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729 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 37
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--At 3 o'clock this afternoon the North Coast Company's steamer Tomki came up the harbor, bearing the appearance of having been in trouble. She was minus about…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met yesterday, Mr. W. J. Tickett, M.L.C., being in the chair. An inter[?]report was presented from the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Public Works Committee met yesterday afternoon to further consider the expediency of constructing, works in connection with the Tuckian flood escape scheme on the Richmond River…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrific gale, accompanied by heavy rain, raged on the coast of New South Wales during the latter part of the week. Nearly six inches of rain fell in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day's arrivals included the North Coast Company's steamer Macleay, which came in from the Macleay River about 3 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The old saying "that it never rains but it pours" has, in its literal sense, been pretty well impressed on Sydney. About the end of last month a succession of wet days added something…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The city was swept by another southerly gale on Saturday. The storm was not unexpected, for a warning of its approach had been sent, from Wollongong as early as 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. W. Howard Smith, and Sons' steamer Leura arrived at Sydney on Saturday, from Brisbane. On the run down she met the full force of the gale. Captain Ellis states that after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The weather is clearing at last. Saturday should have been fine had the expected happened, whereas day and night proved scarcely less depressingly wet and boisterous than Friday and Thursday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The coastal rivers, which have been flooded, have all begun to subside, and no furh[?]tre danger is anticipated in that quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The captain of the French ship [?] Froude. which arrived in port this afternoon, 94 days out from L'Orient, reports having experienced severe gales off the Australian coast On the 22nd ultimo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The gales which raged along the coast with such disastrous effects had all subsided yesterday, and gentle airs were the order, or most moderate breezes. The rain, however, did not disappear, but continued in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Considering how Saturday night left Sydney and its environs weltering in heavy showers and gales, after a succession of days of similar direful weather, many people, who overnight had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The time taken in the run across to Noumea seldom occupies more than five days, but the steamer Maroc, which left Newcastle on Friday last, bound for the French port, will take…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It was the steamer Anerley which the other day, on her voyage from Newcastle to South Africa, put in a sudden appearance at Jervis Bay, and reported being out for four days, during which she had covered a distance of only 140…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The recent severe gales which raged along the New South Wales coast, and which played sad havoe with the shipping, are accountable for the large steamer Tolosa putting in to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The steamer Moora bool, which entered this morning from Melbourne, got Into trouble Soon after passing the wrecks on the Oyster Bank, and had to let go two anchors…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The steamer Tolosa, which left Newcastle on Wednesday for Java, with a full cargo of coal, put into Hobson's Bay to-day to repair damage done by the recent heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The four-masted barque Drumalis, which was reported to have been in difficulties in Wreck Bay, reached here yesterday. Captain A. J. Whelin's statement shows that a rather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the recent gales only two of the sewer ventilating shafts, of which some 4800 are scattered about the city and suburbs, were blown down…
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