Heavy Rain and Floods
AT Stroud the rainfall last week totalled seven inches. Damage was done to a section of the railway line between Dungog and Gloucester. A large concrete culvert…
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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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AT Stroud the rainfall last week totalled seven inches. Damage was done to a section of the railway line between Dungog and Gloucester. A large concrete culvert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During a heavy thunderstorm at Bathurst on Wednesday several places were struck with lightning. The belfry at All Saints' Cathedral was slightly injured. Residents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In West Australia a destructive storm 'occurred at Cue yesterday. The wind reached cyclonic force. Numbers of houses and several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News has been received of u great storm at Cue, in West Australia. Homes were blown down and other large buildings destroyed in all directions, including the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain fell in Sydney throughout last night. It was a wild night at sea. A southerly gale of hurricane force blew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further heavy rain fell to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain is still falling over the great part of the State, and many stations have recorded from three to five inches during the past 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The position is serious at Maitland. All the low-lying country is submerged, and stock are being removed to the high lands. The flood gates so far are standing well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in the north have caused a widespread dislocation in the telegraph service. The Namoi River is up 20 foot, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The extremely oppressive weather conditions which prevailed last week culminated in a torrentinl down'our on Saturday night. "At 9.15 p.m. the storm before and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The floods in the Tamworth district have been responsible for enormous damage. The losses in Peel-street. Tamworth alone are estimated at £50,000. Not a so[?]tary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HEAVY floods have occurred in the northern portions of the State, which completely cut off the telegraphic service between Sydney and Brisbane on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation of residents waited on the Terania Shire Council yesterday, asking for a bridge over Flood's crossing. In support of their claim, they urged that if…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars of the floods state the railway line at Warialda is in a deplorable state. The railway bridge near Kelly's Gully is gone completely, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Thursday find Friday last splendid showers fell, the register for the two days being 207 points. On Saturday the weather eased of a little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nearly 20 inches of vain fell in days at Bingara. Settlers lost homes, furniture and stock; and a bridge just completed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Namoi River is up 20 feet, and is still rising rapidly. Preparations are being made at Narrabri for a big flood. Many selectors along…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There, is great excitement at Walgett owing to the flood which is believed to be inevitable. The whole town is expected to be under water by Saturday, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Namoi at Boggabri reached the highest point at noon on Sunday, the water reaching thirty feet. No damage resulted. Cox's Creek reached a record…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE countryside for miles around Tamworth and practically the whole of the business portion of the town itself, have been completely laid waste by the most…
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