Further Floods Threatened. BRISBANE
Rain is general throughout the colony. A Charleville telegram says the Warrego is as high as it was last month, and furthur disastrous floods are feared…
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Floods & storms, 1890
136 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 7
The Darling Floods. Stations Surrounded by Water. WILCANNIA, Tuesday Morning
The river is now nearly stationary. Advices to hand state that Weinterga station is completely surrounded and cut off from the mainland by 5ft. of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. Letting Loose of the Waters. Tour of the Bourke Rescuing Party. Menindie, Wednesday (noon)
The River Darling is now rising fast here. During yesterday and last night it rose 5in., but as the majority of the houses and business places are on high…
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THE rain of yesterday evening, although slight here, appears to have been heavy in the neighborhood; for last night Stephen's Creek came down and did…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck a Cyclone. A Time Peril and Suffering. PERTH, Monday Afternoon
The schoone Meta, 19 days out from Adelaide to [?] Natal with flour, has arrived at King George's Sound. When six days out, off Point Louwin,…
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A MEETING of ratepayers, called by advertisement, to take steps in reference to the storm waters flowing from the reserve over certain parts of Oxide and…
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THE Pooncarie correspondent of the Federal Standard, Wentworth, has sent special telegram to that journal as follows:—"Menindie mail arrived last night…
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Mr. F. Chambers has been drowned while crossing the flood waters at Belle Vue, between Wilcannia and Menindie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods In Morocco. LONDON
Sofroo, an important town in the centre of the salt-mining region of Morocco, has been inundated by floods, caused by an overflow ot the rivers. The town was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling floods. CUTHERO
The flood here is 2ft. 1in. lower than the 1864 level. The River Darling is still rising 1½in. per day. The rain here last week amounted to 2¼in. The embankment…
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Advices from Wentworth, dated May 29, state that the driver of the Darling mail brings news that the water above Pooncarie is deepening throngh the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting the Flood. Heroic Exertions of Two Women. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent,) WILCANNIA, Tuesday Afternoon
The steamer Pilot has arrived from down stream and the Excelsior from Bourke. By the latter comes a tale of a plucky fight against the flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. Rapid Rise in the River. Perilous Situation of Wentworth. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) WESTWORTH, Tuesday Afternoon
The River Darling is up 10ft. 10in. rising rapidly. This is higher than has ever been known here before. The Murray is now rising at Albury,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. The Situation at Wentworth. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) WENTWORTH, Wednesday Afternoon
The rivers are still rising, and a disastrous flood is feared. Mr. W. J. Hanna, the Government district engineer, is expected on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. The Situation at Wentworth. The Waters Spreading Delays in the Mails. Perlious Adventures of Drivers. A Dam Started. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) WENTWORTH, Wednesday Night
The river is now 20ft. 8in. above summer level, and the current is running over five miles an hour. The Broken Hill mail, which ought to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prevention of Floods. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon
Several municipal municipalities propose asking the Government to introduce a measure dealing generally with the prevention of floods in towns situated on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods at Albury. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Friday Afternoon
The River Murray has been rising rapidly, and the waters are spreading over the country on its banks. Floods have occurred in the Albury district, and much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. River Still Rising. Mr. Hanna Arrives at Wentworth. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) WENTWORTH, Saturday Morning
Mr. W. J. Hanna, Government district engineer, arrived last night to report on the protection of the town. The river is still rising. [?] is now 21ft. 5in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Relief Fund. £4,900 from Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
The central committee of the floods relief fund has received a first instalment of £4,900 from the Melbourne committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wentworth Floods. Country Imurdated Protection Works started. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) WENTWORTH
The river is now 21ft. 9in., rising slowly the country for miles above Wentworth is inundated where it was dry in 1870, although the river here was then…
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