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358 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 18
HOBART, Sunday.--Heavy rains have prevailed throughout the island for the last 24 hour.. At Leven, during a heavy thunderstorm on Saturday night, a Mrs. Hawkins was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The storm this afternoon presented such unusual features that a few particulars about it may be interesting. Distant thunder was heard first at 1 p.m., and by 4.15 p.m. the storm cloud had taken a well-defined form, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE understand that the following charitable bequests are contained in the will of the late Hon. Edward Flood, M.L.C.:—Sydney Bethel Union, .£250; Industrial Blind Institution,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →WE never miss the money till the Will runs dry--as the eldest son said when he found himself cut off without a shilling. MEASURES OF CAPACITY--Examination papers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE understand that members of the family of the late Hon Edmund Flood are about to test the validity, in the Supreme Court, of the deceased gentleman's will. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Government Astronomer (Mr. H. C. Russell) read an interesting paper entitled "Some Notes on the Storm of September 21, 1888," before the Royal Society last night. He described the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THURSDAY ISLAND, Wednesday.âThe steamer Delcomyn arrived yesterday from Hongkong via Port Darwin, and sailed for the south the same evening. The following extracts are selected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Delcomyn, which arrived at Thursday Island this morning from China, brings the following Eastern news:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The early portion of yesterday as regards the weather was [?]y, hot, and stifling. Shortly after 10 o'clock change was observed, and a wind commenced to blow which brought along plenty of dust. The wind increased in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney and its suburbs was visited yesterday by one of the most disagreeable dust storms that has been experienced for some time. The unseasonable heat in the early morning as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For several days past Penrith has been enveloped in a cloud of smoke, caused through the number of bush fires surrounding it Reports came in from every part of the electorate of the great damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Wednesday. — The steamer Delcomyn, from China, arrived at Thursday Island to-day. She left subsequently for the south. She bringa China news to September 13. Twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Union Company's steamer Wakatipu, whose arrival from Wellington was most anxlously looked for all day Saturday. arrived in port yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, experiented a succession of strong head gales with squalls of terrific force, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Irishman there was who got an order for a coffin in which to enclose the body of a young man, the most famous angler in all the country side. Pat was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible storm swept over Linz and a large portion of Upper Austria on August 7. The hail and waterspouts, which in a few minutes inundated the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.--During the past 24 hours the weather has undergone a complete change. Shortly after 11 o'clock last night rain began to fall and later on a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE boisterous southerly weather which has prevailed in Sydney for the last 43 hours has borne its sad fruit not only within the Heads but outside on the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Company's steamship Mararoa, Captain James Edie, arrived from New Zealand shortly before midnight, after experiencing the fall severity of the raging gale. The Mararoa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Mararoa, which arrived in Port Jackson last evening from New Zealand, fell in with the full force of the recent heavy South-east gale off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GRAFTON, Thursday.—It is reported that the beacon and buoys at Clarence Heads were blown down and shifted yesterday daring a gale. The steamers Helen Nicoll and City of Grafton are…
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