Flood in the Macleay
KEMPS[?]Y, TUESDAY.—Heavy rain set in on Saturday morning, and continued until 7 a.m. on Sunday, when it eased off, slight showers falling throughout the day. The…
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Floods & storms, 1887
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Flood Relif
IT will be remembered that Mr. J. See, M.P., mentioned in one of his speeches here that, at the suggestion of Captain Broomfield, he had applied to the Hon. W. R. Piddington to know whether any…
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This vessel arrived in Grafton on Friday evening, and experienced very rough weather, having encountered the late gate, which swept the coast a few days since. Captain Po[?] reports encountering terribly heavy weather, severe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Agriculturist and Grazier. Droughts and Floods
IT has frequently been a matter of speculation and argument as to which of these visitations is the greatest enemy of the agriculturist. The past two seasons, so far…
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BRISBANE Monday.—The Colonial Treasurer has received a telegram confirming the message received from the telegraph manager at Burketown re the terrible gale experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Examiner. Published on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at Grafton Saturday, March 26Th, 1887. Flood Cauges
WHEN there is a flood in the river, with crowds of people watching the rising waters, and speculating how far it will reach, the question is frequently heard, how is it there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Streets Flooded. Great Damage Goods. Bt Telegram. Sydney, Wednedsay
RAIN fell this morning from 7 to near 10, in sheets. All the low-lying portions of the city are flooded, owing to the stoppage of drains. Great damage is reported by…
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THE following letter to the member for Grafton shows that if the requisite crews to man the boats are organised, the Government will furnish four flood boats. It is to be hoped volunteers for the…
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THE Bulli Relief Committee is meditating an act which should be resisted. The trustees of the old Hawkesbury Flood Relief Fund have a balance invested in readiness to meet the necessities arising…
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THE Imperial Chinese Commissioners were entertained at a harbour picnic by the members of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce on Monday. General "Wong Yung Ho, in…
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A TELEGRAM to a Melbourne paper states that the protracted rainfall on the West Coast has caused serious floods in many districts, Gieymouth, in particular, having…
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THE Times Calcutta correspondent says it is now unhappily oertain that at least two vessels—the Sir John Lawrence and the tug Retriever—were lost in the recent cyolone. It was hoped for a time that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Clarence and Richmond Examiner. [ESTABLISHED 1859.] Tuesday Morning, 23Rd August, 1887. Flood Gauges
MORE than six months have elapsed since the high flood, and although every one admits the necessity of flood gauges to indicate the rise of the water, nothing has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Egypt.—800 Families Destitute
THE Daily Chronicle correspondent at Cairo says:—Official statistics show that up to the present 800 families in Upper Egypt have been rendered destitute by the inundation…
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