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During the gale along the coast yesterday the schooner Grace Darling (formerly named the Isabella Gollan), of 69 tons, parted her anchors in Moreton Bay, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What was not far off a southerly gale ble[?] most of yesterday in Sydney. The velocity of the wind averaged from 20 to 25 miles an hour between 2 and 2.30 p.m., some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRAFTON, Thursday. -- A strong south-east gale blew all last night, with heavy rain squalls. Great relief was felt this morning when the weather turned out line, a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Most of the river steamers delayed by the recent stormy weather reached their destinations yesterday. The City of Grafton arrived at Grafton from Sydney 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Friday. -- The steamer Maranoa, which arrived to-day, met the recent gale on the coast early yesterday morning. The wind, which was first from the south-east,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRETA, Friday. -- An important law suit, Partridge v. Parkinson, in which damages were claimed because he embanked the creek upon his property, thus preventing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In all meteorological experience amongst the seafaring community nothing is more trying than an easterly gale. During Saturday and Sunday, also parts of Monday, an ugly sea set…
Continued on Trove, page 535 →The steamer Maranoa arrived yesterday, and Captain Bates reported having encountered a terrific gale, the sea being the most mountainous he had ever seen off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday the weather continued fine and warm in the city, and reports from many of the country districts are of similar purport. On the northern rivers, however, things are not so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy in the representation of Anderson Ward, Borough of Parramatta, owing to the resignation of Mr. C. J. Byrnes, took place in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a meeting at West Kempsey last evening, Mr. P. C. Hill presiding, several speakers referred to the good done during the late flood by the experimental flood cutting at Laellick Creek relieving the Belmore…
Continued on Trove, page 529 →MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. -- Over 3in. of rain fell last night. The river is rising very fast, and there is every appearance of a flood. The Brisbane mails did not leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest information about the recent floods received in Perth shows that previous statements as to the losses are probably correct, but that more cattle and fewer sheep may have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AUCKLAND, Saturday.--Heavy rains are reported throughout the colony. At Nelson the lower part of the town is under water. Several of the bridges at Greymouth have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After a comparatively fine day on Saturday the rain set in again on Sunday, several heavy showers falling during the day, and in the evening there were a number of heavy and continuous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Engineer-in-Chief has received the following telegram, dated Southern Cross, 14th March, from Mr. Jobson, one of the Water Supply officers:—"At Southern Cross heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, March 18.—Severe gales and storms have passed over the Atlantic, and it is feared have caused much loss of life. A schooner which arrived to-day at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MURWILLUMBAH, Saturday.--Very heavy rain set in on Tuesday morning last, and continued until Wednesday night, over 9in. falling. The river rose to within 4ft. of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The heavy rain of Sunday continued yesterday in the Sydney district almost without intermission. For the 24 hours ending 9 a.m., 1.75in. was recorded at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Writing from Noumea Captain Saunders, of the A. U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Birksgate, now engaged on an Island cruise, states that the steamship met with a terrific…
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