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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
150 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 8
A heavy flood has occurred a Murwillumbah, on the Tweed River, near Tweed Heads, 407 miles north of Sydney. By noon yesterday the river had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another damaged vessel arrived in port on Saturday. She left Newcastle, coal-laden, three weeks ago, and suffered in the late gale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent weather prevails in Tasmania. The floods on the east coast of Tasmania are the heaviest experienced for many years. Other districts are also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday's gale gained a velocity of 50 miles an hour. Telegraphic business with Adelaide and Sydney was delayed. All wires lodged for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A strong westerly gale prevailed in the metropolis last night. Its greatest velocity was at the rate of 64.3 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There were reports of floods from all parts of the island,but no disasters are so far recorded.Rain still continues. A series of extensive landslips…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reports from all the mining districts of the State show that the exceptionally heavy rainfall experienced within the past week or so has caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owng to a tremendous tropical downpour in the Thames Valley the river has flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The French liner Sydney arrived at Fremantle last evening from Adelaide two days overdue. She encounterd severe gales on the passage, and one day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The River Murray is a banker at Albury.The settlers in the proximity of the river have been warned that the Murrumbidgee has risen considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owng to a tremendous tropical downpour in the Thames Valley the river has flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The lower Goulburn River, between Seymour and Shepparton, is in flood, and the level banks have yielded. Engineer Kermody has had no sleep for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The River Murray is still in flood, and portions of the Strathmerton to Tocumwal railway (on the Victorian side) are several feet under water. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murray River at Cowra is unning a banker The flats are under water, and all stock has been removed to the high lands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The repairs of damage done at Mount Lyell by the recent floods is now complete, and trains are running again as usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murray at Tocumwal Bridge is 18ft. high, and is still rising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The body of Edward Buxter, who, with his daughter, were swept away by the flcodwaters whilst crossing the Piper River, has been lound. The body of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was last night a heated debate in the Duma in regard to the recent massacre of Jews at Bielostok, in Russian Poland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A young man Carl Takle, while at. tempting to swim a horse across the Ovens River, Wangaratta, after cattle that had been isolated by the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The R.M.S. Ventura, which arrived from Vancouver yesterday, encountered a north-westerly gale on the run from Auckland…
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