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The Minister for Education has received a telegram announcing the [?]viest flood ever remembered at Camooweal, northern Territory. Abandoned [?] can now be stocked…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over 6in. of rain have tallen since Monday morning. It is still raining heavily. All the Lower Macleay is again flooded. There is every appearance of the rain continaing, and great fears of a big flood are felt, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The weather has been clearing from the southWard in the past 24 hours, though heavy downpours have occurred in places. Our correspondents in the country report in some instances a serious rise in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Official news has been received in Adelaide of the break up of the disastrous drought in the pastoral country comprising the Herbert River district in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reports were given at the Camperdown Council on Tuesday of the damage caused by the storm on Monday. In Gibson-street fences were blown down and a woman was washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The unsettled weather of the past few days still remains with us, and if it leaves off raining for an hour, and betrays people into putting on dry clothing, it later on conies down with,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty-two points of rain fell during the last 24 hours. The weather shows signs of clearing. The river at Kempsey is 13ft. above summer level, and is still rising. All…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very henry rain fell in and around Sydney for several hours yesterday morning, causing a good deal of damage. Between 2 aud 3 o'clock rain first began to fall ratber heavily, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Friday.—A waterspout on the Cooktown railway washed away 20 feet of rails, and inundated the line to a depth, of SO feet. The northern line is partially submerged near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hunter River Steam Navigation Co. have received the following telegram from Morpeth; "Floods 3ft high over wharf. Piles covered with Water. Water at a standstill; falling up country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For some hours yesterday morning the trams to Marrickville were stopped, and at 11 o'clock it was with no small difficulty that an engine with two small cars got through. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The telegrams from our correspondents show that while in several places the rivers have risen some feet above ordinary level, the rainfall of yesterday and Wednesday night was, so to speak, "patchy."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The manager of the H. R. S. N. Company has received the following from Morpeth: "Flood 3ft, high over wharf, piles covered. Water standstill; falling up country. Weather clearing. River has not broken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. F. J. Thomas, manager of the H.R.N.S.N. Co., yesterday received the following telegram from the agent at Morpeth:--The flood is 3ft. high over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INTELLIGENCE from Marrickville this morning states that half the houses which were flooded have been vacated by their inhabitants, who most likely will not be able…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MAITLAND, Thursday.--The River Hunter at Maitland has now attained a height of over 25ft. above the usual level. The weather, however, is now fine and hopes are expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PORT MACQUARIE, Thursday.--About 200 people attended at the School of Arts last night to hear Mr. Carruthers deliver an address on freetrade. The Mayor presided. The Minister,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE storms of rain continued from Tuesday evening, but they increased in severity on Wednesday and Wednesday night. On Thursday morning a great volume of water was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colin Currie, for drunkenness, was fined 5s, in default imprisonment till the rising of the Court. Agnes Hall(alias Maher), for using obscene…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The rain continues general throughout the colony, being especially heavy in the inland districts Blackall reports the river in high flood, and at Charleville the Warrego river is nearly 60ft. above…
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