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682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 35
The former rose [?]astily as I sw[?]g myself off the stairs into the doorway. She staggered towards me, her face white with anxiety. Her hand trembled as she dropped it unsteadily on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The presage of the lurid sunrise was fulfilled. All day long the gale shricked and raved behind us, screaming through our taut rigging like some [?]rticulate storm-spirit's agony. The sullen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Thursday Afternoon.—A telegram from Longreach, in the Central district, says that a terrific duststorm occurred there on Wednesday, causing semi-darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Longreach yesterday it was extremely hot and muggy. About half-past 4 in the afternoon for miles distant there could be seen clouds of dust. As the tornado approached the scene was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a hurricane struck Longreach with all the full violence of the storm. Numerous houses and business places were unroofed and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Light rain began in the city and suburbs on Wednesday, and continued at intervals throughout the night, till 9 a.m., when 24 points were recorded. During yesterday the sky…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOURKE. Friday Afternoon.—A remarkable storm is raging here. The sky is one mass of red dust, which becomes so thick at intervals that darkness prevails, and business is suspended…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following is the report of Dr. Armstrong, in reference to the matter of a storm-water drain for the construction of which the Council are now making…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday, November 7, extraordinary atmospheric conditions were experienced in many parts of New South Wales. The greatest damage, however, was done at Newcastle, West Maitland, and Singleton. At Newcastle a cyclonic storm did…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The whole of the eastern portion of the colony from Wagga, Orange, Gunnedah, Glen Innes, and Tenterfield, to the coast, has participated in another beneficial rainfall. No rain fell over the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colonel Pennyenick, who visited the upper portions of the Brisbane River, has inspected the site of the proposed dam for use as a regulating reservoir. He estimates the cost of the dam at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →On her passage down the coast from Brisbane the steamer Aramac had a peculiar experience. From Moreton Bay to the Clarence River the vessel was enveloped in a thick…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Aramac, which arrived yesterday from Queensland ports, had a pocullar experience on the passage down the coast. After leaving Brisbane, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The damage caused by the late destructive cyclone in he Newscastle district is being repaired with expedition where funds are available. The grandstand on the racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boers are occupying their time in plundering and looting the homesteads of the loyalists of Natal. A force of the enemy, numbering 700, swept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Tuesday,--Colonel Pennycuick, who is formulating a scheme for ameliorating Toods in the Brisbane River, is now preparing his report. He believer, in the suggestion to cut…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The China and Japan coasts have boon swept by terrific typhoons, and the shipping has suffered badly. The American transport Slam was caught in a typhoon between Nagasaki and Luzon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News received from South Africa to-day, whilst not of a sensational character, bears a most important significance. The Estcourt garrison received news from Ladysmith that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An entirely new line is presented to the landholders of the colony in the Cyclone Wire Fence Machine, the explanatory and illustrated catalogue of which in before us. It is an…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Minister for Works was asked yesterday by members of the Hurstville Municipal Council to extend a storm-water channel 800yds. It was explained that the channel served the drainage…
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