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906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 46
Heavy rain set in on Saturday afternoon, continuing almost incessantly until Tuesday morning. The total fall here is fully 10in. At Coraki 14in, fell in 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A most acceptable change was perceptible yesterday in the weather in the city, the sun in the forenoon shining with an almost summer warmth and brightness. Moreover the telegruphic messages at 9 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For the purpose of collecting the dust with which the air in [?] mids is laden, a contrivance has recently been invented in the United States, which is applicable also to any manufactures where it is…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Cape Byron, on the New South Wales coast, is the most eastern point of Australia. It is a small but precipitous headland, projecting about two miles from the low land, and visible from 24 to 27 miles seaward…
Continued on Trove, page 300 →BALLINA, Friday.--Rain is still threatening A strong flood is running out, making the water too thick to see the channel and to allow of sounding before Saturday or Sunday. Steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The first portion of the scheme having for its object the drainage of the East Ward of the Borough of Ashfield and known as Summer-hill is now completed, and was declared open…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR. THOMAS ROSE, mining manager of Emmaville, but formerly a resident of the Hunter River district, writes us as follows :-- " I noticed in one of your recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALBURY, Thursday.-- The rise in the Murray continues, the stream this morning being 11ft. 4in. above summer level. The water has extended from the banks in many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Millwall, from Glasgow, in command of Captain James Anderson, arrived from Glasgow yesterday and reported some bad weather expeneneed in the southern Ocean. She left Glasgow on the 29th of April, and the Tail o'…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At present only an interim report has been received by the Works Department from Mr. Gordon, C.E., who has been appointed by the Government to advise as to preventing the flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe storms are reported from all parts of the United Kingdom, and the unhappy farmers are everywhere complaining of the great destruction caused to the crops by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reports reached Troy, N.Y., July 9, that three big dams were washed away near Johnstown, in that state. Crowds of people were on the bridge watching the flood, when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Millwall, from Glasgow, in command of Captain James Anderson, arrived from Glasgow August 18, and reported some bad weather experienced in the Southern Ocean. She left Glasgow on the 29th of April, and passed the Cape of Good…
Continued on Trove, page 435 →A writer in the St, Louis Post Dispatch speaking of the development of thunderstorms, calls them immense Leyden jars in the sky, and supports his statement by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is seldom a smarter-looking sailing craft enters this port than the Nova Scotia-built schooner Flink, which arrived here from Hamburg yesterday. In the southern Ocean, however, she encountered some tempestuous weather, during…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The tug Eagle had a thrilling experience in towing a hopper barge from Adelaide. Early on the 20th, during a heavy S.W. gale, the towline parted 10 miles south of Rivoli Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—Considerable satisfaction is felt in Maitland at the prompt manner in which the Minister for Works has handed over the sum of £1000 to the local borough…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DURING the voyage of the ship Wayfarer, which has just arrived in port from Liverpool, a vast amount of exceptionally heavy weather was encountered, and escapes from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, August 30.—Serious typhoons and floods have been prevailing in Japan. Ten thousand have been killed, and 20,000 rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FEW weeks ago a Reading clergyman described the experience of a man in his employ who received an electric shock during a rain-storm, but which ws not attended by…
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