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BRISBANE, Tuesday.-Thargomindah reports a heavy flood, and all mail communication is suspended. Several cases of drowning are believed to have occurred in the Isisford district, where a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COLLARENDAERI, Monday.-Terrible floods have occurred on the Barwon River. The water broke down on Collarendabri at noon on Friday, and continued till Saturday at noon. The water is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The flood water from New England and Queensland commenced to rise here on Saturday at noon with great rapidity, the rivers at the time being as high as the 1879 flood. At noon yesterday it had risen 2ft. in the 24…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible floods have occurred in the Barwon River. The water broke into the town of Collarendabri at noon on Friday, continuing to rise till Saturday at noon, when the water was 2ft. and 3ft. in all the houses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →St. George has experienced the highest flood on record there. The town was inundated from the 28th March till the 2nd instant. Telegraphic communication has been interrupted since the 27th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRABRI, Tuesday.--The river at Walgett is reported to be 1ft. higher than in the flood of 1864, and is still rising. There is a depth of 4ft. of water in the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The flood waters from New England and Queensland commenced to rise here on Saturday at noon with great rapidity, the river at the time being as high as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK, April 8.-Intelligence has been received that a terrible cyclone has been experienced at Propheto (?), a town in the State of Illinois, where many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Despatches from America report that another disastrous cyclone has taken place in the State of Illinois. Terrible damage has followed the track of the cyclone,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.-Mr. Clement Wragge, the Government Astronomer, considers the weather conditions in Southern Queensland are stall unsettled. In the north there, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In consequence of the alarming communication from Louth and Brewarrina intimating the near approach of floods, and asking for assistance to build earthworks, Mr. WaddelL, M.L.A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation, consisting of the junior for the Macleay, the Mayor of Kempsey, Aldermen Huggett and Cochrane, and Messrs. T. Dwyer, M Thompson, and Mark Hurrell, left by the steamer Macleay this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river at Louth is 41ft. above summer level, and still rising fast. A relief boat in charge of the police has returned from Tallywalka, after releasing the residents who were surrounded by the flood waters,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →But for the earthworks that the municipal council have had erected at various places about the town the water from the river would now be well in Bourke. As it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The present flood in the Narran River is higher by 5in. than that of 1864. It is now stationary. The Commercial Hotel is completely surrounded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fitzroy Bridge, Rockhampton, which cost L54,000, has collapsed owing to the heavy flood to-day. [The Fitzroy Bridge was a fine structure,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Application having been made to the Government for grants of money to the towns of Louth and Brewarrina to enable protecting works to be constructed to prevent the towns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.-- The Colonial Secretary has received a telegram reporting terrible floods at St. George. The town is submerged and the loss of live stock and property is immense. No…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The report of the cyclone in the State of Illinois, in which it was stated that 50 persons had been killed, is denied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOURKE, Wednesday.--Heavy rain, accompanied by a terrific wind, fell hero last night, and at 9 o'clock this morning over 80 points had been registered. Rain is falling heavily…
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