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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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The river, which had fallen considerably, is again rising. Heavy rains have fallen to-day, with every appearance of continuing. A strong easterly wind is blowing. If the rain continues for 24 hours a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The river is again 27ft. 6in. at Tabulam, and is now at a standstill. The river is 18ft. at Copmanhurst, and rising, though there is little danger of another flood. The Kallatina arrived to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A TELEGRAM from Berealdine, in the northern part of Queensland, dated Wednesday last, states that the deplorable drought still continues. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A CORRESPONDENT of a Sydney journal wiring from Brisbane on Wednesday night says:-—The weather still remains obstinately wet. It is pouring rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On January 3rd, the Wheat [?] Mine, St. Just, became flooded, by which 19 lives were lost. Wheal Owles is situated about a mile north…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HEAVY rain continues to fall at Casino, over five inches having been recorded during the last 21 hiurs The river is up 22 feet, having risen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FLOOD, altogether surpassing the record flood of Saturday last, occurred here this afternoon. It had been rain ing all day yesterday and last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Public meeting convened by the Mayor, in response to a requisition, to take steps to raise funds to help to relieve the distress caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy rain fell all last night, and the river at Bellbrook was reported to be 20ft. high at 11 o'clock this morning, and using fast. It is just 2ft. over the Kempsey wharf again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river rose throughout Friday night and during Saturday forenoon, but only at a slow rate. It attained its highest point, 34ft. 6in., about 1 o'clock p.m. The heights varied somewhat at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only a few days since the farmers of this district and the community dependent so completely upon the agricultural industry were congratulating themselves upon the magnificent season, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The south-eastern portion of Queensland is visited with another terrible flood. The water rose in Brisbane within ten inches of the last flood; it is now slowly receding. A large portion of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SINOLETON has no reason to feel ashamed of hor share in relieving the distress caused by the floods in Queensland. The meeting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS to the Sydney Morning Herald, dated Saturday says :—Brisbane has been visited with another serious flood, which up to this evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. A. Meeton writes as follows in a contemporary:— Flooded settlers have left the Clarence, and selected and built houses on the Richmond and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Government have declined to accede to a request made by merchant to allow goods to be admitted duly free to replace those[?]d stroyed by the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The promoter of the above entertainment, and all who took part in it, enjoyed on Tuesday night the reward that comes from pronounced success. Not only was the audience large and fashionable, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]has been received from the area [?] west of Charleville, between [?]ano[?] and Bullo[?], that a protracted [?]o[?]ght is being exnperienced there,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ONE of the heaviest floods ever known in Bowral accured today. the weather on Friday and saturday was excessively ho, and a thunderstorm,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NOT the least of many fine and generous traits brought out by the multiplied disasters which have overwhelmed the capital and some of the coast towns of…
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