The Floods. Buildings Washed Away
The postmaster at Yetman informed the Secretary to the General Post-office by telegram yesterday that the Bonshaw mailman had arrived that day with the following disastrous…
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Floods & storms, 1890
277 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 14
The Floods on the Warrego. Specially wired to the National Advocate by McGuigan & Co. Cunnamulla. April 7
The highest flood ever known on the Warrego River has just passed Cunnamulla. The flood water has been running through the streets of the town for six days. The Warrego…
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Propnets town, a settlement on Rock River, Illinois, has been devastated by a cyclone similar to that which wrecked Louisville. The town is completely…
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In consequence of the alarming communications from Louth and Brewarrina intimating the near approach of floods and asking assistance to build earthworks, Mr. Waddell, M.L.A.,…
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The flood waters at Walgett are now stationary. Thirty-two men, women, and children are on a small island, 10 miles from Walgett, with only a few feet of dry ground to…
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At Rockhampton the flood waters reached the greatest height on Monday. All the lower parts of the town are still inundated…
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Thargomindah reports a heavy flood. All mail communication is suspended. Several [?]ases of drowning have occurred in the Isisford district where a heavy flood is also being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods in Queensland. St. George (Q.)
There have been terrific floods, and the town was nearly all under water during the whole of last week. The waters are now subsiding, but another rise is expected in the river. Yesterday…
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The Queensland Government have received telegram from St. George which stales that the floods there are unprecedented. People have taken refuge on the sand ridges. The…
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The following message from Walgett, dated Thursday, will show the condition of affairs out west:—Acting District Court judge Bennett and the Crown Prosecutor…
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Intelligence has been received of a terrible cyclone experienced at Prophetstown, in the state of Hlinois, where many fatalities occurred. As the telegraphic wires connected with the…
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Further wires from Walgett state that thousands of dead carcases are floating over the country, and that the fences are lined with dead sheep…
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There has been great loss of stock in Queensland through the floods. On one arun 40,000 sheep perished, and on another 10,000 ewes and lambs died through…
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The flood in the Darling continues. Great alarm exists in Bourke, and every exertion is being made to protect the town from the pending rush of water…
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"THE windows of heaven were opened." It would seem that the figure of speech used by the author of the Book of Genesis were applicable to many portions of New South Wales and…
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The Postmaster-General has been informed by telegrams from the different postmasters of the following particulars of the floods, in their districts :—The postmaster of the Mogil Mogil…
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Heavy rain, accompanied by a terrific wind, fell here last night, and at 9 o'clock this morning over 80 points had been registered. Rain is falling heavily to-night…
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Further applications were received in Sydney on Wednesday for flood boats for the use of unfortunate residents in the country suffering from the influx of water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods Around Bourke. the Waters Rising. Inundation of Bourke Feared. Probable Uselessness of Embankment. Residents Preparing to Leave. Homesteads Flooded. Bourke, Friday Evening
The situation is becoming serious. The river is now 39 feet and rising. Some houses on low-lying ground outside the embankment are submerged, and water in places is 3 feet deep…
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The Following telegrams will show the condition of affairs in the Darling; and Macquarie:— LOUTH, Friday…
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