Disastrous Floods in England
LONDON, August 19.—Heavy rain has fallen in the north and west of England, and has caused disastrous floods. Much damage to the standing crops has occurred…
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Rains and Floods in England
LONDON, August 25.—Rains and floods in many parts of the country continue, and are causing great devastation. The crop prospects are rendered more gloomy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood at Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The river this morning was eight feet above springtides, and several wharfs are submerged. The South Brisbane Baths were carried down nearly to the mouth of the river, almost swamping the schooner Chance…
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BOURKE, Saturday.-Townspeople are getting alarmed about business in town. The water is now in a part of the cemetery and the river is nearly a banker. The weather is cloudy. Reports…
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LONDON, July 22.-Further reports from various parts of England show the terrible effects of the storm which is devastating the country. At Ipswich the roads are flooded to the greatest depth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Anniversary of the Wreck of the Dandenong. Tremendous Gales and Heavy Rain in N. S. WALES
ONLY for the fact that the weather has repeated itself it might have been forgotten by nearly all but those who were so unfortunate as to lose friends at sen during the dreadful gales of September, 1876…
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As the storm of the past few days differs in many particulars from the ordinary gales which visit our coast, a few particulars regarding it will, perhaps, be of interest to nautical readers. One remarkable feature is the extraordinary rainfall, for never before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Easterly Gale. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Ihe heavy easterly gale now blowing may be said to have begun with a sudden change of wind to east at twenty minutes past 11 a.m. on the 8th (Monday), but for several days previously, heavy easterly weather had been…
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This morning the traffic on the Richmond line was, impeded by the waters of the Hawkesbury flooding South Creek and covering the railway line at Mulgrave. The consequence is that the Richmond train,…
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The severe weather of the past two days has had the effect of washing away a portion of the railway embankment near the culvert at Duck Creek, about midway between Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods at Windsor. (By Our Special Reporter.)
Old residents at Windsor my that only once since the great flood of 1867 has there be[?] anything like the inundation which since Wednesday morning has covered many miles of the Hawkesbury districts, and left nothing to be…
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THREE days of most tempestuous weather were experienced throughout the colony in the course of the present week. A strong easterly gale, accompanied by heavy unceasing rain, set in on Monday at midnight,…
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On the evening of the 10th instant the Government Astronomer, Mr. H. C. Russell, forwarded the following letter to the Sydney Morning Herald:— "The heavy easterly gale now blowing may be said…
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WAGGA WAGGA, Saturday.-The river at Wagga Wagga rose one foot over the temporary railway bridge this morning. Notwithstanding the strength of the current, the bridge is helding…
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The river, after reaching about 28 feet, commenced falling slowly during last night, and has receded two feet up to 6 p.m. No damage has been done. The water covered the same ground as the flood of last month, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 432 →Disastrous Floods at Windsor. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Windsor
Heavy rains continue, and the river is rising about 2 feet per hour. The whole country around, including Wilberforce, South Creek, Eastern Creek, Cornwallis, &c., is one sheet of water: nothing to…
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On Thursday morning the traffic on the Richmond line was impoded by the waters of the Hawkesbury flooding South Creek and covering the railway line at Mulgrave. The consequence was that the…
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The water is rising very rapidly in the Murrumbidgee, and it is feared by the railway department that traffic will again be interfered with…
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MEERIWA, Tuesday.-There is quite a flood here. All the rivers, creeks, and gullies in the district are bank high. Great anxiety is felt for the residents in…
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WELLINGTON. Wednesday.—The Macquarie River has risen 32ft. The water of the Bell River has risen over the girders of the bridge. The Macquarie River is stiil rising and backing the…
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