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563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 29
LONDON, May 18.—Great distress prevails in the valley of the Mississippi. Four hundred square miles of fertile land in the vicinity of St. Louis, the capital of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the floods in the Mississippi valley great damage has been done. In the vicinity of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, 18 miles below the conf[?]uence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A telegram from New York reports that mmense damage has been done in the county and town of St. Louis, Missouri,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The floods caused by the overflow of the Rivers Missouri and Mississippi have resulted in great injury to property, and also to the crops. Many people have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Thursday Night.--A telegram from New York states that immense damage has been done by floods in the State of Iowa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Tuesday.—The Wagga Municipal Council held a special meeting last night and decided to accept the £400 as promised by the Minister for Works to carry out the excavation of…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Further particulars to hand show that the hurricanes which have been experienced in Mauritius resulted in a greater number of deaths than was at first anticipated. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Distressing accounts continue to be received from the States lying within the watersheds of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers and their affluents. Owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The damage caused by floods in various States of America is estimated at £2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.--The damage done by the recent floods in America is estimated as amounting to £2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, May 23.—The floods in the valleys of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers, which, have caused immense damage, are now subsiding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest intelligence from America in reference to the disastrous inundations which have spread over the States lying within the watershed[?] of the Mississippi,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In connection with the floods in the Missouri River, it is reported that a great demonstration has taken place at the interment of a man who, after having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, May 26.-Telegrams from New York state that the city of Arkansas has been submerged by the floods. There has been great loss of life, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, May 25.-Millions of acres of land are submerged in the States of Tennessee and Arkansas. Much wheat has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A million acres of land are submerged by the floods in the States of Tennessee and Arkansas, and much wheat has been wholly destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE floods caused by the overflow of the Rivers Missouri and Mississippi have resulted in great injury to property, and also to crops. Many people have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The city of Arkansas, in the State of that name, has been inundated by the floods. The place is now under water, and a great loss of life is reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →By the floods in the Mississippi valley great damage has been done. In the vicinity of the city of St. Louie, Missouri, 18 miles below the confluence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1214 →LONDON, May l8.—Great distress prevails in the valley of the Mississippi. Four hundred square miles of fertile land in the vicinity of St. Louis, the capital of…
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