Dreadful Snow Storm—Hundreds of Lives Lost
Evening News · Saturday 12 April 1873 · page 2
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The New York Herald publishes a striking account of the horrible snowstorm which on 7th January desolated the State of Minnesota. The broad, high tableland, almost treeless and open to the winds from the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1873 · page 5
A FITFUL day of storm and sunshine-smiles; A time when [?]en it seems what Nature's soul Is torn by diverse passions good and ill Warring for mastery in her trombled depths…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 April 1873 · page 13
SIR,—Having seen that the inhabitants of the Hawksbury have suffered so severely from the late floods, that they have thought it necessary to form a flood prevention league, will you allow me, by means of your columns, to suggest a simple…
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Evening News · Monday 28 April 1873 · page 3
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THE HIMALAYA troop-ship, Captain W. B. Grant, has had an unusually rough voyage of twenty-nine days to Halifax. She left Port-mouth on the 3rd of January with troops. The number of persons on board was 1430. On…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams This Day. Captain Gl[?]adell of Atlantic Steamer Not Lost. Suicide of a Chemist Bad Weather Off New Zealand. Attempted Suicide by Strychnine. Gulgong Reception Committee. Typhoid Fever at Bathurst. Bathurst Assizes. Polynesian Labour Traffic. the Yacht Secret. the Duke of Genoa at Melbourne. Effects of Monday's Gale. Melbourne Randwick Settling. the Lady Franklin. a Rich Pauper. Latest Commercial. Latest Mining. &c., &c., &c., BATHURST. Tuesday, 3.10 m
Evening News · Wednesday 30 April 1873 · page 2
The principal witness in the Dynan case is missing 8.51 p.m. Thompson, the witness in the Dynan case…
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Evening News · Tuesday 6 May 1873 · page 3
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FROM a private letter, dated Normanton, March 31 we take the following extracts:—"Yesterday we got the first mail we have received by the ordinary course (overland) for three months. The wet season has lasted…
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Evening News · Thursday 8 May 1873 · page 3
THE Royal mail steamer Tasmanian arrived at Ply mouth, on 15th February, with the West India and Pacific mails. From the Panama Star and Herald of the 10th ultimo, we take the following account of a…
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Empire · Thursday 8 May 1873 · page 4
THE Royal mail steamer Tasmanian arrived at Ply mouth, on 15th February with the West india and Pacitic mails. From the panama Star and Herald of the 10th ultime, we take the follo wing account of a…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 21
FROM a private letter, dated Normanton, March 31, we take the following extracts: —"Yesterday we got the first mail we have received by the ordinary course (overland) for three months. The wet season has lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Telegrams This Day Lincoln Sheep for Melbourne. Heavy Sales of Maize. Latest From New Zealand. Return of Mr. Samuel to Melbourne. New Zealand Declines to Cooperate Pacific Mails. Uncertainty of Affairs at the Waikato. More About the Victorian Mail Contract. the Victorian Finances. Desgraves V. M'mullen—verdict for the Plaintiff. Fire at Braidwood. Yield of Gold at Hill End. Latest From Bathurst. Indications of Floods. Singleton Tweed Factory. Legislation at Melbourne. Murder at Yarra Bend. Melbourne Grain Market. Adelaide Events. Latest Mining and Commercial, &c., &c., &c. [From Our Correspondents.] [A portion of the following appeared ia our second edition of yesterday.] GUNNEDAH. Thursday, 5.10 p.m
Evening News · Friday 13 June 1873 · page 2
The river is now running in Maitland-street, which is deserted. The town is surrounded with water. No mails can arrive or depart. The Liverpool Plains are covered with water…
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Evening News · Tuesday 17 June 1873 · page 2
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IN the early part of this month heavy floods took place in New Zealand. In addition to the local injuries sustained, the Weekly Argus has the following telegrams:—Westport, June 4…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Dat Rise in Tookey's Latest From New Zealand. Captain Coote and Mr. Samuel. Supposed Suicide at Melbourne Girl Cut in Two by Machinery. the Bishop of Goulburn at Hay. the Floods—latest Weather Telegrams. a Mother Cut's Her Child's Head Off—attempted Suicide. Latest Melbourne Markets. Latest Commercial and Mining, &c., &c., &c. [From Our Correspondent.] [A portion of the following appeared as a second edition last night.] MELBOURNE Monday, 3 p.m
Evening News · Tuesday 17 June 1873 · page 2
Mr. Parkes' despatch has been received declining Mr. Francis' proposals with regard to the Suez mails. The Alhambra has arrived from New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams This Day Floods at Grafton and Gunnedah. the Jumping Case at Stawell. the Geelong Steeplechases. Dr. Von Mueller. Mr. Mackenzie's Mission Anticipated Outbreak of Victorian Miners. Mr. Vogel and the Mail Proposals. Sinking of the Ship Satellite. the Captain Refused to Leave. the Victorian Electoral Bill. Robbery of a Bank at Gympie. Mr. Garnet Walsh. Latest Commmercial. &c, &c., &c. [A portion of the following appeared in our second edition of yesterday.] GRAFTON
Evening News · Wednesday 18 June 1873 · page 2
We expect a very heavy flood here. The river is rising fast. The wharf is six feet under water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Railway Travelling Resumed in Victoria. Miner Smothered in a Drive. Departure of Mr. Mackenzie. the Electoral Bill of Victoria. Civil Service Cricket Club. Goodwin, the Bank Defaulter. Remittances From Melbourne by the Mail. the Hon. Saul Samuel. the Melbourne Cattle Market. Anticipated Large Yield of Gold at Carcoar. Quarter Sessions, Cooma. Accident, &c., at Newcastle. the Floods at Grafton. Adelaide Wheat Market. Latest Commercial and Mining. &c., &c., &c. CARCOAR. Thursday. 12.25 p.m
Evening News · Thursday 19 June 1873 · page 2
Magnificent stone is being raised from the Prince of Wales claim, Burnt Yards, in considerable quantities. It is expected to go l000oz gold to the ton…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 777
OUR Windsor correspondent, writing on the 17th instant, says:— I regret to state that the late continuous wet weather has produced another flood of considerable dimensions. We have only had one really fine…
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Sydney Punch · Thursday 26 June 1873 · page 10
Settler's Daughter (recently arrived, in the Colony): LITTLE BOY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE MRS. ST. ARNAUD LIVES? Small Boy: SHE DO LIVE DOWN THERE (pointing.) [Astonishment of Settler's Daughter, who thinks Mrs. St. Arnaud and family must be very fond of uquatics…
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