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BRISBANE, Monday, 9.30 p.m. (delayed.)-- Another landslip has occurred on the railway half-a-mile on this side of Ipswich. The line is blocked for a distance of 30 chains. A strong…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bourke, Friday, 9.50 p.m.--A public meeting was held to-night, convened by the Mayor, to consider the best steps to take to avert the serious danger of threatened floods. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE continuous and almost unprecedented rain with which the eastern portions of the colony have been visited for the last few weeks has led to disastrous consequences in various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since the last observatory report which appeared in the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL, no abatement in the tempestuous weather can be recorded. During the twenty-four hours preceding…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →BRISBANE, Saturday.—The floods hare gone, and the river is now about the ordinary level. Men are now clearing the mud from the houses, backyards, and business premises, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In reference to the application of Messrs. Wad-dell and Davis, members for Bourke district, the Premier has promised that the Government will render assistance to prevent the town being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, March 15.—So vast have been the floods in the Valley of the Mississippi that the great river is now forty miles wide at Memphis. The floods, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KEMPSEY, Saturday.—Still very Bhowery. The flood water is going down slowly. The fall amount of rain here for the last fourteen days is about 9in. The steamer Macleay left here for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Monday.—There is considerable salvage from the flood. M'Arthur and Co. are removing a large quantity of goods to Hill's buildings, Petrie's Bight, to sell attraction on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The floods in the valley of the Mississippi have proved disastrous. At Memphis the river is 40 miles wide, and an extensive area of country is inundated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The river at 11 o'clock to-day reached a height or 4ft. 6in., about 4ft. lower than the highest flood here. Thousands of acres of land bearing lucerne and maize are under water, and the loss will be enormous. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[?] water recedes great damage becomes more and [?]ptible, and it is now plain that the whole of the maize crops are totally ruined. In some places the water was 10ft. higher than ever known. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A glorious change has taken place since Friday night last. On Saturday morning the sun blazed forth in all its summer splendour, and for the first time for several weeks past during Saturday forenoon for a time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river is slowly falling. It rose till late last night. Rescue parties were in readiness with boats. A telegram from Wee Waa was received requesting boats, and a boat with four hands has just started…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river is receding fast, and the weather continues fine. The body of the young man Dunstan was found to-day by a townsman named Henry Hough, who was dragging the same boat from which Dunstan wad…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The floods are now subsiding here. No mails have arrived since Tuesday last, the latest Herald that arrived being last Saturday's data. The weather is now fine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The country between Walgett and the New England Hills is reported to be flooded in all directions, and the Macquarie at Dubbo is in full flood, and the Goondiwindi has risen 28ft. The Bogan is reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The flood water, as was anticipated, was left within the height of the flood of 1881 this morning, and by 1 o'clock to-day the railway communication was fully restored. The river has fallen about 10ft., and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →After a few days of alternate sunshine and showers, heavy rain set in again on Wednesday night, and by 9 a.m. on Thursday I inch 20 points had fallen. Friday's record was 20 inches 15 points; Saturday, 5 inches…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The flood has now entirely subsided, and the city is resuming its normal aspect. People are getting into their houses in the lately submerged portions and are cleansing them from the deposits of mud left. The Fire…
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