The Floods
IT is stated by old residents of Gunnedah that the flood is the biggest ever known, as the Namoi River bed is now twic' as wide and deep as it was 40…
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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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IT is stated by old residents of Gunnedah that the flood is the biggest ever known, as the Namoi River bed is now twic' as wide and deep as it was 40…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Almost every house in Wee Waa is i[?] dated by the flood waters. Great losses are anticipated in stock. Wee Waa is practically under water[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →With the recent reports before us of floods to the South, South-west and North it naturally recurs to the mind that we may ere long have the same experience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Much damage has been created by the recent floods in country districts. Very heavy falls have been recorded in places during last week, and Geraldton had a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON the 5th of the present month a cyclonic storm appeared over Central Australia. The Meteorological Bureau stated that it was coming to New South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Narrabri[?] flood water have receded rapidly. The damage done in the district is immense and will run into may thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Narrabri flood waters have receded and the damage done in the district is immense and will run into many thousands of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day was excessively hot and a storm was predicted on all sides. This afternoon a severe cyclonic storm broke over the town doing much damage. Chim[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A STORM of a cyclonic nature broke over the Murwillumbah district on Tuesday afternoon, and rain fell in torrents for 10 minutes. The storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods on the Hangkiang River, drowned 2000 Chinese and destroyed seven hundred junks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A heavy storm at Bungendore flooded several houses, while the roads, culverts and fences suffered severely. Dams which had been dry for months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very heavy storm of wind and rain passed over the city yesterday shortly after 2 p.m., and was preceded with clouds of dust till the rain fell. It came from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods have almost isolated Maidenhead, Eton' and other, places…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The steamer Moonta, engaged in the cattle trade, had a terrible voyage from Derby to Fremantls. She ran into the storm which overwhelmed the pearling fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The floods in the Mackintosh, Murchison, and Pieman rivers were higher on Friday than ever before known. The water rushed 3ft, over the decking of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The forecast to-day is: Fine on the coast for the present, but unsettled generally in the west with rain gradually extending from the western border to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A number of camps on the North Island main trunk railway construction works were wrecked last night by a terrific east[?] gale. A tree demolished the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Weather such as has not been experienced at the time of year (mid-spring) occurred in the British Isles during the end of April E[?] since Easter snow has whi[?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.M.S. Britannia arrived here from Adelaide, 16 hours late. The captain reported a torrible trip. From the day after leaving Adelaide the wind increased in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great inundations have occurred at Wuchang and the neighbouring villages. The inhabitants are taking refuge on the housetops…
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