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Mr. D. J. Mares, Acting Divisional Officer at the Weather Bureau, when seen last night, said that the rainfal constituted a record for the rate of the fall…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The torrential asture of the rain from the [?] in Sydney on Thursday afternoon lost till after Saturday night's violent storm, can be imagined by the fact that it was a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saturday's storm is likened to the memorable Nemesis gale of July, 1904. It was cyclonic in character, and Sydney was the centre of the disturbance which burst into all the fury of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The full [?] of the gale was felt all over the eastern suburbs, and damage to streets and property was done amounting to thousands of pounds. A trip round on Sunday disclosed a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arthur-street, Surry Hills, seems to have suffered more severely than any other part of the city. Between 40 and 50 houses were flooded out by a stream of water caused, it was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Among the suburbs most seriously affected were Redfern and the surrounding districts, and between Saturday night and Sunday morning scores of houses were flooded and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →If the fire sprinklers at M'Cathie's Limited, Pitt-street, Sydney, had been working all Saturday night they could scarcely have done more damage than the storm did to the varied…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wet clothes, wet straw and blankets, flooded tests, and a poor supply of rations have so far been the principal characteristics of the encampment of the 6th infantry Brigade at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As the rain continued to pour down, the back yards of several low-lying houses in Edward-street, Pyrmont, were flooded. The water in these rose to nearly three feet. Tube loose…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The full force of the storm was felt at Marrickville. Not a single thoroughfare escaped. The whole of the [?] was swept from the roadways, leaving the bars [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The storm caused widespread damage throughout the suburbs. Gardens were ruined, trees uprooted, and houses unroofed. From Stanmore to Homebush scarcely a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The scene in George-street West was a memorable one. The water flooded the street. and breaking several shop windows, caused serious damage The derailment of two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Brigadier's Tent. -- Lieut.-Colonel M'Glynn"Evicted." Officers' Mess Swamped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The tram service to Coogee failed on Saturday night in good time to inconvenience people who had gone to the theatres. The crowds who waited at the Elizabeth and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The deluge converted Milson's-road, at Cremorne, into a fast-flowing river, and residents who had just survived a perilous ride by ferry from the Quay were compelled to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the quarterly meeting of the City Council to-day Alderman Walker asked the Lord Mayor if he was aware that a stormwater sewer at Surry Hills tad overflowed,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Throughout Saturday rain fell incessantly, and in the city between the hours of 9 a.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. yesterday no less than 652 points were registered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The western suburbs felt the full force of the storm on Saturday, but while the wind howled and shrieked among the houses and trees, and played havoc with gardens, the fact of their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CAMPBELLTOWN, Sunday.--The southerly gale, which came up on Saturday morning, increased in violence throughout the day, and during the night it reached its height. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Owing to the flooding of creeks two drowning fatalities occurred on Saturday night. Patrick 'O'Donnell (58), a widower, was going to his home at Pitta-town,…
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