The Late Storm
WE condense the following particulars respecting the above from the S. M. Herald': MARRICKVILLE. The low-lying portion of Marrickville,…
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Floods & storms, 1889
17 stories in Northern Rivers's papers
Tremendous Floods in America
LONDON Saturday.— Terrible floods have occurred in the United States. resulting in enormous loss of life. Heavy and continuous rains occurred at Pensylvania and neighbouring…
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LONDON, June 6.—Authentic statistics give the late population of the area of country affected by the recent inundations in and around Johnstown as 55,000. Registry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern Star. Saturday July 20, 1889. Thc Flood In Lismore
LAST issue we had no anticipation of a flood, but since then the town has experienced another of these disagreeable visitations, from which we have been exempt, to any…
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FROM further inquiries we learn that the fortunate turn of the tide, by the non-rising of the storm waters on Friday evening, saved the further flooding of the town, and thus averted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood down the River
Along the course of the river for some miles there is no indication of much damage, nor an the traces very striking of such a vast body of water having passed downwards. The quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood on the Clarence. GRAFTON, July 23
The flood waters did very little damage in this district, and very few houses in Grafton were really flooded, although most people in the lowlying ground moved in greater numbers than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Richmond River Flood
THE district has within the past week experienced a disaster, attended with somewhat serious consequences, in the shape of the highest flood ever known on the main…
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THE [?] telegram's appear in Tweed Advocate.— BRISBANE, Monday Morning. [?], which on Saturday rose to…
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JULY 23.—Another of those periodical visitations has submerged the whole district. The heavy and continuous rains accompanied with E.S.E. and S.E. winds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Evil Effects of Floods
AMIDST our clamour for Bar improvements we must not lose sight of the fact that there are other matters, perhaps not so important, but still of sufficient consequence…
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WITHIN the past week the district has experienced another flood, which has been a heavy blow to the farmers and graziers. Scarcely had the river gone down to its…
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A TELEGRAM in the Grip from Yamba reports that on Monday night and Tuesday morning August 4th and 5th terrible rain fell here, the wind being about…
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THE flood has come ! the flood come ! The river's broken over— It's running down the ti-tree swamp, Which once was green with clover…
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SIR,-I see by your last issue that the Minister of Lands has decided to throw open all reserves on the Richmond River. What are the farmers on this part of the river to do in flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dreadful Storm at Inverell
YESTERDAY we received a telegram recounting a terrible occurrence that had taken place at Inverell. An appalling thunderstorm raged on Saturday afternoon, during…
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ON Sunday week last a terrific storm of wind and hail passed over the Clarence district, doing groat damage. It came from the south-west, crossing Orara near…
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