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MELBOURNE, Friday.-Disastrous floods are prevalent in several parts of the colony. In the Sandhurst district great damage has been done. The heavy rains during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More rain fell here last night, 45 points being registered. The township has two feet of water lying in the streets, and householders are obliged to make mud banks around their dwellings to prevent the incursion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The heavy rains continue, and reports of floods have been received from many parts of the colony. At Avoca the river is already within a few inches of the great flood-mark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Mr. C. L. Garland, member for Carcoar in the New South Wales Parliament, has arrived in London from Sydney via America…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Heavy rain is falling in Melbourne, and from all parts of the colony comes the same news, accompanied in many instances with reports of flood. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--As Mr. Webster totally ignores my right to the suggestion of remedying the flooding of the lowlying parts of Marrickviile by the construction of a canal through the flat and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, This Day.--The weather during the past few days has been very bad. The heaviest south-west gale known for years has been raging on the coast, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--Accounts still continue to come to hand of severe floods, but generally speaking the waters are commencing to subside. At Avoca the damage done to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heaviest south-west gale experienced for many years past in Hobson's Bay took place to-day, when the tide, helped by the wind, rose higher than has been known for 20…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The postponed meeting of the Penrith Council was held on Monday evening, when the Mayor (Ald. T. R. Smith) presided, and there were also present Ald. Clissold, Cross, Dent, Judges, Long,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Melbourne, Saturday.-Reports from all parts of the colony continue to come in, detailing severe Hoods; but, generally speaking, the waters are beginning to subside. The damage done to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, June 11.-The work of removing the dead and the debris from the scene of the recent floods in Pennsylvania is proceeding vigorously, and every precaution is being taken to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The rain on Wednesday and during last night culminated in heavy floods in various parts of the colony. At Castlemaine all the low-lying lands are submerged, and there is also a landslip on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The calamitous floods in Pennsylvania give point to a warning which the Government Astronomer has thought it his duty to place before the residents of the Hawkesbury and Hunter districts…
Continued on Trove, page 1234 →The official table of floods and droughts dates back as far as 1788, but unfortunately many of the valuable observations taken in the colony have been lost to science. With the first colonists came a young…
Continued on Trove, page 1236 →Authentic statistics give the late population of the area of country affected by the recent inundations in and around Johnstown as 55,000. Registry offices…
Continued on Trove, page 1242 →The Mayor of Brisbane to-day received a cablegram from Mr. James G. Blaine United States Secretary of State, as follows:--"The President directs me to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Friday.--Some abatement has taken place in the rise of the river to-day. The stream was 13ft. above summer level, having risen 13in. since yesterday morning, and is now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Friday.--In the Legislative Council a similarly worded message of condolence over the Johnstown floods as that adopted by the Assembly was sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The lower reaches of the Hunter River have been noted for the heavy floods from the time that the river was first discovered by Lieutenant Shortland, in 1797. The river is…
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