Storm and Rain
The veritable oldest inhabitant says he has never seen such weather as this since the Endeavor let go her right bower anchor in the blue mud of Botany Bay. Variable weather,…
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Terrible Weather. Unprecedented Rainfall. Railway Lines Blocked. Telegraphs Interrupted. Heavy Floods and Tremendous Gales. Bridges Washed Away. Houses Flooded. Two Persons Drowned
During the whole of yesterday and all last night the rain continued, and the weather has become an absorbing topic of conversation. The first break occurred early this morning, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Storm. Furday's Extraordinary Rain. Serious Floods in the Suburbs. Many Families Homeless. Suspension of Railway Traffic. Business at a Standstill. Telegraphic Communication Stopped. Heavy Sea Along the Coast
The rain which set in on Friday morning and increased to a vigorous downpour during the afternoon of that day, which pelted "heavens hard" during the whole of Saturday, and with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queen of the South in a Gale. Captain Magee Washed Overboard. But Is Carried Back Again
THE C.E. and M.R.S.N. Co.'s steamer Queen of the South arrived in Port Jackson this morning from the Macleay River, and, like all other arrivals, reports…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. - The floods in the Numurkah district have assumed unparalleled proportions. The streams have spread out all through the lower Goulburn Vally. Town of…
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GEANVILLE, Monday, 11.10 p.m.-Enormous floods have occurred at Duck River, just below Hudson Brothers' works. The water is sweeping up and partly covering the linos. The outlet is…
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The only previous rainfall in the colony of which there is any authentic record that can at all be compared with the present downpour occurred in Sydney on March 30, 1834. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flood in Parramatta
There has been a d[?]luge of rain in Parramatta. On Sunday night and Monday morning the storm raged with great severity. During Sunday night the wind played sad havo[?] with all unstable v[?]randah[?] and…
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Our Hurstville correspondent telegraphed last night:—"The climati[?] change here is extraordinary. Such has not been known for years. It has rained unceasingly from midday on Saturday, and there is…
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The official table of floods and droughts dates back as far as 1788, but un[?]ortunately many of the valuable observations taken in the colony have been lost to science. With the first colon[?]ts came a young…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A telegram from Numurkah states that a messenger from the Kaarimba district reports a great rise in the flood waters there on Sunday morning, but there are signs of subsidence this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary Rainfall. Heavy Floods in the Suburbs. Interruption to Railway and Telegraphic Communication. Fatality at Cook's River. Destruction of Property
Since early on Friday morning Sydney, and the suburbs in particular, and the coast[?]l district of the colony in general, have experienced a rainfall almost, if not quite, unparalleled in the history of New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in the Suburbs. Drowning Fatality in Cook's River
In the suburbs the effects of the storm were heavy— [?]oads, drains, and bridges were swept away in numerous places. A sad accident occurred shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday at Canterbury, and resulted in the…
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The full force of the inundation which we have now suffered for four successive days has been experienced in the low-lying portions of the western municipalities. After the hoavy downfall on Sunday morning these…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goulburn Valley Floods. Melbourne, This Day
The floods in Goulburn Valley continue. The town of Numurkah is surrounded by water, Tallygaroop[?] is swamped, and Natalia is in danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. at the Heads. Incidents by the Way. Floods Anticipated in the Country
A terribly heavy S.E. gale is raging outside the Heads; in fact, it is the worst known for years. All coastal and intercolonial shipping is practically at a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. Floods at Marrickville. Forty Acres Under Water. Hundreds Rendered Homeless
BECAUSE of inconvenience and the temporary cessation of business, we are all growling and grumbling at the rain--the ceaseless rain--but if, as predicted, it…
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Coonabarabran is one of the few inland towns from which reports have been received respecting heavy rainfall, and that may be accounted for by the fact that the district lies right in the…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Some terribly severe floods are reported from Nurmurkah on Saturday. They assumed unparalleled proportions. On Friday night a heavy fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Flood at Marrick-ville. Many Houses Submerged.--150 Residents Rescued
Marrickville, as usual, has received the full force of the tempestnous weather, and yesterday matters culminated in that populous suburb being flooded, the whole of the…
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