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The river is still rising, end there is every likelihood of the water coming into the town. Newtown is submerged. Homes are deserted, and the people have been taken away. It is reported that a girl has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steady rain fell all day. The river Castlereagh is rising at an alarming rate, and fast approaching the height attained in 1874. Logs, sheep, cattle, horses, and fruit are being continually washed past.Great…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →With the favourable change of the weather yesterday it was expected that good news would reach the owners of some of the vessels reported missing in yesterday's Herald; but it was pretty well in the day before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GRAFTON, Thursday Noon.—River falling slowly. The people who took refuge in the court-house were forced to remove to the Cathedral, the water having risen l0in on the floor. Daring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRAFTON, Friday.—The river is falling slowly. The backwater is still in Princes-street and all the low-lying parts. The damage was much more than was at first anticipated, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WINDSOR, Friday.—Weather clearing, but still threatening. The flood waters are subsiding, leaving a trail of misery behind them. The amount of damage done cannot be estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—The river at Maitland has been rising slowly, bat surely, all day, and has now attained a height of some 33ft above the usual level. The aldermen of West…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE floods of which we are hearing from all over the country amount to a calamity of the most serious kind. It must be remembered that they are not a sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WARREN, Friday.—The River Macquarie rose at Warren on Thursday night, and is now a banker. It is still rising, and a serious flood is anticipated. Several stock owners are removing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Both river and creek rose rather rapidly for several hours last night, but towards morning the water came to a standstill, and is now receding slowly. Great damage has everywhere been done, and most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Many old residents predict that should further rains occur up river high floods must ensue. In 1864 the water was 4ft. in the town, but it is now believed that should the same volume of water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The present is the greatest flood since that of 1867. The Macquarie rose 46ft., backing up the Bell, and making the paddocks fronting the town one sheet of water. Bell Bridge is completely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain continues. The river since Sunday at 3 p.m. has risen about 35ft., and rose since daylight about 3ft., but the last three hours not more than 1½in. per hour. It is still rising, but very slightly. The wind is easterly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weather continues fine, but unsettled. No mails have come to hand from Brisbane since Saturday, and there is no telegraphic communication beyond Stanthorpe. Great floods have occurred at Warwick, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river fell 18in, during the night, but it is expected to rise again when the upper waters reach here. Doctor's Creek is about half a-mile wide. The body of one of the Carr children was found in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy rain, accompanied by a southerly gale, continued on Saturday, but eased off on Sunday, and commenced again to-day. The river is now in heavy flood, which will further be increased by the rough sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Clarence has been visited by the highest known flood, exceeding the great 1887 flood by about a foot, and reaching exactly 27ft. at Grafton. Unlike former floods, the river, owing to the continuous rain,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river commenced to fall on Wednesday morning slowly, and is still falling. The rain ceased for a few hours yesterday, but commenced again last night, with southerly gales. The water is 3ft. higher at Taree…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Search parties were out most of yesterday, but failed to recover the body of William Dunstan. The weather is clearing, but threatening. The water is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Railway Commissioners came down from the northern line last night, and experienced considerable difficulty in crossing the flooded waters at Maitland. The…
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