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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1878

132 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 7

Latest Telegrams. Floods in the Berth

Evening News · Tuesday 5 November 1878 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—Heavy rains fell yesterday in the Liverpool Plains district, but the wasther is fine to-day. The peel river and Goonoo Goonoo Creek are higher than they have been at…

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Important News from China. Great Cyclone-Loss of Shipping. the New South Wales Governorship. Depredations by Chinese Robbers. Governor Pope Hennessey Censured

Evening News · Thursday 7 November 1878 · page 2

COOKTOWN, Wednesday,—Hongkong advices report a fearful cyclone on the coast of China. Several shipping m[?]shape have occurred. The coast is strewn with wrecks. The Ocean's…

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Fearful Gales. London. Nov. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1878 · page 5

Fearful gales have been experienced on the south coast…

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Fearful Gales in the North Sea. London, Nov. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1878 · page 5

Fearful gales have been experienced in the North Sea…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our London Correspondent.) Floods in England. London, Nov. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1878 · page 5

Disastrous floods have occurred in the Eastern counties…

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News from China,—Fearful Gale

Evening News · Thursday 5 December 1878 · page 2

COOXTOWN, Thursday.—The steamer Charlton, arrived here last night. She left Hongkong on the 10th November, and encountered a fearful gale, lasting from the 11th to the 13th. when distant…

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Overland from Melbourne. Through the Floods at Wagga

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1878 · page 889

"No, sir," remarked the excellent individual who officiates at the booking office of King, Cobb, and Co., or, more correctly speaking, of Messrs. Crawford, the enterprising coach firm, at the Albion hold in Bourke-street,…

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Yesterday's Thunderstorm

Evening News · Tuesday 10 December 1878 · page 2

The atmospheric changes of the past few days have been marked by the extreme of best, cold, sunshine, and clouds, with a frequency of violent thunder-storms, accompanied by heavy rain. No accidents of…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Terrific Storm in United States. New York, Dec. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 December 1878 · page 5

A terrific storm has been raging for two days throughout a large portion of the United States. Immense damage has been done to the middle New England States. The storm…

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Floods and Landslips

Evening News · Monday 16 December 1878 · page 2

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—There was a strong fresh in the river yesterday but it is now going down again slowly. Landalips occurred at the back of Mr. Macrow's and at Jim the Dealer's…

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Terrific Storm at Yass

Evening News · Saturday 21 December 1878 · page 4

YASS, Saturday.—A terrific storm passed over Yass last night. Such thunder, lightning, rain, and wind has sever before been seen or heard here. The lightning ignited the grass in Mr. Laidlaw's…

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Storm in the Sea of Marmora. London, Dec. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 December 1878 · page 5

A great storm has swept over the Sea of Marmora. A French steamer, name unknown, sank after collision, and 150 of the crew were drowned…

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