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174 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 9
The whole country is in a flooded state, and the roads and creeks are impassable. Many teams, en route for St. George, have been stuck up atone camp for seven weeks by the flood, and the only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday a heavy gale with rain set in, and on Tuesday the wind blow with extraordinary force. The rainfall in forty-eight hours was seven inches, and the river rose within a foot of overflowing into town. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The brig Swallow, bound from Lyttelton to Newcastle, has been wrecked on Tory Channel. All hands were saved. The brig Akbar and the schooner Pelican went ashore at Timaru. The captain, his wife, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After some weeks of fine weather a complete change occurred at the beginning of this week. In the afternoon of Monday, rain fell heavily, and during the night, all day Tuesday, and until midday on Wednesday, there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE fate of the Land Bill was definitely sealed last night, and its dismissal to the archives of the Parliament was followed by a burst of angry feeling in the Assembly, Nor can we wonder that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is no end to the news of inundations. In most parts of Hungary almost all the rivers have caused damage In Kottori three hundred houses fell in, an immense terrtory lying under water. The corn is getting smutty in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Silence, fool" roared the virago, looking with some approval, nevertheless, on Pierre's sunburnt face, and stalwart proportions. 'There are no counts with us. That is Citizen Montarbas, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two boats belonging to the beche-de-mer fishing schooner Kate Kearney were blown adrift during a heavy gale on Tuesday night last. One of the boats, containing two men, was driven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TAMWORTH, Friday.—It has bean, raining heavily from midnight till this morning, and there is now no change, or the appearance of one. The rivers and creeks are rising, and there is every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TAMWORTH. Friday.—The floodwater has reached Brisbane-street, slopping access to the bridge by pedestrians. The water in the lower port of Peel-street has joined the water in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river commenced falling slowly after midnight. It rained heavily from that time, and is still raining. The river and creek are again rising this morning. 2.30 P.M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRABRI, Monday.—A groat flood is anticipated ; rain put in on Sunday about noon. The rivers and creeks are over their banks, and their waters are already in the town. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GUNNEDAH, Monday.—The Namoi was running over its banks on Saturday, and the lower portion of the town inundatad. Several of the residents had to remove to higher ground. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TAMWORTH, Saturday.—The weather is now fine, but it has rained for several days past. The rivers in all directions are up, many bridges have been destroyed, and communication by vehicle is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The report at Goulburn, that Late George had overflowed its banks is totally unfounded and evidently [?]emanates from some persons desirous of misleading the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, August 3.-Terrible storms are occurring all over England, accompanied by great loss of life and destruction of property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CLARENCE TOWN, Thursday.—The Williams River here is vising fast, and there is every prospect of a flood. The rainy season has lasted since Easter. Farming operations have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday, about 6 p.m. (says the Tamworth News), the Peel River and Goonoo Goonoo creek reached their highest, near the Court-house Hotel, but not to such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE weather broke nearly all along the coast this morning, though some smart showers fell since the much desired change set in. It is not unlikely that the telegraph wire towards night will report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since that picnic given to Mr. LUCAS, on the George's River, last week, the community has been, more or lees, in a state of alarm and if LORD AUGUSTUS LOFTUS had not come just in…
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