Flood at Cooma
THE Manaro Mercury of the 14th instant came to hand on Wednesday, being eleven days old. We extract the following account of the recent flood at Cooma:â…
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Floods & storms, 1870
48 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 3
Local and General. Another Flood Threatened
AT one a.m. this morning the water in the Yass River nearly covered tho cylinders of the late iron bridge, and was rising fast, while rain continued to fall heavily. Persons occupying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Floods at the Junction of the Darling and the Murray. (Telegram from the police-magistrate, Wentworth, to the honorable the colonial secretary.) Wentworth, 17th August, 1870
I WAS absent at Neilpo when the telegram arrived, seeking information about the snow-water and taking observations on the state of the country. Mr. Lockhart says the heaviest water will reach…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. (From the Sydney Dailies.) Great Floods at the Junction of the Darling and the Murray
Telegram from Police Magistrate, Wentworth, to the Honorable the Colonial Secretary. Wentworth, 17th August, 1870 I was absent at Neilpo when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Victoria
IN the annals of the colony such a sudden and general flood as that of Thursday is possibly not on record. From every part of the colony it will be seen deplorable accounts of desolution and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lecture at the Yass Mechanics' Institute. "Irrigation. What Is It? the Floods of the Past Winter. Where Are They? Gone Clean Out to Sea. How Are We to Prevent the Recurrence of Disaster."
ON Wednesday evening last (postponed from the previous evening on account of the inclemency of the weather) the lecture announced by the Rev. Father Riordan in aid of the fund for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Victoria
THE following further telegrams appear in the Melbourne Age:— WOODS POINT, 31st October The floods and river are higher now than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood at Deniliquin
THE water first entered the town on Thursdays gradually encroaching on the roads and footpaths. The south town is on the south side of the Edward River. When the water overflows, the houses are…
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