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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
280 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 14
Further information concerning the the floods in France, and particularly at Paris, shows that after, rising 31ft. at Pont Royal the Seine gradually fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Darling of Bourke is now rising very fast, and the people are in a quandary as to how to act, because no telegraphic communication from up the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Later particulars of the floods in France state that 7000 people at Gennevilliers were rescued to-day. A demand is being made for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A public meeting convened by the Mayor, was held at Brewarrina last night, and decided to invoke the assistance of the Government to relieve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reuter's Paris correspondent, referring to the floods, says that many miles of streets in the richest equally with the poor quarters are still practically…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Barwon and Namoi Rivers at Walgett are falling, and the people are getting back to their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Works (Mr. Lee) who has been kept advised of the damage caused by the storm and floods in the Northwestern portions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Acting-Premier (Mr. Lee) stated yesterday that the latest report theo Government had from Brewarrina was to the effect that the river was up to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paris inside the barriers, or fortifications of Louis Phillippe, is (says the "Age") some seven miles from east to west, and rather over five miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars concerning the floods in France—especially at Paris— are available. French bluejackets pursued a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The boat service has ceased in most of the Paris streets, owing to the water being too shallow. A number of marines encountered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Owing to the constant showers the local residents, particularly on the lowlying flats surrounding the Hawkesbury River, have fears that should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kaiser has given £1000 and Sir Ernest Cassel £4000 towards the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the French floods. The Mansion House…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The loss occasioned through damage to public roads, bridges, culverts, etc., by the recent floods in the vicinity of Moree has been officially estimated as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terri[?] cyclone, travelling about 70 miles an hour accompanied by rain and hall struck the town of Brewarrina on Friday last at 6,30 p.m. causing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Barwon and Namoi river at Walgett are falling slowly. Walgett is still completely hommed in The Castlereagh river is also falling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Canadian Parliament has voted 50,000 dollars (£10,000) towards the relief of the sufferers by the floods in France. The Mansion House fund now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Darling River at Bourke is still rising, but there seems to be no danger of any water running into the town, as the waters up the river are falling. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The flood reached a height of 38ft. at Brewarrina yesterday. Three houses at the end of Bourke-street were submerged, and one as high as the caves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further particulars from Walgett show that the Barwon and Namoi rivers reached the respective heights of 37ft. and 27ft., but that they are…
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