The Cooma Line. — Heavy Floods En Route
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2
We ( ECHO)learn that the following telegrams have been received at the General Post Office from the post in asters at Queanbeyan and Bungendore— Queanbeyan sates. “ Most [?]strong [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Country. (From the Echo). Boats for Richmond
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 2
On Saturday morning Mr. Alexander Bowman, the member for the Hawkesbury, waited upon the Colloid Secretary and represented him the absolute necessity of speedy increases being taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →People Without Clothes of Flood. Wagga
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3
[?] yesterday the [?] 35ft whore summer level; from that time till 9 [?] water rose rapidly. At night members of [?] whose houses were inundated were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Thunderstorm. St. Mary’s
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3
Howdy [?] fell here last [?]. It [?] [?] and lighting ; 240 point of [?]. The [?] are overflowing as [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yass River Flood. Yass
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3
It has been raiding for the last 24 hours, and the rivers are [?] bright over the hanks and still rising. The Queanbeyan mails returned to town, the driver not being able to cross the creeks. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Flood in the Shoalhaven— Township Inundaied Terara
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3
The large at flood since 74 is now upon us. The river came over in three places at 2.30 this morning. and the whole town was soon submerged to a depart of 3ft. the water rising quickly. Forin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Wagga
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 4
Wagga, Tuesday.—The flood is still high, but the waters are subsiding. Business operations are almost at a standstill. It is understood that some of the bridges have been injured. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Repairs of Flood Damages
Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 4
MR. BRUCE SMITH, minister for public works, has issued instructions to the officers of his department throughout the country to ascertain, as far as possible, the amount of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather and Floods
The Yass Courier · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 2
THE weather still continues showery, in fact it has been raining every day for the last fortnight. The ground is so saturated that it will take very little rain to cause another flood. It is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mrs. W. Gale
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 4
READERS will regret to hear that Mrs. W. Gale died at her residence, Verner-street, yesterday. Some eight months ago Mrs. Gale was compelled to undergo an operation in Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood at Chidowla
The Yass Courier · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 2
THE Murrumbidgee commenced to rise here on list Friday week at about 6 p.m, and continued to swell until 7. p.m. on Saturday, when it was within whispering distance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods the Flood at Gundagai. From the “Herald.”
The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 4
IN connection with the late flood it may he mentioned that between Gundagai and Wagga all the fences on the river flat have been completely washed away. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wind and Storm
The Burrowa News · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 1
Wind, briefly defined, is only air in movement, air travelling from one spot to another, with enough force to be felt by us. We may be pretty sure of one…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wagga Wagga Flood
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 3
In reference to the late disastrous flood at Wagga the Advertiser says:—There is abroad an impression that measures could be adopted, without entailing a very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Melbourne. Two Thousand People Homeless. Melbourne
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 2
IT was estimated last night that the number of persons rendered homeless along the banks of the Yarra in the city and suburbs was 1000, but double that number would be nearer the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Floods
Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 July 1891 · page 4
THE floods in Melbourne have assumed very serious dimensions, and there been further loss of life. The rail ceased at eight o'clock on Monday morning, and the wind fell to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Floods
The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 2
WE notice that the member for the Murrumbidgee, Mr. Dibbs, has applied to the government for a special grant in aid of the sufferers by the late floods at Wagga Wagga and district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Losses Through Floods
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 4
IT is only now (says the Gundagai Times) that the flood waters are abating that the actual loss the district has suffered is comeatable. Since January over 5000 sheep have been lost on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Floods in Victoria
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2
FROM various parts of the country reports more or less vague have come to hand of disastrous floods. The Bacchus Marsh and Ballan districts are statedito be in a state of flood, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Heavy Flood at Cooma
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 2
COOMA, Monday.âYesterday the highest flood over known by any present residents of Cooma was witnessed. By 11 o'clock on Sunday Cooma Creek and Cooma back creek were…
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