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207 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 11
"MY DEAR BOB," I said one rather chilly day, having just thrown my pencil, maulstick, and palette aside for the day, and drawing a chair to the fire, for the purpose of enjoying a pipe with my old friend, Bob Morrison, now captain of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News was received in town that the Ferndale Colliery at Tighe's Hill was suddenly flooded out at 9 o'clock this morning. All the miners employed in the workings succeeded in making their escape, with the exception of two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday morning.--Between 8 and 9 o'clock this morning the miners engaged at their duties in the Ferndale pit were suddenly alarmed by a roaring of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News was received in town this morning that the Ferndale Colliery had been flooded, and that two or three persons had been drowned. Later information, however, states that one of the men, named Hargraves…
Continued on Trove, page 609 →NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Mr. J. Fletcher, Minister for Mines, accompanied by Mr. McKenzie, Examiner of Coalfields, Mr. Dixon, Inspector of Collieries, and Messrs. G. Hewison, and Alex…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was an unusually heavy fall of rain in and around Sydney yesterday. At about 3 o'clock a heavy shower fell, which was followed in quick succession by others, some of them accompanied by thunder…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The exceptionally heavy rain, yesterday was attended by disastrous floods in the neighbourhood of the Blackwattle Swamp, many of the houses. being submerged,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is to heat that we must undoubtedly look, in the first place, for the cause of those dreadful cyclones which rage in the Indian Ocean and the tornadoes which devastate the American continent. The fury of both is something simply…
Continued on Trove, page 671 →The storm on Thursday night did a great amount of damage to the streets and some private property in Balmain. The low-lying cottages facing the Mort's Dock dam in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is now placed beyond doubt that the Ferndale Colliery, near Newcastle, is utterly ruined. The workings are completely filled with water. On several occasions the miners, when working the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →It seldom happens that one has the advantage of witnessing such a scene as it now becomes any province to attempt depicting. Never since the great and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Friday.--Messrs. Morehead and Co. have received a telegram from the Roper River district, in the Northern Territory, to the effect that it has been flooded to such…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The weather in Sydney was cold, dull aud showery the whole of yesterday, aud a larger quantity of rain fell than on Wednesday. At 9 am. the quantity registered was 48in., and at 9…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, April 16.—A destructive cyclone has occurred in Minnesota, in the United States, by which sirty-seven lives were lost. A large amount of damage was done to buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A destructive cyclone has occurred in Minnesota, in the United States, by which 67 lives were lost. A large amount of damage was done to buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The half-yearly meeting of the Goldsbrough Co., limited, was held on Friday. Mr. A. W. Robertson was elected chairman. Messrs. A. Parker and S. Booth were elected to fill the vacancies on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. William Flood addressed the doctors of the South-west Ward, from the balcony of Dick's Hotel, on Thursday night, shortly after 8 o'clock. The inclemency of the weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The most complete biography of a storm ever published has been given to the Royal Meteorological Society by Mr. Henry Harries. It is not only interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to heavy and continuous rainfall, the river St. Lawrence has overflowed its banks, and almost the whole of Montreal city has been inundated, causing immense damage…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a report of a meeting of the Water Conservation Commission in your issue of the 22nd instant. In a memorandum presented to that meeting, and which comes with authority, it is…
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