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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…
Continued on Trove, page 379 →February 19.—Victori Rowing Association Regatta. Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, third-class yachts. Sydney Amateur Sailing Club, open bost and dingey races. Skiff Race Parramatta River…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →GRAFTON, Monday.—The river at 10 o'clock a.m. had risen about 15 feet, being within a foot from the eaves of the waiting-shed. It rose for a time last night 12 inches an hour up to midnight, then…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Our Lower Richmond River correspondent writes on the 9th instant:—The weather has been very unsettled. There have been several rainy days, with strong wind, raising a heavy sea on the bar, and the signs of the skies betoken…
Continued on Trove, page 384 →Since the Manning River annual agricultural show on Thursday and Friday last, incessant semitropical rains have fallen over the district, putting a complete stop to all business. Old residents state that he such downpour has…
Continued on Trove, page 410 →The Macleay lias 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 410 →The heavy rain which set in on Saturday morning continued almost incessantly until noon on Sunday, when the weather cleared. Nearly seven inches of rain fell, but it was not considered sufficient to cause a flood…
Continued on Trove, page 410 →The river at 10 o'clock a.m. had risen about 15 feet, being within a foot from the eaves of the waiting-shed. It rose for a time last night 12 inches an hour up to mid-night, then for a time a little more; now it is almost at a…
Continued on Trove, page 410 →News from Taree states that the Manning River was raised to high flood by an incessant tropical downpour of rain,, such as has not been, seen there for 20 years. Fierce…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A public meeting of landowners and tenant farmers was held in the School of Arts yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken for the protection of the river banks in the parish of Great Marlow,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →February 26.—Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, first and fourth class yachts. Balmain Sailing Club, hurry scurry race. Amateur Canvas Dingey Club, Mr. T. Punch's trophy. Leichhardt Club sailing race…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →The heavy rains which have fallen during the past few days have caused tremendous floods in various places. At Maryborough, at noon to-day, the water was two feet over the wharfs, and was still rising. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A heavy downpour of rain began on Friday last, and continued through Saturday and Sunday; 694 points of rain fell in 24 hours. The Macleay rose at Kempsey some 16 feet over the ordinary level. It is falling now, and has…
Continued on Trove, page 429 →Unprecedentedly heavy rain fell along an extensise tract of the southern line last night, resulting in a very serious washaway about a mile and a-half an the Sydnev side of Illube. The appearance of the line where the mishap has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A telegram from Bundaberg this morning states that the flood water rose till midnight, and covered all the low lying paits of the town and suburbs. This morning the river was over the wharf sheds…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Sunday.--The floods have been most severely felt in the Wide Bay and Burnett districts. At Gympie the crushing-mills have all stopped working, and many mines are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway traffic-manager, Mr. N. V. Read, yesterday received the following telegrams from the traffic inspector at Illabo, on the southern line, which have been courteously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GUNDAGAI, Monday.--Most extraordinary weather has prevailed here during the past 60 hours. Shortly after 4 on Saturday morning a very heavy thunderstorm broke over the town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The report that a cyclone had passed over Bowen has been confirmed. It occurred on Saturday. No lives were lost. Slight damage was done to Government property at Poole Island. A steamer and the jetty were utterly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →During the storm on Saturday no less than 2-10 inch fell in 10 minutes. In the afternoon the rain was still heavier, an inch having fallen in loss than 20 minutes. Many of the low-lying patts of the city…
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