Topsails Carried Away. Barque in a Gale. Newcastle
The barque Falkirk was towed into the port early this morning, after a fast passage of 60 days from Buenos Ayres. She was favoured with good weather till February…
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Storm Starts Fires. Outbreaks in City and Suburbs
The storm was responsible for a number of fires, but in each instance the damage was slightly. The first call was received at head-quarters station a few minute after 2 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Last Nights DELUGE.i Extensive Damage Suburbs Suffer SEVERELY.i Damage at Parramatta. Debris in the Streets. a Woman Rescued. Trees Uprooted and Homes FLOODED.i
In parramatta the fury of the waters centred in Macquarie-street and its intersection with Marsden-street. Metal and debits was [?] high and a gang of maintenance meni…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Last Night's Deluge. Terrific Rainstorm in the City. Two Inches in Half-an-hour. Suburban Streets Flooded. Sewers Unable to Cope with Water. Thousands of Pounds Worth of Damage
Thousands of pounds worth of damage was [?] by the [?] of rate during the phono[?] store that [?] ever the city at 11 o'clock last night. Is some of the main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm. City Streets Like Rivers. Shops Flooded. 168 points in 20 minutes. Damage in Suburbs. Many Tram Derailments. Drowning Fatality. The forecast of the weather in the city to-day is Further Showers
A heavy downpour of rain, accompanied by thunder and vivid lightning, broke over the" metropolitan area about 11 o'clock last night, and provided the heaviest storm that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Track. the Effect of the Storm. Randwick Grass Track Closed. Good Work on the Cinders
With such a heavy downpour as occurred last night, it was only to be expected that the grass tracks at Randwick would be closed this morning. Nearly all the work that was done was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Houses Flooded at the Glebe
A number of persons living in Campbell-street. Glebe were in an unenviable predicament during the height of the storm. At the deluge continued, the water began to run in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newtown Police Station Flooded
The Newtown police had an unusual experience. The water rushed down the incline from the Australia-street entrance to the station, and in a short time the place was flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prisoners Nearly Afloat. North Sydney Police Station Flooded
When the storm was at its height there was an exciting half- hour at the North Sydney Police Station. The ground is higher at the back than at the front, and very soon after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood at Ashfield. Station Subway Under Water. Passengers' Experience
The torrential downpour last night which disorganised the tram traffic in the city caused even greater inconvenience to homeward-bound passengers when they succeeded at last in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Liverpool Camp. Tents Flooded
The military trainees now in [?] Liverpool had a decidedly uncomfortable time last night. Colonol Kirkland [?] tent was flooded with water about a foot deep, when by an "Evening News" reporter, said…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods on the Hawkesbury. Richmond
South Creek is a banker, flooding the lowlands adjacent to its courts, and much damage was done to the railway lice from Schofield to B1acktwon. Large quantities of ballast were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Imprisoned. Landslip at Petersham. Railway Subway Flooded
A collapse of portion of the embankment on the Marrickville side of Petersham railway station resulted last night in the imprisonment of a train in the goods siding until…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Circular Quay. Many Shops Invaded. Injury to Contents
A desolate scene presented itself to shopkeepers along the business side of Circular Quay when they opened their premises this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Rain Fell in Lumps." Outside the City. Low-lying Eand Flooded"
After the flood had been cleared from the vicinity of Her Majesty's Theatre the trams restarted, at 11.40 p.m. The trams were crowded to excess, and on reaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →City Deluged. Fain Holds Up Traffic. Curious Street Scenes. Damage by Flooding
Sydney has rarely experienced a rainstorm of the intensity of that which burst over the city shortly before 11 o'clock last night, and for a period of nearly three-quarters of an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Week's Weather Some Heavy Rain
During the past week warm to hot and very sultry conditions have prevailed. Several southerly changes swept from west to east over southern districts, but their influence was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood and Storm. Record Downpour. Old Cemetery Unearthed. Man Drowned at Parramatta. Thirty Tram Cars Derailed
The fiercest rainstorm in 36 years centred upon Sydney on Friday night. Streets were turned into rushing creeks, low-lying places became swamps and lakes, fights of steps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Storm Continues. Terrific Rainfalls. Further Falls in the Country. To-day's City Forecast
The Unsettled weather continued throughout yesterday, with fitful squalls from the feast-north-east, and a few showers fell in the evening, but only one additional point of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Parramatta Deluge
Another great storm occurred in Parramatta this morning, [?] points falling in two hours and three-quarters. At one stage 34 points fell in four minutes, at the rate of 510 points…
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