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906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 46
The river here is up 13ft., and is rising at the rate of a foot an hour. It is still raining. Over 9in. altogether have fallen. Tra[?]ic and business are entirely suspended…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The rain ceased to-day. If a break had not occurred the result would have been disastrous. There is a great freshen the river, and at noon D. L. Brown and Co.'s Short-street wharf, Pettigrew's wharf, and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A very important analysis of sediment left on the agricultural lands of the Hawkesbury by the late flood has been furnished by Mr. Angus Mackay to Mr. G. S. Yeo, of Mulgrave. Mr. Mackay writes: The stuff…
Continued on Trove, page 119 →News has been received that the Kwantung River in China has overflowed its banks, and flooded a large tract of country…
Continued on Trove, page 126 →The Condamine River is a banker, at Warwick, and is still rising. The Brisbane River is still rising, and it is now over nearly all the wharves,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GRAFTON, Friday, noon. -- The gale blew from the south-east all last night, with a heavy tall of rain. From 9 o'clock yesterday until 9 this morning 675 points fell. The gale is now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—The committee formed in connection with the flood prevention movement on the Hunter River met, on Friday morning, Mr. Gordon (the hydraulic engineer,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →BRISBANE, Sunday.--Although the rain ceased on Friday the river continued to rise on Saturday, and the water backed up the sewers and flooded many of the cellars in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday and yesterday the weather along the coast showed signs of improving, although it was still unsettled, with frequent heavy rain squalls. The easterly gale, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain ceased on Friday, and it has been fine ever since. The river was at its highest at 9 o'clock yesternight, when it was as high as the flood of 1887. Whole blocks of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The flood rose 40ft. at Casino, but is now subsiding. This was not within 15ft. of being as high as the flood of 1887. but in Lismore it was much higher,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rain set in on Sunday night, and continued till Thursday without abatement, accompanied by a high south-easterly wind. The river rose slowly until Thursday at noon, when it was within 3ft. of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The floods are now subsiding in the Brisbane River. The waters reached the greatest height on Saturday afternoon, the level being then about the same as in the great flood of January, 1887. All the wharfs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There have been very heavy rain here since Wednesday last, and the rainfall from Monday to Friday afternoon was 14 inches 29 points. There was a high gale on Wednesday and also on Thursday, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river rose to within 5ft. of the level of the 1887 flood, or 18in. below that of 1863. It is now falling, but all low-lying portions of the city are submerged, though the business places are clear of water. The river broke…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE heavy gale that has continued along the coast for the past week or two seems to have abated considerably. It has proved to be more disastrous to shipping generally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The recent heavy gale has proved more disastrous to the shipping than was at first anticipated. Of the five vessels driven ashore at Byron Bay four have been totally wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RAYMOND TERRACE, Tuesday,—The residents of the Lower Hunter held a meeting here on Monday afternoon to consider what action might be taken in view of the movement at West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Having occasion to return from Marrickville by the 8.30 tram on Sunday evening, we were astonished on approaching Sydenham-road to find that we were rushing through a stream of water for the distance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting of the residents of the Lower Hunter was hold here this afternoon. The object was to consider what act on might be taken in view of the movement at West Maitland for the prevention of…
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