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News from Townsville states that the water over the Macrossan bridge is 40ft; telegraph wires have been carried away; the lower part of Charters Towers is flooded; the flood in Townsville is the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Tuesday, 9.10 p.m. -- The report that the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Palmer had been wrecked at Towusville proves untrue. [?] From a telegram received by the hydraulic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday's reports show that the rain has now extended pretty well all over the country, excepting only the very far west. Euston, Menindie, Narrabri, Wentworth and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further telegrams from Charters Towers report that terrible floods are being experienced there. Mr. Edward Reddin, proprietor of the Charters Towers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The schooner Venus, which left here on the 20th instant for the Clarence River with coal, got within 10 miles of Smoky Cape, where she encountored heavy gales on Sunday and Monday. She lost some sails, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fairly clear sky greeted the inhabitants of the metropolis at sunrise yesterday, and the weather all day pretty well was regarded as gloriously fine, though at times, and especially in the afternoon, the sky was thick with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrific storm ocourred at Emu Park last night. A snrvey party, under the Government Surveyor, Mr. Richardson, were camped in the scrub just off the beach. The party consisted of Harry White, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ST. GEORGE (Q.), Wednesday.—The river is rising. It has just broken over the western bank. The town side is safe for the present. Communication with Surat on both sides is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KEMPSEY. Thursday.—It is raining and the river has risen about 8ft. Two hundred and six points of rain have taken during the last twenty-four hours. The river at Belibrook is 17 and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warden Cusack, of Ravenswood, wired to the Under-Secretary for Mines as follows:—"We experienced during the past week heavy and constant rains, which culminated yesterday evening in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The hurricane which commenced at 8 o'clock on Sunday night continued for 12 hours. It rained all night. On Monday the wind increased to a terrific gale, accompanied with heavy rain. Twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following further telegrams have been received :--The Burdekin River is 72ft. over the bridge. Cattle and pigs are coming down in great numbers. Many houses have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A LARGE and influential deputation representing the Clarence and Grafton districts, and introduced by Mr. John See, M.L.A., and Mr. M'Farlane, M.L.A., was received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The urgent necessity that existed for a wall at Throsby Creek to keep out the flood waters between Wickham and Tighe's Hill was, brought under the notice of the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No rain fell in Sydney yesterday and a great area of country was also free from further showers, but the weather bore a very unsettled appearance, aud Mr. Russell's forecast is for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Satisfaction is expressed at the action of the Minister for Works in calling for tenders for the storm water sewer at Cottage Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Star is one of the best known, locallyowned schooners trading out of Sydney. She has weathered many gales along ths cost of Australia, not forgetting some quite recently, when coasters foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Though no rain worth mentioning has fallen in the metropolis in the past 36 hours, nor in the immediate vicinity of Sydney, yet our correspondents' telegrams show that in the northern part of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NOWRA, Thursday.—A heavy Storm over the town on Wednesday evening. The road are again in a deplorable condition, and toe mails are some hours lute. It is cloudy to-day and cold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOURKE, Thursday.—The weather is fine, but cloudy, with every appearance of more rain. The river still continues to rise, and it is now considered more than, probable that a flood…
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