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112 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 6
Heavy rain has fallen on the island of St. Vincent, and has washed the earth off the graves of the victims to the volcanic eruptions, leaving the bodies exposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THAT clever meteorologist, Wragge, has been correct again in his forecast. On June 1 he tripped that benficial rains would fall by June 8, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Particulars of a terrible shipping disaster involving the loss of over 700 lives already reported by cable have been received from Calcutta. The British-India steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There have been serious floods in the Hawkes Bay and Manawatu districts of N.Z. Trains are unable to reach Napier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Edward Burn, after a residence in the [?]mut district, wrote on September 13. 1876, an account of the droughts and floods in that district, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YESTERDAY was the fiftieth anniversary of the great Gundagai flood, by which the original town was destroyed and over 70 lives were lost. Fifty years is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Although no demonstration attended the coming round of the fiftieth anniversary of the destruction of old Gundagai by flood, we hare pleasure in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Excerpt from the " Evening News" of July 5th giving an account of incidents of the year 1852:—"July 5th.—One of the most fearful catastrophes (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Excerpt from the "Evening News;" of July 5th.—One of the most fearful catastrophes (says the "Herald") which it has over been our lot to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MY first acquaintance with the Murrumbidgee at Gundagai was in 1845. A flood took place in October, 1844, which was the highest rise up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NOW for the result of the flood. On the evening of Jane 24 the water began to enter moat of the houses, and by next morning it bad risen about 5ft., and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A hurricane swept over Baltimore, Maryland. Twelve people were killed, and great damage was done to property. He Mississippi has overflowed its banks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I have just been shown an account of the big Gundagai flood, which appeared some weeks ago in the columns of your contemporary. So far as it goes, it is a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. H. Tarnbuil. of Gobarralong, writing to the 'Gandagai Independent," gives the following account of incidents he remember in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. JOHN F. MANN writes to the Evening News as follows:—"In carrying out my instructions from the Surveyor-General in January, 1849, I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →UNDER the heading of "The 1852 Flood at Gandagaik," Mr John F. Mann writes last week in the "Evening News"—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. John F. Mann writes to the "Evening News" as follows:—"In carrying out my instructions from the Surveyor-General in January,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A cyclone has swept over the Island of Majorca. A number of houses were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REPORTS to hand regarding the thunderstorm which passed over the district on Friday afternoon show that in parts the rainfall was phenomenal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A heavy gale has occurred at algoa Bay Port Elizabeth. Eleven Sailing vessels were driveu ashoro, and two tugs found-ered in the gale…
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