Wallis Creek Floodgates
WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--The Wallis Creek floodgates, which have been the great safety-valve for some years to the thousands of acres of rich farming land, as well as to the…
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The Grafton Flood. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Are the people of New South Wales so immersed in the general election that they cannot at once start a fund to help our brethren in the Northern district ?…
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WEST MAITLAND,Thursday. --The dangerous condition of the Wallis Creek floodgate from dry rot will be brought under the notice of the Government immediately by the member for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aquatics. "Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale." —Pope. Fixtures
February 12.—Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, first and second class races, round Long Reef. Balmain Sailing Club, half-decked boats. Sydney Amateur Canvas Dingey Club, Dr. Milford's trophy…
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GRAFTON, Thursday.—The £500 forwarded by the Colonial Secretary to the Mayor of this town, to be spent in repairs to the roads and bridges, has so far been well spent. Still it will not be sufficient…
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The river at Mackay has risen to a level with the decking of the wharfs. It is still raining there, and a flood is feared. Heavy rains fell at Rockhampton on Sunday, and yesterday the streets were flooded, and…
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Last week we published a full account of the terrible floods that occurred on the 22nd and 23rd of January, and now we give a few views which will serve to show the height to which the flood-waters reached, and afford some idea of…
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The Public Wharf and s.s. City of Grafton. Prince-street, looking Korth. Another View of Prince-street. Prince-street, looking South. View near South Grafton…
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Our Mudgee correspondent writes on February 7:—On Wednesday night, about 10 o'clock, it commenced to rain, and from then till 2 o'clock next afternoon it poured incessantly. We have not had such continuously heavy rain…
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MUDGEE, February 4.—Yesterday afternoon the river began to rise rapidly, and at about midnight had risen about 15ft. This is the largest flood here since 1872. Much destruction of crops and…
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The recent floods in the Clarence River were some 15in higher than the highest previous flood; and an immense amount of property has been destroyed. Several houses were washed…
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The steamer Coraki, 198 tons, belonging to the C. and R. R. S. N. Co., anchored inside Cape Moreton last night, and came up the river to-day. Captain Postans reports encountering terribly heavy weather,…
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The heavy rain which set in an Saturday morning continued almost incessantly until noon on Sunday, when the weather cleared. Nearly sevch inches of rain fell, but it was not considered sufficient to eause a flood…
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The river at 10 o'clock a.m. had risen about 15 feet, being within a foot from the caves of the waiting-shed. It rose for a time last night 12 inches an hour up to midnight, then for a time a little more; now it is almost at a…
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GRAFTON, Monday.--The weather now taken up the river is still rising, but more slowly. The water was up within 6ft. of the previous flood, and those who had not…
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THERE are certain violent manifestations of physical forces which must be witnessed in their effects before the mind fully grasps the horror of their meaning. Earthquakes, volcanoes, overwhelming tidal waves,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heavy Floods on the Macleay. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Kempsey
The Macleay has been visited with a flood which, while six feet below the highest flood-mark at Kempsey, cannot but be a serious injury to all farmers and graziers whose land is low-lying. It commenced raining on Saturday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods on the Manning. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Taree
Since, the Manning River annual agricultural show on Thursday and Friday, last, incessant semi-tropical rains have fallen over the district, putting a complete stop to all business. Old residents state that no such downpour has…
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KEMPSEY, Tuesday.--A terrific easterly gale commenced blowing here on Saturday last about 3 p.m. and continued until 10 a.m, on Sunday, accompanied by torrents of rain, 7in. having…
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BALLINA, Tuesday.--The weather is threatening. Exceedingly heavy rain fell on Saturday and Saturday night, and a gale, approaching almost to a hurricane, raged from then…
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