gulgong Escort. &c., &c., &c. GULGONG. Thursday, 12.37 p.m
The escort takes down 5990oz gold and £4645 in cash to Sydney, making an aggregate of more than £70,000 sterling from Gulgong during the month of February…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ravages of the Flood. Great Destruction of Property. Narrow Escape of Captain Sadlier and Others. Liverpool. Liverpool, Wednesday night
We have had the highest flood here that, as far as I have been able to ascertain, has ever been known in the district. On Monday night it was raining heavily and on Tuesday morning the rive began rapidly to rise. By midday the…
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THE reports we have received from the country districts show that the floods have been disastrous. A very large amount of private property has been destroyed, and public works also have been injured…
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On Tuesday afternoon, after the 5 o'clock train had started from Redfern for the Southern line, the trama manager. Hr, R. W. Moody, received a telegram from Menangle, stating that the station-master therehud detained the train, and sent…
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River forty-five feet high; rising one foot per hour…
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IT is difficult to give any idea of the awful havoc made among the farms and orchards on the banks of the Hawkesbury Napean, and Grose Rivers. Wilberforce, Sackville, Reach, Yerramundi, and Freemans Reach, are mostly under water…
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