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MELBOURNE Tuesday.—On Monday a terrific storm of wind and rain passed over the district of Wodonga. The Murray River has, in consequence, again overflowed its banks, and large tracts of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rain was reported from various country districts to-day. A terrific storm of wind and rain passed over Wodonga. The Murray is again overflowing its banks, and flooding the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A Shepparton telegram states that the floods are increasing, and are certain to prove the most disastrous over known. On Sunday night a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A heavy gale came up from the southward yesterday and played havoc in the district of Canterbury. A church was unroofed, a wharf was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--A gale was experienced in the Canterbury district to-day, causing considerable damage. The Church of the Holy Innocents at Amberley was wrecked, the goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heaviest flood for years occurred this morning The water is within two and a half feet of the highest flood on record, and is still rising. From the bridge to the piles bordering on the Bombowlee Plains…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Murray is new 31ft, 6in. over summer [?] and rising. An immense area of country is inundated. One inch 34 points of rain has fallen, but it is now fine…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The warm rains of Sunday night brought down an immense flood at Bright. Owing to the melting of the snow in the mountains, the Ovens and Buckland rivers are higher than during the last two winters…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Murray this morning is 14ft. 7in. above summer level, and rising. This is the highest level the stream has reached since 1887, when it showed a registration during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, Tuesday.--Heavy and continuous rain fell throughout yesterday and last night, upwards of 2in. being registered at the local telegraph office since Sunday. The river,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TUMUT, Tuesday.--Torrents of rain fell here all last night, causing one of the largest floods ever known in this district. All the low-lying country is under water and many persons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Michael Heaphy, aged 20, the son of Denis Heaphy, farmer, Nathalia, is supposed to have been drowned in the late floods. He left Ricketson's station on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A violent gale has been raging in Canterbury doing considerable damage. The farmers will be severe sufferers, as the lately ploughed and sown soil has been blown completely away. In…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Premier, on Wednesday afternoon, received a telegram from Sir Henry Parkes, which stated that owing to the swollen condition of the river Edwards, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The flood is subsiding, and the weather is fine to-day, though heavy rain clouds are Again banking up. Direct communication with Gundagai is not yet restored. Numerous families are still unable to return to their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Murray is up 32ft. over summer level, and rising fast. A large number of families are flooded day after day at Echuca and Moama. Applications are to be made to the Government for tents, as houses are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Premier this afternoon received a telegram from Sir Henry Parkes stating that be feared the greatest flood known would occur in the Edwards River, and asking Mr. Gillies to send…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TO-DAY Mr. J. M. Chanter, one of the representatives in Parliament for the Murray electorate, received the following telegram from a resident of Echuca:--"Could…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Murray this morning was 15ft. 3in. above summer level, being the highest since 1870, when it reached 16ft. 4in. The flood waters are spreading in every direction, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, Wednesday.--The river to-day rose a height of 14ft. 10in. above summer level, the highest level recorded for two years and as the rise continues fears are entertained that damage…
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