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125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 7
Rain has fallen steadily, without intermission, all night and during to-day. The streets are converted into rivers. The Yarra overflowed its banks, covering all the low-lying lands adjacent. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is great excitement respecting the floods in the Yarra and elsewhere. All the low-lying lands adjacent to the river at Richmond, Colling- wood and Emerald Hill, on the Yarra banks are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The heavy and continuous rain which set in on Friday, and has continued without intermission up to a late hour last night, has occasioned a vast amount of damage in many parts of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We learn from the Telegraph of Tuesday that the suburban districts along the Yarra were flooded throughout Monday,and traffic across the bridges stayed. The flood waters reached their highest point at half-past 7 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOWARDS the end of last week very heavy rain fell throughout Victoria. The reports received from Gippsland and Geclong show that the floods in those districts have been very disastrous. At…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It blew very hard all night, and is still very stormy. The Medea went aground halfway between the Swan Spit and Queenscliff pier. The lifeboat was sent to her assistance, but the crew did not consider it…
Continued on Trove, page 559 →On July 13 a heavy thunderstorm broke over Lancashire, Yorkshire and the West of England. In Manchester the thunder and rainfall wore so loud that the County Court had to adjourn, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE floods to-day are very serious. The water is higher than at any time since 1863. All the low lying land is submerged, and thousands of people are temporarily houseless. The St. Kilda…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Accounts from the provinces state that the storm of wind and rain on August 7 and 8 was in many districts exceedingly heavy. In North Lancashire rain fell almost continuously in torrents. There has not been such an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accounts from the provinces state that the storm of wind and rain on August 7 and 8 was in many districts exceedingly heavy. In North Lancashire rain fell almost continuously in torrents. There has not been such an…
Continued on Trove, page 612 →A south-east gate is moving here. Large quantities of sheep's heads, livers, and other offal are strewn along Kongwong Beach, Botany Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday Morning, 9 a.m. A full-rigged ship, supposed to be the Cape of Good Hope, bound from London to Newcastle direct, is now drifting on to the Oyster Banks,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, October 6.—Severe floods have taken place in Scotland. Midlothian and several of the midland counties have been chiefly visited, and a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive floods have taken place in the Midland counties of England, doing a considerable amount of damage to property. No lives, however, have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive floods have taken place in the midland counties, doing a considerable amount of damage to property, but no lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, October 6.—Severe floods have taken place in Scotland. Midlothian and several of the midland counties have been chiefly visited, and a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The following is the letter alluded to by our Irish correspondent on the flooding of the chapel of Gweedore. There comes to-day the sad news that on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wa learn by telegram from New York that advices from Kingston, Jamaica, of August 19, report that thousands of persons have been rendered homeless by the disastrous hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intelligence has been received here of a snow storm of unprecedented severity, lasting three days, which passed over the Argentine Republic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intelligence has been received here of a[?] snow storm of unprecedented severity, lasting three days, which passed over the Argentine Republic…
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