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987 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 50
The whole of the Riverina district has participated in further good rains since Wednesday evening, and yesterday it was still raining at a number of towns. The rain was principally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, Thursday.--Driver Cox, of the express, reports having had a somewhat sensational experience at 4 o'clock this morning. For three miles between Wagga and Harefield the train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A survey of the town reveals a deplorable condition of affaira. Residences especially in the north ward, have been destroyed in ruthless fashion. Whole streets have been laid waste. Not more than a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rain commenced here last night at 11 o'clock, and continued till 7 this morning All the dams and tanks are full, and the household supply is ample for mouths. The railway fences were in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TOWNSVILLE, Friday.--Information is now being received from outside districts which show that the cyclone devastated a large area of the country between Townsville and Bowen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Messages from private sources from Ayr state that the cyclone did terrible damage there. The losses are estimated at £10,000. It is stated that the township of Brandon was levelled to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There is an awful cyclone approaching, and the See Government has a poor chance of weathering it with the only gingham left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At midnight on Sunday the wind at Townsville (Q.) suddenly shifted from the north to north-west. At 10 a.m. next day the wind increased, and the barometer fell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The following account of the cyclone is taken from the Townsville " Bulletin " of March 10:- The only hint given on Sunday evening of the coming disturbance was the fact that the ten-perature…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →That the good ship New South Wales is within reasonable distance of financial wreck is an idea to which croakers on board have given but too much encouragement. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Saturday.--The steamer Wodonga arrived this morning from Townsville. Capain Thompson said that the Wodonga left Cooktown for southern ports on Saturday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fortunately for Tonga, a portion, at all events, of the intelligence disseminated by the San Francisco papers, in connection with the hurricane and tidal wave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Saturday Afternoon.—The harbour master at Bowen wires, that the cutter Osprey, of 12 tons, left Bowen for Proserpine, with mails and general cargo, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THe China Navigation Company's steamer Tsinan was released from Quarantine this morning, and is now at moorings in Neutral Bay. When the Tsinan arrived at Sydney on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NUKUALOFA, March 2.--It is upwards of 20 years since we had a severe hurricane here in Tongatabu; but a fortnight or so since the islands had a narrow escape. From February…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Monday.--The Home Secretary has received a telegram from the clerk of Petty Sessions at Ayr, notifying that the hurricane swept over that district on Monday last, doing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the Church of England adherents was held at Jubilee Hall yesterday to consider the serious damage done to the church property during the cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Light to heavy rain fell over the Northern Territory yesterday, but Mr. Russell, when seen last evening, did not think it would extend to this State. He forecasts fine and warm weather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Townsville Cyclone Belief Fund now amounts to £3500, including contributions from Charters Towers and Brisbane. There are many cases of destitution. Mechanics last week demanded £1 per…
Continued on Trove, page 659 →TOWNSVILLE, the principal city in Northern Queensland, is unfortunately through its position on the shores of Cleveland Bay, 870 miles north-west of…
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