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743 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 38
ALTHOUGH heavy weather and shipwreck have always been associated with the month of May, seldom have there been such disastrous storms as have prevailed during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The gale which has wrought so much havoc on the coast is now a matter of history. It practically commenced at 9 o'clock on Thursday night, when the wind reached a velocity equal to 38…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Sydney this morning the sky was overeast, with occasional bursts of sunshine. The atmosphere was very cold and a moderate south-west wind was blowing. At 9 a.m. the thermometer recorded 53.7 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JONES ISLAND, Saturday.--A great storm began yesterday at daylight, and continued all day and last night The oldest residents state they never experienced so severe a storm during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Clearing slowly," was the verdict given by Mr. H. C. Russell, the Government Astronomer, when asked his morning for a weather forecast. Mr. Russell anticipates that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A telegram received from Gosford to-day said that a young man man maned Charles Hitchcock rode in from the scene of the wreck of the Maitland and reported to the local police that he and a companion named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Victoria arrived this morning from Noumea, and after passing the health authorities in Watson's Bay came up to a berth at the Lime-street Wharf. Upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Coraki had a very narrow escape from coming to grief when entering the Manning River this morning. There was a very heavy sea washing on the bar when the Coraki attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The anxiety which prevailed in Sydney and Newcastle on Friday and Saturday, When the news that the well-known passenger steamer Maitland was many hours overdue in making the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There was sorrow on the sea in the late storm, and a deep gloom spread over the city on Saturday as gradually the fragmentary news of the disaster came through. It was true that the passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nelson's Bay, a well-known sheltering ground for coasting vessels, situated about 20 miles north of Newcastle, had the full sweep of the recent gale, and of the vessels sheltering these five…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Confirmation of the terrible news that the Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamer Maitland had gone ashore on the rugged coast above Broken Bay was received in Sydney shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The hope should now about be realised that the list of disasters to shipping occasioned by the recent gales has closed. This morning the wind along the coast from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When the A.U.S.N. steamer Victoria, from Noumea, anchored in Watson's Bay at midnight on Sunday, a heavy list on the port clearly told of an encounter with the recent gales. As she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Huddar[?], Parker, and Co.'s steamer Westralia, which arrived on Saturday from New zealand, met the full force of the gale. She ran into it at 4 a.m. on Friday morning when about 350…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The southern reports last night were discouraging. Gabo reported a S.S.E. fresh gale, fierce squalls, the gale increasing, and sea high. Rain was falling between Gabo und Eden. Jervis Bay also had showers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manly suffered rather severely in the storm--sea-walls were unshipped, ornamental trees uprooted, summer-houses blown away, and damage done generally to the reserves. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the recent storm all round the district trees were uprooted and houses, barns and sheds unroofed. The river-banks in places were washed away, and corn stacked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A telegram received from Byron Bay states that the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Euroka put in there on Sunday morning, and signalled "short of coal." The Euroka appears…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--When the steamship Barrier arrived in the bay. yesterday, the appearance of her docks indicated a stern fight with the sea. Having called at…
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