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171 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9
A LETTER from Manayunk, Pa., on Feb. 27, says : The freshet along the Schuylkill river is still fulfilling its dreadful mission. Railway tracks are submerged, telegraph poles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I have received the following letter from B[?] charest, Roumania. Yours truly, WM. SHELDON. Odensee House, Highbury-quadrant. "Bucharest, 28th February, 1875…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,âThe devastations caused by floods on the Hunter having for many years been the subject of sorrowful comment, I venture to trouble you with a few scattered thoughts thereon. It is well known that the last point of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. Mary's, South Creek.—Monday, 7th June.—We have had a high flood here. It began to rise on Saturday, and continued rising all yesterday, till about half-past 10 p.m., when it was at a standstill for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MONDAY, 3 p m—For something lika three years past we have enjoyed immunity from anything like a disastrous flood, and the settlers, by the magnificent crops they have gathered during the period, have considerably recouped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BY papers to hand this morning, we are in possession of particulars of the floods caused by the late rain in the Maitland and Goulburn districts. At Maitland the flood waters spread over a wide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Southern Argus of Wednesday gives too following particulars of the floods at Goulburn, and the loss of life occasioned by them:— Throughout the colony the incessant and heavy rain of…
Continued on Trove, page 759 →MONDAY, 3 p.m.—For something like three years past we have enjoyed immunity from anything like a disastrous flood, and the settlers, by the magnificent crops they have gathered during the period, have considerably recouped…
Continued on Trove, page 754 →HEAVY rain fell in Sydney, and for a considerable distance inland last Saturday and Sunday, causing the rivers to rise rapidly, and flooding a large extent of country. Fortunately the weather cleared on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →AT the time of closing our report in Tuesday's issue the water in the river had attained ita greatest height,—viz., 20 feet 6 incbes by the flood gauge at the Belmore Bridge. The water remained at a standstill for some hours, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have just passed through the three of some vary anxious hours. You will excuse all errors as my place is in confusion. The following is brief account of the highest flood we have had here with the exception of the great flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE mail steamer Macgregor left Sydney on Saturday, the 15th June, for San Francisco, via Auckland, and during that day a considerable quantity of water was shipped fore and aft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Thursday the river commenced to rise, and on Friday moraine, at 2 o'clook. was within seven feet of the floor of tie bridge. At 10 o'clock it had risen two feet more. The Bombowlee fiats are (the Tumut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Between 11 and 12 o'clock, on Saturday night the [?] a gale apr[?]ng up from the south west, which has been productive of considerable damage in this vicinity. Shortly after 3 o'clock on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Albury Banner, of June 26, says:—Consequent on the heavy rainfall during the last three or four weeks, the waters are out in various parts of the district, and there is reason to fear that floods will be experienced should a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—'Ere I remove the Banner of France from the Exhibition building, and the motto " L'union fait la force," I want to get up ONE DAY'S entertainment, for the benefit of MY countrymen, whom we hear are left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE mail steamer Macgregor left Sydney on Saturday, the 15th June, for San Francisco, via Auckland, and during that day a considerable quantity of water was shipped fore and aft…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →SIR,—Ere I remove from the Exhibition Building the banner of France and that motto, "L'union fait la force," I should like to get up one day's entertainment for the benefit of my countrymen who, we hear, are left destitute…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Will you allow me through the medium of your journal to acknowledge, with grateful thanks, the spontaneous and liberal offers I have received from a large number of talented artistes, to help me in carrying out to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A debate took place in the French National Assembly on Bonapartist intrigues. M. Gambetta attacked M. Buffet, the Premier of the Ministry. A motion moved by the Left was rejected, and one…
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