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A cyclone has traversed the State of Kansas, in North America, followed by serious floods. Uniontown has been swept away…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THURSDAY Island, Wednesday.-The steamer Menmuir, which arrived here on Tuesday, brought Hongkong files to June 1, containing accounts of a terrible storm at that place, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THURSDAY ISLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Menmuir, which arrived here to-day, brings news of a terrible storm experienced throughout Hongkong on May 29. The storm, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Tuesday.-Later accounts show that more damage has been done by the floods than was at first supposed. Many small bridges have been carried away, and many miles of road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.-A monster meeting of the residents of Maitland and surrounding districts was held in the School of Arts on Monday night, for the purpose of devising some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne, Tuesday.-Terrible floods are prevalent in the Wimmera. district. Great damage is being done to property. A farmer named Frew was drowned in Norton Creek while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the general committee appointed to take into consideration the scheme for preventing a recurrence of the floods at Marrickville, submitted by Mr. Carruthers, Ministers for Public Instruction, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain has been falling with little cessation for the past 24 hours. The river has been steadily rising, and is now 13ft. 6in. over summer level, being the highest record since August, 1887, when a height of 13ft. 8in. was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ALBURY, This Day.--During the past 24 hours rain has been falling almost continuously, and the river is now 13ft. 6in above summer level, and higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, This Day. -- The Menmuir, which arrived at Thursday Island yesterday from Hong Kong with tiles up to June 1, brings news of a terrible storm at Hong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Tuesday.--The floods on the Murray continue. The river this morning was 13ft. 6in. above summer level, being the highest registration this season, and it is reported to be rising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our PATRONS are unanimous in their praises of the manner in which our BOOTS have served them during the wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. FLETCHER, M.L.A., and the Mayor of Wickham waited on the Minister for Lauds to-day to request that a small area of ground fronting on a creek in the locality should be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Wednesday.--The weather to-day was more settled. The river remains stationary at 1[?]ft. 6in., and as later reports from the Upper Murray state that the flood is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The weather in Melbourne has been beautifully fine for the last two days, bat reports from the country teel of continued floods, and for the third time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tocumwal, Thursday.- The Murray River overflowed its banks here on Wednesday, and many miles on both sides are submerged. To-day by gauge it attained a height of 17ft 2in,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the recent heavy storm a number of families were rendered homeless by the flooding of their houses in the low lying portion of Marrickville. Many of these persons, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Murray River overflowed its banks here yesterday, and many miles on both sides are submerged. To-day, by the gaugo, it attained a height of 17ft. 2in., being 1½in. less than the flood of 1887. All traffic to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TOCUMWAL, This Day.--The Murray river overflowed its banks here on Wednesday, and many mines on both sides of the river are submerged. Yesterday, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A recognition of the services rendered to a number of the families who were flooded out of their home during the recent flood at Tramvale was made on Wednesday evening at the…
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