The weather here to-day is intensely hot—the thermometer ranging 116° in the shade. A terrific thunderstorm commenced at 4 p.m., lasting five and a half hours. The lightning was very vivid. There ...
Article : 57 wordsTHE annual celebration at the breaking up of the school for the Christmas holidays and the pre[?]entation of prizes for the year took place at the Sydney Grammar School on Friday afternoon. The schoolroom or hall was decorated ...
Article : 2,877 wordsTHERE are few American institutions calculated to furnish more useful hints to the colonies, especially at this season of the year, than the society which exist to encourage studies at ...
Article : 8,417 wordsAn accident occurred to the mail coach on the Orange Road last evening, when descending Book's Hill. The horses bolted and smashed the coach against a post. Two or three persons were thrown to ...
Article : 66 wordsThe escort this morning took 1650 oz. of gold. Mr. James Brown, of the Miners Exchange, has had one of his hands severely fractured by [?] gun explosion. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe heat is terrific; the Government thermometer shows now 119½ in the shade; the state of the thermometer as reported yesterday was 121½. Clouds are rising and hopes of a storm are entertained. ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Thallon, formerly of St. Paul's College, [?] been appointed second master of the To[?]woom[?] Grammar School. The weather is intensely hot. ...
Article : 147 wordsTHE Registrar-General's report on the vital statistics of Sydney and suburbs for the mon[?]h of November, 1876, contains the following information:- The births recorded during the past month numbered ...
Article : 418 wordsThe barque Medea got[?]ashore when coming up the channel. She was flo[?]t[?]d off this morning. Several casualties from the great heat yesterday are reported from different parts of the country. ...
Article : 173 wordsARRIVED.—Bessie (schooner), Sydney Griffith[?] (barque), Jane Spiers (barque), from Newcastle. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe schooner Postboy, 60 tons, from Port M'Donnell to Adelaide, capsized twelve miles from Glenelg. Six hands were lost, including two passengers. There is but one survivor, the m[?]te, named Cave, who was ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 18 Dec 1876, Page 5
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