Through the Storm
I heard a voice, a tender voice, soft falling Through the storm; The waves were high, the bitter winds were calling, Yet breathing warm…
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358 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 18
Great Gales in England. Shipping Disasters and Loss of Life in the English Channel
From our English flies to band by the R.M.S. Oceana we have full particulars of the shipping disasters which occurred in the English Channel last month…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Floods in Germany. 100,000 Persons Homeless
London, April 17.-It is now known that 100,000 persons have been rendered homeless and destitute through the recent great floods in Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Great Floods in Hungary
The situation in Bekes Country, Hungary, is most critical, and it is doubtful whether the embankments around the town of Rekes may prove strong enough…
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Mr.T. Barclay Millar, of the Cape York Telegraph Junction, Queensland, has sent us the following description of a means for travellers who can swim of crossing flooded creeks, with their usual travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Through the Storm
I heard a voice, a tender voice, soft falling, Through the storm; The waves were high, the bitter winds were calling,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Floods in China. Three Thousand Persons Drowned. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 8
Great floods have been caused in China by the overflow of the Canton River. Three thousand of the inhabitants have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous Flood at Canton. Singapore
A great flood has been caused owing to an overflow of the canton River. three thousand persons have been drowned, and there has been much destruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Cyclone" Dust Collector
A new and successful type of dust collecter, which is here illustrated, and which has received the name of " Cyclone," has lately been introduced. It has no moving parts, and is practically composed of a…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Great Floods in China. London, May 8
Great floods have been caused in China by the overflow of the Canton River. Three thousand of the inhabitants have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1002 →Miscellaneous. The Storm. [?]
The wind is up in arms to-night, Strong trees are torn before its flight, And desolation marks the place Where once they stood in all their grace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Ship Gladstone in a Gale
The Gladstone arrived at Gravesend on April 5 (says European Mail), after a passage of 89 days. The ship left Sydney on January 7. with a full cargo of wool, and being favoured with a fresh north-caster soon after leaving the Heads, made a good…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Floods in America. Hundreds Op Families Homeless. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 19
Disastrous floods have taken place in the valley of the Mississippi. Thousands of acres of winter wheat have been devastated. Hundreds of families are rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Flood of the Mississippi. London
The melting of the snows in the country drained by the upper tributaries of the Mississippi, and the heavy spring rains, have so swelled the waters of the river that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in America. the Banks of the Mississippi Burst. Two Hundred Square-miles Inundated. Great Hardships and Losses
LONDON, Saturday. -- A terrible disaster has occurred in the United States. The Mississippi River rose to an unusual height, and the pressure of the body of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in America. Vast Area Op Country Submerged. Damage Estimated at 4,000,000 Dollars. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 22
Further particulars have been received of the disastrous floods which have taken place in the Valley of the Mississippi. The flood waters extended over a vast…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Great Floods in the Mississipi. London
The great flood in the Mississipi River is now abating at Quincy where it first burst its bonks. The damage done in the riverine districts has been enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Disastrous Gale. London
A disastrous gale has swept over tho south coast of Iceland, wrecking four French fishing vessels and resulting in the loss of a hundred lives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Floods in America. London, May 19
Disastrous floods have taken place in the valley of the Mississippi. Thousands of acres of winter wheat have been devastated. Hundreds of families are rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 1110 →The Affroaching Storm. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The strain must now be intense when the Hungarian press is urging the allies to declare war, as the position is intolerable, while at the same time Russia is saving plainly through her official organ that she means to have…
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