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BRISBANE, Tuesday.-Rain is falling heavily in places along the seaboard of Northern Queensland and is still expected, but finer weather is likely to prevail in the southern part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,-There has been a great deal of agitation here of late re the bridges across the Paterson and Hunter Hirers. Now, instead of agitating for the bridges at present, if the farmers were to have a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MUNGINDI, Tuesday.-Mungindi is completely surrounded with water. Mr. Mullins is rescuing families. It is said that the senior-constable has behaved in a most manly way in risking his life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WINDSOR, Monday.--Now that the waters have subsided a large number of landslips are apparent. The approaches to the Cornwallis Bridge have again gone. A landslip…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious reports of floods come from Adavale. There are 4ft. of water in the centre of the town, and all buildings are submerged except Skinner's store and the police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The rain has evidently determined not to- leave the colony just yet, to judge from yesterday's weather reports. On Saturday night and Sunday a more or less heavy fall was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Monday. -- The flood relict fund now amounts to £4000. Serious reports come in of the floods at Adavale, where there is 4ft. of water in the centre of the town. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain again fell yesterday, and 57 points were registered, and about 30 points to-day. It is now fine and clear, but very hot. The embankment works have been seriously retarded by the wet, but they are progressing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One hundred and ninety-two points of rain fell yesterday. The river is over the north bank, and the Willandra and Merrowie creeks are bankers. All the lagoons are full. A further fresh is reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The weather was fine yesterday, and is so to-day, though very hot. The Fitzroy River has risen 2ft. 6in. since noon on Friday, and is now only 6ft. below the height mark of the 1875 flood, and 13ft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Government Astronomer's predictions of serious floods on the Darling are now being verified. The tremendous rainfall in the Darling Downs and Maranoa districts, just across the New South Wales border,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A cyclonic storm of the most violent character swept over the northern portion of the State of Kentucky on Thursday last. In its progress lay the city of Louisville, the capital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →KEMPSEY, Tuesday.-A meeting was held here this afternoon for the purpose of placing the wants of this district before the Government. There was a fair attendance. Mr. C. Sutherland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.-Fears are being entertained for the safety of the Fitzroy Bridge. The Bockhampton Municipal Council have taken steps to regulate the traffic over the structure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOURKE, Wednesday.-The river here is now 37 1/2ft up, and daily rising steadily. From the amount of water that is still to reach, here it is considered impossible that serious foods can be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March. 31.-Desha county, in the State of Arkansas, is submerged under 15ft of flood water. Several thousands have been rendered homeless by the disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The flood relief fund now totals L4000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE show of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales commenced in effect to-day, when the judges undertook the thankless task of alloting seniority of rank to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From the alarmingly high state of the river here, and the, big volume of water that is coming down, it is now considered certain that the flood must find its way into the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday Night.--Floods still prevail here. The Fitzroy River is within a foot of the 1875 flood, and it is feared the gasworks will be submerged and that the town…
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