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987 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 50
LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- Steam launches rescued 200 starving children at Topeka (Kansas), which was attacked by both fire and flood. The children had been flood-bound…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disastrous floods occurred in several of the Mississippi States. There was heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeks, and immense destruction of property…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The steamer Kyogle arrived at Maclean at noon to-day. A large concourse of people assembled on the wharf, and neartily cheered the captain and crew. Later on the Mayor, in the presence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →KEMPSEY, Monday.—The effects of the recent flood are becoming more manifest. The roads are badly cut up in many places, and the metal is washed away. Thousands of tons of driftwood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The manager of Baker's Creek G.M. Company reports for the week ended June 5 as follows:- "Battery hung up from 7.30 o'clock Monday night to 10.30 Wednesday owing to heuvy flood, creek having…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Kyogle, which, was out in the recent gale, arrived from the Clarence last evening, spick and span, despite her rough experience. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The terrific storms which swept the coast during the letter part of May were severely felt by the barque Castor, which arrived in the bay this morning from Portland, Oregon. From the morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, June 8; 2.25 p.m.—The Congaree River, South Carolina, is now thirteen feet above the danger line, and is sweeping seawards debris from the Piedmont districts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The late heavy rain has caused much trouble among miners working in the shallow ground. Most of the claims have been flooded out, and the occupants are compelled to go fossicking or…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A cloud burst at Spartanburg, South Carolina, and a dam was swept away. The country was flooded. Cotton mills were wrecked, and damage to property is estimated at 2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reuter's correspondent states that 200,000 acres of fertile farms in a radius of 20 miles from St. Louis are flooded. It is estimated that 25,000 people are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Deputy Postmaster-General has received a telegram from Warra stating that the mailman had returned, as he could not cross the Condamine, the flood waters being over the bridge. A telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The damage by forest fires in the United States is estimated at £20,000,000. Rain that has fallen has had the effect of checking the progress of the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The terrible devastation caused by the floods in the United States is increasing in extent and intensity. The Congaree River, in South Carolina, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.--According to Reuter's Agency, 200,000 acres of fertile farming land within a radius of 20 miles of St. Louis, where the big Exposition is to he held, have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHIP TORRIDON. A well-known trader between Sydney and London, arrived last week in tow of the tug Hero. During the gale she was struck by a tidal wave, which ripped the upper starboard bulwarks clean away…
Continued on Trove, page 1430 →Cable messages from America have described ravages by the three pote[?]t destructive elements in nature, and with a view to obtaining further information regarding the subject a representative of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Steamer Illaroo, Wrecked in Catherine Hill Bay during the Recent Gales. (Photo, by the Star Photo. Company.) The Recent Gale—The Four-masted Barque Norma being Towed into Newcastle Harbour, after her Narrow Escape of being Wrecked on the Oyster Bank, where Many a Good Ship has Left her Timbers…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Mr. E. J. Paton, Inspecter of Fisheries at Port Stephens, yesterday brought to this office a quantity of pea-[?]ts which had been washed ashore at False Bay, a little south of Port Stephens. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The now schooner Elliston went ashore at Korogoro Point, near Smoky Cape, on the New South Wales coast. The Elliston, it appears, left the Bellinger…
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