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
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 21
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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Evening News · Monday 1 August 1887 · page 6
HAY, Saturday.—Accounts continue to be received of the country being flooded below Hay to Balranald, and beyond, and of the consequently great difficulty in travelling. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 7
Serious floods are reported from the north-eastern districts and Gippsland. The Murray, Goulburn, and Campaspe rivers are unusually high, owing to the melting of the snow. Fears are entertained that the…
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Evening News · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Heavy floods are reported from the north-east districts, and the Goulburn Valley is nearly all under water on the low-lying lands between Shepparton and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Contents of This Days Paper. the Newcastle Tram Service. Our Melbourne Letter. As You Like It. Death of M. Katkoff. Another Alleged Poisoning Case. Leaders: the Death of M. Katkoff. Report on the Practice of Medicine and Surgery. the Minister for Justice at Silverton. Speculations in Shares by Directors. Telegraphic Intelligence: the Ministerial Visit to Broken Hill. Heavy Floods in Victoria. Attempt to Float the Steamer Wentworth. Opening of a Monastery at Waratah. Rain in the Country Districts, Smallpox at Port Darwin. Index to Advertisements
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 6
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Floods in Victoria. Miles of Country Inundated. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 7
Heavy floods are reported in the Goulburn Valley. The river is within a few feet of the great flood of 1870, and now registers 31ft. above summer level. The town of Yea is inundated, many people having…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Floods in Victoria. Several Towns Partly Submerged. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Serious floods are reported from the north-eastern district. The Goulburn River has overflowed its banks, and all the low-lying ground along the valley is…
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Evening News · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 6
ALBURY, Wednesday.—The men on the New South Wales side of the Murray River are engaged in pile driving and planking the approaches, where any danger from, floods is to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in the Murray. Portions of Albury Under Water. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 8
The heavy rainfall, together with the recent swollen state of the river, has caused an exceptional rise, and apprehensions of damage by the flood-waters are generally entertained. For weeks past the Murray has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 8
A telegram from Seymour states that the flood yesterday had almost subsided. The water is now only a few inches deep in the streets. The river is gradually receding. At Murchison the river continues…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 5
MELBOURNE. Wednesday.--The floods are sub[?] in the higher districts, but naturally the lower districts report waters rising. No loss of life is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Floods at Albury. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 5
ALBURY, Wednesday.--The heavy rain which fell on Saturday night is now beginning to tell seriously on the creeks and rivers, which were already swollen by the downpour of the previous…
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Evening News · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 4
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The floods hare not yet subsided in the Goulburn Valley. Last night the Goulburn River rose considerably. Two men who had been working at a saw mill at Broken…
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Evening News · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Further particulars to hand of the floods in the Goulburn Valley, in this colony, report enormous areas submerged. The coach from Alexandra to Yea got through…
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Evening News · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 6
ALBURY, Thursday. â Mr. Willis, stationmaster, and myself, mounted on the railway tricycle, made an inspection of the line this morning from Albury to Wodonga. The New South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in Victoria. (By Telegraph.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 6
A telegram from Murchison states that the river has [?]risen 1ft 2in, since last night, making a total of 33ft[?] above summer level. Information has reached Tatura that the Goulburn River has overflowed its banks and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flood at Albury. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 5
The Murray fell two inches since. this morning, but heavy showers are now falling at short intervals, and if the weather does not clear a further rise is probable. Those parts of the railway embankment, between here and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tue Floods in Victoria. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 August 1887 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The flood waters right among the valley of the Murray and its tribulares are still very high. The bead waters are gradually subsiding, but the districts lower…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Victoria
Evening News · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 6
SEYMOUR (Vic.), Friday (noon).—The floods in the Goulburn Valley: The principal streets in Seymour are rapidly drying up from the effects of the flood of Tuesday last, when the water in…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 9
ALBURY, Wednesday.—The heavy rainfall, together with the recent swollen state of the river, has caused an exceptional rise, and apprehensions of damage by the flood-waters are generally…
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