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Heavy rain, amounting to 2 inches, has fallen since early yesterday and this morning, making a total since Wednesday week of over 7inches. The present fall of rain, though in every other respects most beneficial, has caused great…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A great flood has swept the valley of the Clarence. Grafton is submerged, and it is impossible yet to obtain full particulars from the town itself, in consequence of all communication by bridges as well as general street traffic being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GRAFTON, Tuesday.--On Thursday morning, 20th inst, it commenced raining, and in the afternoon it rained very heavy. During Thursday night a heavy downpour took place, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.--Further details of the distress in the Lower Logan district by the country being inundated have now been published and show that terrible destruction has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRAIDWOOD. Thursday.--The heavy rains have done a deal of mischief in Araluen, where all the claims except E. Smith's large one have been filled in. The Star washed out 19oz. the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE present weather is a puzzle to "the oldest inhabitant," and if it continues much longer we shall begin to think that our " fine climate is not so much to boast of after all. In the city it has…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The barque Kingdom, of Sweden, Captain Cooper, arrived off Cape Moreton on Thursday. She was ordered oat to sea by the pilot, and arrived in the bay yesterday. The captain reports that on Friday and…
Continued on Trove, page 232 →January 29.—Intercolonial Yacht Race, third heat. Baimain Working Men's Rowing Club Regatta. February 5.—Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, first-class race. Amateur Sailing Club, 25ft and ever and 20ft…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →WE learn by telegraph from Brisbane that disastrous floods have occurred all over the southern part of the colony. The lower parts of Brisbane and of "Woolloongabba are submerged, and all…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Reports from the Upper Logan confirm the accounts already received as to the floods. The water at the Upper Logan bridge rose 120 feet. A meeting called by the Mayor was held to-day to raise funds for the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Several houses, including Quayle's and Newman's, have been swept away by the floods at Ulmarra; others have been shifted. Large numbers of stock have been drowned, but the exact number will not be known for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heavy rain, amounting to 2 inches, has fallen since early yesterday and this morning, making a total since Wednesday week of over 7 inches. The present fall of rain, though in every other respect most beneficial, has caused great…
Continued on Trove, page 233 →The most disastrous flood on record in the Upper Richmond occurred here on Saturday. The rains set in the previous Wednesday night, and continued up till daylight on Saturday, fully nine inches falling here, and in other…
Continued on Trove, page 232 →Disastrous floods have occurred all over the southern part of the colony. The lower parts of Brisbane and of Wbolloongabba are submerged, and all traffic by road stopped. On the Thompson Estate, a large suburb…
Continued on Trove, page 232 →BRISBANE, Friday.--A meeting of citizens was held in the Town-hall this afternoon to establish a relief fund for those suffering from the recent disastrous floods. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GRAFTON, Thursday.--The water has fallen off except in the very low portions of the town. The streets are left in a filthy state, covered with a thick deposit of slimy mud and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When a woman is timid and fearful, she is interesting. When a man shows fear he is ridiculous. Thus, when the heavy thunderstorm passed over the town a few days ago, and Mr. Slim started up suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The greatest flood ever known in Brisbane took place a few days ago; 20in of rain fell in twenty-four hours and the river rose Gin higher than it was ever previously known to rise. Every wharf was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →GRAFTON, Thursday.—The Clarence and Richmond Rivers districts were, on Saturday last, visited by the most disastrous flood on record. In Grafton and the surrounding country the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Telegraphic communication with Sydney has been interrupted for eight days owing to the floods. The following is a resumed of news:—The sultry heats culminated on Wednesday, 19th instant, when the thermometer ran up to…
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