Heavy Rain in Albury District. (By TELEGRAPH.)
ALBURY, Sunday.--Heavy rains have fallen almost continuously for the past week and have considerably swollen the river, which has now overflown its banks in many places. An…
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Floods Expected at Albury. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury
The river to-day is running a banker, having risen three feet in 24 hours. The lagoons on the Wodonga flats are filled to overflowing, but the rain having ceased it is expected that the river will gradually subside. The rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in Albury. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Monday.--The river continues to rise and to-night it is 13ft. above summer level, the highest known for years. There is, however, no immediate danger of any damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Floods in New Zealand. Greymouth Partially Inundated. (By Cable.)
AUCELAND, Wednesday.--In consequence of heavy and continued rains, serious floods have occurred at Grey month, a seaport town in the Westland district of the South Island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in New Zealand. Greymouth Under Water. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Auckland
Heavy rains have fallen in the south. At Grey mouth the greatest flood known there has occurred, the whole town being under water to a depth of from two to six feet. An immense amount of property has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in Greymouth. People Taking Refuge in the Churches and Schools. the Water Subsiding. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Latest reports from Greymouth state that in some parts of the town the flood waters a depth of 36ft., and many people were obliged to take refuge in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Fences
Where it is necessary to run a fence across a gully or stream liable to great rushes of water in it after heavy r[?], a device such as is here illustrated will be found very desirable. This is a panel of a fence…
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There was great excitement in 'Sanda during the afternoon after this incident. Dead bodies were not very unusual visitors to this shore, but these were mostly of…
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The state of matters in the inundated districts of Hungary is growing worse, and many towns and villages are expecting hourly to be swept away by the rising waters, which in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail News. Great Jubilee Celebrations in London. Personal Attacks on the French President. Violent Scenes at the Bodyke Evictions. Terrible Scene at a Russian Circus. 50,000 Families Ruined by Floods in Europe
The R.M.S Massilia which reached Adelaide yesterday brings English mails up to June 10 the following is Reuter's summary of news:--THE QUEENS JUBILEE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Southerly Gale
The southerly gale which set in on Sunday blew with great violence yesterday, accompanied by heavy squalls of rain. The sea is rough all the way along the coast, and as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain in Queensland. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Thursday.--It rained heavily throughout last night and all to-day, and the register showed nearly 5m. up to 9 o'clock this morning; but a great deal has fallen since and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood on the Tweed River. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Murwillumbah
There has been another great flood on the Tweed. On Monday last light rain set in and continued until last night, when it came down in torrents. Business people and others took active steps to make all their property…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Flood in the Murray. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The floods in the Numurkah district show no sign[?] of abating. Reports from Tocumwal states that the River Murray has risen 17 feet above the summer level, and is still rising. The river banks at Tocumwal are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods in New Zealand
Heavy rains have fallen in the south. At Greymouth the greatest flood known there has occurred, the whole town having been under water to a depth of from two to six feet. An immense amount of property has been…
Continued on Trove, page 128 →Flood on the Tweed River. Murwillumbah
There has been another great flood on the Tweed. On Monday last light rain set in and continued until last night, when it came down in torrents. Business people and others took active steps to make all their property…
Continued on Trove, page 119 →Flood in the Murrumbidgee. [By. Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hay
The river here is 23 feet above summer level, and rising fast. It has risen 2 feet 6 inches since 10 this morning. The water is over the banks, and all the low-lying lands are submerged. Some people living near the river had to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Gales in Wollongong. (By Telegraph.)
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.-- Very high westerly winds have prevailed throughout this district since yesterday forenoon. During last night it blew with hurricane force, doing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale at Wollongong. (By Telegraph.)
WOLLONGONG, Monday.--The wea[?]rly winds have continued almost without [?] since Saturday night. In addition to the damage previonsly reported they have [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Farm and Garden. Reminders for August. This is the last month of winter. Usually we have westerly winds and gales at, this time. Everything points to the early approach of spring; and, in view of this, all winter operations should be completed as speedily as possible
In the FIELD there is much activity in all directions, farmers being anxious to make up for the time lost during the late raina. Everywhere we hear of a nice spring in the young crops, both wheat and barley…
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