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702 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 36
LONDON, January 5, 2.55 p.m.—During a storm the sea destroyed the stone jetty at Zeebrugge, intended for the port of Bruges(Belgium), and which cost 1,000,000 frances (£40,000) to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The sea has destroyed a atone jetty at Leebrugge (Belglum), which is intended to be the seaport for Bruges. The damage done is estimate to amount…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tue E. and A. Company's steamer Eastern, which arrived here last evening from China and Japan, oncountered a violent cyclone during the voyage. Captain M'Arthur says…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The heat, both from the sun and bush fires, has been playing havoc with the late summer fruit and the grape crops. Had we been blessed with bountiful rains in the months of November…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →There has been a stiff south-cast gale since midnight. The glass has fallen to 29. There is a lull at present, with an ominous atmosphere and the wind from the north. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ORANGE, Monday.--A violent thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, broke over the town this morning. The lightning struck a hay-stack, the property of Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods caused by extraordinary high tides have occurred on the eastern coast of England. Enormous damage has been done to piers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Temperatures inland showed a marked increase yesterday, as a result of the heat wave. At scattered places thunderstorms were experienced, with light to moderate showers. Strong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.--Tidal floods which have occurred on the east coast of England have caused enormous damage. The effects were severely felt at the favorite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious accident that might have been attended with heavy loss of life took place in a new. colliery shift that is being sunk at Easington, Sunderland. As it was, one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The barquentine Rio, from Newcastle, has arrived at Napier after a rough passage. The vessel encountered terrific gales, during which the fore and main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A letter received yesterday from Captain Anderson, of the barque Elizabeth Graham, states that the vessel had a perilous time in the recent gales which swept along the New Zealand [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods in the rivers in North Queensland have disorganised the running of several coastal steamers, and have considerably affected the week's output of bananas. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Temperatures of over 100 degrees were reported by nearly a dozen stations on Saturday, but the Government Meteorologist stated last night that the heat were was passing away to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A thunderstorm of extraordinary vi[?]lence passed over the Wangaratta district at half-past 4 o'clock this afternoon, bringing very heavy rain, one inch being registered in 25 minutes, and succeeding showers brought…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HENTY, Tuesday.—A storm of a cyclonic nature passed over the town yesterday afternoon, doing great damage to property. The storm was accompanied by very heavy ball and severe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The monsoonal disturbance, which has resulted in very heavy rains in parts of Queensland, reached this State during the course of Sunday night, and rain was still falling over a large area throughout yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Chingtu, from Japan and China, which arrived at Sydney to-day, encountered very heavy rains on the N.S.W. coast. One of the officers remarked that the rainfall was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barque Itata, which arrived from Liverpool on Sunday, met with bad weather in the latitude of Tristan D'Acunha, where she was buffeted with a gale for many days. On…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A terrific thunderstorm occurred last evening about 7 o'clock, 130 paints of rain falling in 20 minutes. The storm lasted for one hour, and 250 pointa of rain fell Several footbridges and culverts were washed…
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