The Flood at Lismore (From Our Special Correspondent.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1879 · page 13
THE weather in this district for the last seven weeks has been one of continued rain, with very slight intervals of dry weather, and therefore, although somewhat acclimatized to our old friend Sol, very…
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Evening News · Tuesday 3 June 1879 · page 2
LONDON, June 2, 2.30 p.m.—A cable despatch has just reached London, announcing an awful calamity in the United States of America. A terrific cyclone passed over the State of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales Items. Passing Valucless Cheques—Gales. NEWCASTLE
Evening News · Wednesday 4 June 1879 · page 2
A south-easterly gale is blowing, end the weather is wet and cold. A banquet was given to R. Turton, Esq., J.P., on Monday evening, at Waratah. It was a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dispatch of Mails Via Gales, Per Assam, From Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 June 1879 · page 4
Mails containing letters, packets, and newspapers will be made up at this office, and forwarded per Avoca (s.) to Melbourne, on Monday, June 9th. Mails will close as follows:— Registered letters at 9.30 a.m…
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Evening News · Friday 6 June 1879 · page 2
LONDON, June 4.—The Rivet Po has overflowed its banks, and great damage to property has been caused by the flood waters.—REUTER…
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Evening News · Friday 6 June 1879 · page 2
LONDON, June 4.—News has been received in London to the effect that terrible floods have occurred ia Russia and Italy. Whole districts are inundated and several populous toWns destroyed…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 June 1879 · page 5
The River Po has overflowed its banks, and great damage to property has been caused by the flood waters…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 June 1879 · page 9
LONDON, June 2.—A cable despatch has just reached, London, announcing an awful calamity in the United States of America. A terrifie cyclone passed over the State of…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1879 · page 904
The river Po has overflowed its banks, and great damage to property has been caused by the flood waters…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1879 · page 906
Wizened the wood is, and won is the war through it; White as a corpse is the face of the fen; Only blue adders abide in and stray through it— Adders and venom and horrors to men…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1879 · page 5
Sir,—On August 7, 1878, I read before the Royal Society a paper upon the storms which visit the coast of New South Wales, and I should like to draw the attention of sailors to some of the conclusions arrived at. There will of course be…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1879 · page 7
After incessant rain on Easter Sunday, in the night a great storm arose, which has considerably damaged the works of reconstruction. Sixty pile-driving stands, placed by the contractors, have been destroyed, rafts with matenal…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1879 · page 9
LONDON, June 4.—News has been received in London to the effect that terrible floods have occurred in Russia and Italy. Whole districts are inundated and several populous towns destroyed…
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Evening News · Thursday 19 June 1879 · page 3
Pesth, April 18th.—Some hundred square miles of field are again submerged. The towns of Belaerend, fanned and Guilavarasoy are threatened. The water at Szegedin has risen eight inches, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Gale on the New Zealand Coast. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 June 1879 · page 5
The barque Bells, during a fearful gale on Saturday, struck a rock in Lyttelton harbour. She sank last night. The crew were saved, The vessel was insured for £2000 and the cargo for £1000 in the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland News. Heavy Storm at Brisbane. BRISBANE
Evening News · Thursday 26 June 1879 · page 2
A heavy gare came on to blow lost night ana continued to gather force until 11 o'clock, when it blew a perfect hurricane. There was a great deal of damage done in the city, and a house at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CYCLONE and FLOODS in Queensland [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1879 · page 5
A cyclone was experienced here yesterday, commencing at 3 o'clock in the morning, and lasting eight hours. It was accompanied by heavy rains. A large number of houses in the city and suburbs were partially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland News. The storm In Queensland, &c. BRISBANE
Evening News · Friday 27 June 1879 · page 2
The Hon. S. Griffith was yesterday offered the Puisne Judgeship, vacant by the appointment of the Hon. Charles Lilley as Chief Justice, but it is considered very doubtful if Mr. Griffith will…
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Evening News · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 4
Terrible destruction has been done to the Botanical and Acclimatisation Society's Gardens by the late cyclone…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1879 · page 1024
A cyclone was experienced here yesterday, commencing at 3 o'clock in the morning, and lasting eight hours. It was accompanied by heavy rains. A large number of houses in the city and suburbs were…
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