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The North Coast Company's steamer Euroka [?]utered the bay on Sunday morning. Captain Forbes reports that the vessel left Nambucca River on Thursday evening at 6 o'clock, and had a westerly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--A heavy south-easterly wind is prevailing to-day, and it brought up exceptionally high sea in the bay, which effectually prevented any attempt being made, to raise…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wreck of the steamer Maitland is fast breaking up. It was expected yesterday that the sea world moderate considerably, and that the work of reasoning the mails would be carried out without any very great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation from the Manly Council, introduced by Mr. Dugald Thomson, M.L.A., interviewed the Minister for Works yesterday in respect to the damage done to the sea walls by the recent gale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The R.M.S. Rome, which arrived in the bay to-day, left Sydney at noon on the 6th instant, clearing the Heads at 1.15 p.m. A strong southeasterly gale was encountered, lasting until Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The pleasant change which occurred in the weather to-day was welcome after the recent storms. Early this morning the atmosphere was cool, the thermometer recording 47.6deg at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecks and rumors of wrecks still loom large on the public horizon, and it is to be feared that the worst has not yet been told of the fearful havoc wrought by tho recent storm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NELSON'S BAY, Monday.--Messrs. J. and A. Brown's steamer Duckenfield arrived here at 6 o'clock to-night, showing signs of having gone through a terrible time. Captain Johnson states…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What is now known as "the Maitland gale" in meteorological history, by way of comparison with the "Danden[?]ng gale," had not entirely exhausted itself on the seaboard of the colony up to last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A conference on the best means of mitigating the ill effects of floods in the Hunter River was held at Raymond Terrace in February last. On Thursday next at 2.30 p.m. a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The gale is not anything like done yet. To-day in Sydney the wind is fresh from S.S.W., with rain squalls, and a heavy sea at the Heads. All down the coast there is a very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The barque Inversnaid, which arrived at Newcastle last night from Table Bay, met the full force of the recent gales, but fortunately came into port uninjured. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After a brief respite heavy weather again set in along the coast yesterday, in the shape of a strong southerly gale. With the continuance of rough seas and heavy breaking bars, reports…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Tambo, of Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s line, which left here on Sunday for Hobart, appears to have had a trying time making southward in the bad weather. The Tambo signalled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last evening the French mail steamer Armand Behic anchored ni Watson's having arrived from New Caledonia. She was in the thick of the storm during the latter part of the trip, and had to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The bodies of Alexander Cargill and Miss Fitton were found yesterday afternoon. Mr. A. Ross, wharfinger to the Newcastle and Hunter River River Steamship Company, who is representing the company at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From a report read at to-day's meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board it would appear that the sewage farm at Botany suffered severely during the recent storm. The report stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipmasters all agree that the recent gale was the heaviest that has swept the coast for many years, and evidence of its destructive character is shown by the number of wrecks strewn along…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It will be several days before it can be stated definitely what the precise measure of destruction to shipping by the gale has been. This much was made apparent yesterday by the northern coast…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Very stormy conditions continued to prevail at sea last night, but no further wrecks were reported. Grave fears are, however, entertained as to the safety of the coasting schooner…
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