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832 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 42
The worst fears are being realised. There is every indication of a big flood. One hundred and forty-three points of rain fell during the 24 hours ended 9…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The signal master at Crowdy Heads report that the coasting steamer Augusta returned to port at 10.30 yesterday morning. She had experienced rough weather, and anchored in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The British-India Company's steamer Uinta put into Moreton Bay on Saturday night for shelter, having experienced heavy weather after leaving Sydney. She is bound for Batavia and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A very heavy storm passed over the St. George district yesterday afternoon. Intense lightning and heavy thunder preceded a downpour of exceptional severity. Gutters and waterways were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, passed over the city shortly before 6 o'clock last evening. A light shower was experienced, three points being registered at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The lightning ran down the telephone wire at Parramatta Post office on Thursday and set 250 "crackers" off in the postal building: set different telephone bells…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific gales swept the Canadian coast early in March and April, and played great havoc with shipping. Among the disasters reported was the loss of the American schooner Kailua. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The new twin-screw sloop Clio, of 1070 tons, the last of her class to be built, arrived at Sydney yesterday, after a somewhat eventful maiden voyage from England, to replace H.M.S. Sparrow (now out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The council's contract for the repair of the wines of the Wallis Creek floodgates has been entered upon, and provision has been made for filling the holes scoured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A large number of stations in the southern part of the State, and a few places in the northern and western districts, reported light falls of rain yesterday morning. At Tweed Heads 150 points were measured, as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Yesterday afternoon at the stock sale yards a very heavy rain storm was experienced, the rain being as heavy probably, as any ever seen at the yards…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, May 12, 2.45 p.m.-The explosions at Port Arthur are probably attempts to clear the fairway of the harbour. The mine transport Amar, while laying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the northern part of the coast some heavy falls of rain have again been experienced. Light showers have also been reported from a number of stations between Sydney and Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An instance of the absurdity of some of the notions held by our ancestors was the notion that the ringing of the church bells had a counteracting effect in a thunderstorm. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"The breathing of the common wind," as Wordsworth describes the British breezes, is to Englishmen matter of comparatively small moment. They have storms, with resulting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THURSDAY ISLAND, Saturday.--Reports from Daru, British New Guinea, state that a cyclone recently demolished almost the whole settlement, leaving less than a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Maranoa arrived at Brisbane at about midnight on Monday from Townsville. She was over 24 hours overdue. Among the passengers was Sir Herbert Chermisde…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Having encountered heavy gales the ship Glenburn, which left Liverpool on January 17 for San Francisco with a general cargo, was last night forced to put into Port Jackson. During…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Attorney-General, the Hon. B. R. Wise, K.C., In the course of an interview which a "Herald" representative had with him yesterday in reference to some further remarks…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Attorney-General and Minister for Justice was seen with reference to the statement of the Chief Justice. "The Chief Justice," Mr. Wise said, "does not…
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