These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
987 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 50
The Italian ship Colombo, which arrived here yesterday with a cargo of wheat, after a prolonged passage of 101 days from Buenos Ayres, encountered very heavy weather during the voyage. From May 28 to June 2 a succession…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A big storm, which swept over Valparaiso early this month, played havoc with the shipping in the harbor. The Pacific Steamship and Navigation Company's steamship Arequipa…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sea water is now used to extinguish the burning colliery of the Dominion Coal Company, Nova Scotia. Through a sluice cut from a dam on the shore of the ocean, sea water is…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The little diversion which occurred in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night, in which Mr. Norton and Mr. Broughton were the principals, will cost the taxpayers a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Vice-Admiralty Court, before the Deputy-Judge Commissary (Mr. Justice Owen), yesterday the hearing of an action for salvage at the entrance to Newcastle Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TUMUT, Thursday.—Rain descended heavily during a thunderstorm last night. It was accompanied by a fierce, keen wind and vivid lightning. One hundred and thirty-four points of rain were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the face of a gale the visiting warships Royal Arthur, Karrakatta, Ringarooma, Wallaroo, and Mildura came up to Hobson's Bay from the Heads this morning. The fiagsli[?]p and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is being suggested locally that the Government should send some responsible officer from Sydney to confer with the mines on the course of procedure to be taken for a freah water supply from South A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The report of the Public Works Committee on the prevention of floods in the Hunter River was land on the tuble of the Legislative Assembly last evening. The scheme submitted to the committee provided for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday the report of the Public Works Committee on the expediency of constructing works for the mitigation of the effects of floods in the Hunter River was laid on the table of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A thunderstorm occurred last night, rain falling heavily, attended by vivid lightning and a terrific cutting wind. The measurement was 134 points. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TUMUT, Friday.—The river rose to 12ft yesterday, owing to the inflowing back waters of the previous night's storm. One ballast railway truck is just visible out of the water,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TUMUT, Friday.—The river rose to 12ft yesterday, owing to the inflowing back waters of the previous night's storm. One ballast railway truck is just visible out of the water,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The deluge in Kansas and the tornado in Georgia, about which cables were received early last month, were among the worst disasters that have visited the United States. Accounts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai to-night is 9ft. and rising. At Brungle, seven miles from Gundagai, the Tumut River is nearly a mile wide, and a very large area of the Tumut River flats are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The weather has been exceedingly wet and boisterous, heavy gales and squalls prevailing all day. During the present month 275 points have been recorded, as against 157 points for the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The steamer Anglian, which left Hobart at 10 p.m. on Thursday, arrived here at 8.15 a.m. yesterday. Captain Entwisle reports having experienced a hard N W gale [?]e[?]ng to W., with very heavy sea and heavy rain and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BEGA, Monday.—The most constant windstorm experienced here for years, continued all last week, there being a heavy gale on Friday night, when the roof was blown off the house occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A violent westerly gale raged in the city on Saturday. The storm was attended with vicious squalls. In the harbor it was severely felt, and terry boats had lively experiences…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During the past few days there have been heavy faisl of snow at Yea, Colac, Broadford, Harietville, Mansfield, and Learmonth. Where rain has melted the snow the rivers are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →