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LITHGOW, Thursday.—The weather is still un-settled, but there is every appearance of a change. The wind has veered slightly to the west ; the flood in Farmer's Creek is now falling rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.—The residents of Maitland and surrounding country are once more threatened with another inundation. A couple of weeks back the Hunter escaped what…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NARRABRI, Thursday.—The loss to the farmers here by the floods has been very severe. After 11 o'clock last night seventeen persons were rescued from the village. The efforts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notices have been, posted at the Central Station that the washaway at Bell, on the Western line, will block traffic for two or three days, Goods for stations west of Bathurst can be sent on via…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WARDELL, Wednesday 5.30 p.m.--Since my last wire the river rose about Ift., the water reaching the verandahs of the bouses from Bartlett's store to the corner of the Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON, Wednesday, 6.10 p.m.--Heavy floods have occurred at Wellington. Heavy rain commenced to fall here yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, continuing all day and most of last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LITHGOW, Wednesday, 7.30 p.m.--The rain continued all last night and this morning, 392 points being registered. Business has been almost entirely suspended and many creeks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday, 10.12 a.m.-- Showery leather still prevails in Maitland, and the River Hunter is now about 26ft. above the ordinary level and is still rising. As the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARROW ESCAPES FROM DROWNING. KEMPSEY, Wednesday, 7.35 p.m.--The river has continued falling all day, fair weather having prevailed. The water is now up 19ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PENRITH, Wednesday, 2.20 p.m.--The Nepean River is about 30 ft. above ordinary level and rising fast, the current running at the rate of about 10 or 12 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WINDSOR, Wednesday, 11.12 a.m.--Rain has been coining down very heavily here all night and this morning, with one or two slight lulls, since daybreak. The water has risen fully 10ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contemplation of the all too palpable fact that "the rain it raincth every day " is becoming just a little tiresome and drearily monotonous. Smart showers succeed drizzling rain,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious floods have occurred. Five inches of rain fell on Monday, Several landslips have taken place on the Brisbane line. The Walangara line is washed away in several places. No mails have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Since yesterday morning 1 inch 67 points of rain has fallen. The Bell River is over its banks and within a few feet of the flooring of the bridge. The Macquarie is 24ft. and rising rapidly. There are indications of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river and creek were last night down to nearly their ordinary level, but the water is now rushing furiously over the banks. The river, rose 20ft. during the night and is now rising at the rate of 2ft. per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three inches of rain fell last night. Camden is again flooded, and the boat had to take mails and passengers across. The river is still rising, and a big flood is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A large portion of the Richmond low lands are now flooded, and the waters are still rising. For the first time since 1867 the river has broken over at Agnee Banks, and the stream from it and the back…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The flood reached its highest point at 6 a.m. to-day, to within 12in. of the flood of 1875. The flood waters are 8ft. deep at the School of Arts, some places 2[?]t. and 3[?]. deep in the stores. There are only about three or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At 10 o'clock the river was still rising. It has come into the lower port on of George-street, and is trickling into the gutter in John-street at the corner of Ashe's factory. In the course of an hour or two the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No rain like the present has been experienced since 1870. The river at Penrith is rising at a rapid rate, over a foot an hour: it is now more than 20ft. over summer level. Considering the Goulburn and…
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