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906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 46
Sir,—It many be worth while to recall, in connection with my notes on the recent rain storm and the opinion therein expressed as to the probable consequences of such a rain storm over the watershed of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ALBURY, Monday.--The river this morning was 13ft. Bin. above summer level and has been rising slightly to-day. COONAMDLE, Monday.--There has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When the Lizard was about a couple of hours out from Suva on the 13th current, she was overtaken in a fearful gale. The sea, previously as smooth as the proverbial duskpond, in a few minutes was lashed into a white tempest by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the ratepayers of Horseshoe Bend held last night, to take steps to prevent the ravages of floods as much as possible in that part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—You publish to-day a letter from the Government Astronomer, which is apparently intended as a justification of the accuracy of his statements made before the Royal Society, to the effect that he had no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--Your contemporary, the Herald, pubishes to-day a letter from the Government Astronomer, which is apparently intended as a justification of the accuracy of his statements…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accounts have been received of disastrous floods in the Warrnambool district. Settlers are hemmed in by Brickwell and Deep Creeks, which are running very swiftly, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, Wednesday.--The weather is now more settled, and in consequence the Murray has commenced to fall, the stream this morning being 18ft. 2in. above summer level. The flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By the arrival in Port Jackson yesterday of the American mail steamer Mariposa, newspapers are to hand giving the earliest accounts of the great floods in the Conemaugh River,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—We should thank Mr. H. C. Russell for his letter in the Herald of Tuesday last, on rainfall, floods, and the probable ruin of West Maitland. We should also thank you for your article (though somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--This morning the barque Braziliera, which left here for Portland (Victoria) on the 20th inst. with a cargo of piles, returned to port. The Braziliera, during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THERE is a scathing article by Mr. Robert Buchanan in a recent number of the Universal Review, which is likely to create some little flutter in certain literary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the arrival of the E. and A. Company's steamer Menmuir we have fall particulars of the disastrous storm at Hongkong. The storm, it appears, commenced on May…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation consisting of the Ministers for Justice and Lands, and Messrs. Lee. Stevenson, Scobie, Inglis, Edmonds, Thompson, Ritchie, Plumb, W. Abbott, and M'Rae, Ms.L.A., together…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An influential deputation, comprising members of Parliament and residents of West Maitland, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to ask that some steps might be…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Yesterday morning the Minister for Works received a large and influential deputation, consisting of members of Parliament and residents of West Maitland, who waited upon him to urge upon the Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The strongest northerly gale experienced for many years in Hobson's Bay, prevailed from Friday morning till midday on Saturday. Several boats were swamped near the Gem Pier,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Murrumbidgee River is flooded here, and has been so for the past week. It has not been so high for years, the flood being several miles wide on tho low lying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minster for Works has lost no time in fulfilling the promise he gave to the deputation from West Maitland on Friday, that a competent engineer should be instructed to report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday last the Minister for Works promised a deputation from West Maitland, that a competent engineer should be instructed to report upon the best methods for providing protection…
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