The Floods
MELBOURNE, Friday. --It is raining heavily here with all appearances of continuing. Telegrams received from up country report immense damage done by…
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Floods in the Country. The River Falling. Wagga Wagga
The river is 25ft. 6in., and falling. All fear of an immediate flood is dispelled. The weather is cold and showery…
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The river subsided somewhat during last night, and this morning it shows a registration of 16ft. 6in. above summer level. All fears of a further flood are now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods on the Border. Rapid Rise at Deniliquin. (By Telegraph.)
DENILIQUIN, Friday. -- The Edwards River continues to rise and is now running over its banks in many places. Another 3ft. will inundate half the town. The Murray at Tocumwal…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—On Monday a terrific storm of wind and rain passed over the district of Wodonga. The Murray Eiver has, in consequence, again overflowed its banks, and large tracts of…
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DENILQUIN, Saturday.—The Edwards River is still rising, and is now 34ft lin. There is a great volume of water pouring down, and the stream presents a grand sight. A rise of another foot will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flood in the Murray. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent) Melbourne
At Wodonga the Murray fell 2 feet yesterday. The Upper Murray coach, due at Wodonga on Thursday night from Tintaldra, was wrecked at Running Creek. The driver, James King, attached the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Thunderstorm at Bulli. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bulli
A violent thunderstorm, accompanied with hail and a little rain, occurred soon after midnight, lasting about three hours. The lightning was exceedingly vivid, and the thunder unusually heavy. At Bellambi the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in the Murray. Slowly Receding--destruction of Bridges. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Sunday.--The flood waters are receding slowly, although a great portion of the low-lying country remains covered. There yet remains a considerable quantity of snow to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sophocles—some Heavy Gales—death at Sea
A 90 days' passage from London for an Aberdeen White Star ship is in excess somewhat of the usual work done between this port and London; but it it quite explained in the Sophocles' case by the calms and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in the Murray. the Deniliquin Railway in Danger. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A telegram from Yarroweyha states that there has been little change since yesterday. The water receded about an inch, but there is every prospect of a further flood Yesterday afternoon a telegram was sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australian. Victoria. The Floods at Echuca
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--It is feared that there will be further inundations at Echuca when the Upper Murray waters come down. At Cobram, the town is partly…
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ALBURY, Monday.--The river gauge this morning showed the waters to have receded to 13ft. 9tn. above summer level, and the stream continues to steadily fall. While riding from…
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DENILIQUIN, Tuesday.—The Edward River is still rising, and is now 34ft loin above summer level. The water is breaking over the banks in many places, and submerging parts of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in the Murray. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A telegram from Yarroweyha states that the flood wates are falling rapidly. The upper part of the township is dry. The Bank of Australasia stands in about 18in of water…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in the Country. a Large Area Under Water. TOCUMWALL
The flood waters here have reached within a few inches of the 1870 flood. A largo tract of country inland is submerged and roads are damaged, but the township is above the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods on the Border. the River Rising at Deniliquin. (By Telegraph.)
DENILIQUIN, Tuesday.--The Edward River still continues to rise, and is now 35ft. 2in. above summer level, or about 4ft. below tho highest point attained during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Flood at Deniliquin. the River Still Rising. Grave Fears Entertained
DENILIQUIN, Wednesday.—The river is rising rapidly, and is now 35ft 9in above summer level, having gone up 7in during last night. A rise of another 18in will flood out half the town…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This Floods on the Border. the River Stationary at Albert. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Wednesday.--The river remains stationary at 13ft. owing to the influence of the snow, which during the fine days which have succeeded the last week's rains has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cobb's Coach in Flood Time
THE illustration we give of Cobb's coach in flood time is one of the many incidents of the difficulties of Australian travel. Droughts which extend over years are…
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