Great Flood at Otago
ON the 2nd of this month Otago was visited by four and twenty hours' heavy rain, accompanied by a strong gale. The Otago Times states that the waters of Leith were in high…
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Fearful Floods at Peak Downs. Sad Loss of Life and Property. Clermont, February 7th
Daring the latter balf of Jo[?]uary it bad been raining almost continually, and on the 31st the creels-were all up and the lagoons full, and everyone was gratified at the abundance of rain with which our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cyclone at Bowen
ON Sunday last Bowon was visited by a cyclone of considerable violence, and that did a good deal of harm to some of the rotten buildings in Herbert-street and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fearful Storm and Flood at Tamworth
ONE of the most terrific storms that has ever been witnessed in this part of the colony occurred last Friday afternoon, which has done a great deal of damage to…
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WE copy the following telegrams from the Sydney daily papers: MAITLAND. Friday, 11.30 a.m.—The height of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods in the Hunter. Bursting of the Wallis Creek Flood Gates. Great Destruction of Property. West Maitland. Thursday Evening, 9 p.m
After the lapse of one winter only, the valley of the Hunter is again the scene of a most disastrous flood, which, at the time I write, bids fair to equal, if not surpass in height, the dreadful…
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The following telegrams to the "Sydney Herald" shew the extent to which the present floods had extended, up to Friday night:— WINDSOR—Friday.—Still raining. The river has…
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THE Queensland Times reports much injury to the crops, and the Nogoora cotton plantation completely under water Normanby and Redbank Plains were…
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WE take the following further particulars of the recent heavy storm at Tamworth from the Examiner:—It appears that the area visited by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in the Northern Districts. Morpeth, Friday evening, March 18
My worst anticipations have boon realized, for we are now in the midst of one of the highest and most destructive floods that ever devastated the valley of the Hunter…
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We are again writing in the midst of desolation and ruin. The district of Shoalhaven has again been visited by a disastrous flood—more disastrous in loss of crops, but happily not so, so far as life and…
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As might be expected from the late gale and rains, our river has been flooded, and as a consequence, we of Boolong are very heavy losers. I was unable to got any news away in time…
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Accounts reach us of immense damage from the floods in all quarters. Of course, the greatest destruction has been in Araluen, where the mining works are so much exposed to the force…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Late Flood at Shoalhaven. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR—On reading your issue of the 31st ult., I was very much surprised to find a so-called report of the late flood in this district; and, to state the truth, our residents are disgusted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Flood at the Burdekin. (Cleveland Bay Express, March 12.)
ON Sunday. morning, the 27th ultimo, the river Burdekin, which for some weeks past had gone, through the course of rise and fall usual to it during the rainy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in the Paterson District
The correspondent of the Maitland Mercury writes :—Since the subsidence of the flood waters in the Parterson district, the farmers have been able to again get about their land, to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood in the Hunter. Further Rise in the Hunter
Since last Wednesday the river Hunter has continued to rise, and on Friday morning had reached to 23 1/2 feet above low water mark at Belmore Bridge, or 7 1/2 feet below the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gunnedah. Fearful Floods in the Namoi. Tuesday, 10 p.m
The river commenced rising on Sunday morning, and by 12 o'olock on Monday night it had risen over filly feet. Every house in the main street inundated, and the inhabitants had to take refuge on the hills…
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On Saturday night it rained in torrents, and yesterday it was showery; the weather is still unsettled. The river has risen 20 feet, and still slowly rising. The low lands at South Crook are again flooded…
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Suddenly and unexpectedly I am again called upon, in the exercise of my duty as your special representative in this district, to record the occurrence of a nigh and disastrous flood in the…
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