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When last we wrote there was descending upon this camp the largest deluge ever recorded since that little affair of Noah's. Unlike that amphibious person, we had not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ARMIDALE, Friday.-There has been a very heavy rainfall here. One hundred and seventy points have fallen during the twenty-four hours up to 9 o'clock this morning. Armidale Creek is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the monthly meeting of the Engineering Association, held on Thursday evening, an important paper, entitled "The Prevention of Damage to River Banks by Flood waters, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Thursday.-Great damage is being done by the floods on the Balonne River. The sheep which hare been rescued from the floods are dying from starvation on the sandridges…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Friday.-The Government Meteorologist looks for an improvement in the weather in the western districts, but considers that it will be still unsettled in the central and eastern parts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WALGETT, Thursday.-The water has fallen about 3in. The streets and roads are only passable by boat. Acting District Court Judge Bennett finished the business of the Quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →DR. BEVAN, the popular Congregational divine, who occupies the same position in Melbourne as Dr. Jefferis did in Sydney, has come forward at a proper time with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A paper which was read at the monthly meeting of the Engineering Association last evening has more than a passing interest at the present time. The author of the paper was Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation, consisting of Mr. Brunker (Minister for Lands) and Mr. M'Rae, M.L.A., interviewed the Minister for Works yesterday in order to bring under his notice the necessity for repairing Scotch Creek-road…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →About 11 o'clock yesterday morning rai commenced to fall in the city, and at 10 o'clock last night half an inch was recorded at the Observatory. This rain has been slowly coming along from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The flood is gradually subsiding, but more water is, reported as coming down the Namoi and Barwon. The losses in stock are most disastrous. Thousands of dead carcases are observed floating downwards, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steady rain has been falling the last three days, and about 2 inches have been registered. The river is still rising about 3 inches per day. The sum granted by the Government is being judiciously expended by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London, April 8.—Prophetstown, a settlement on Rock River in Whiteside County, Illinois, has been devastated by a cyclone of the same type as that which wrecked. Louisville…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, April 8.—Great suffering has been caused among the inhabitants of Propetstown Whitesides County, Illinois, which has been destroyed by a cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Captain Dan Calder, or the steamer Birksgate, which arrived in Port Jackson on April 3, has supplied tis with the following account of the voyage and wreck of the Queensland labor…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →CAPTAIN Dan Calder, of the steamer Birksgate, has brought to Sydney an account of the voyage and wreck of the Queensland labour schooner Eliza Mary, and also damage to other vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A further landslip of immense extent has occurred along the banks of the river at West Maitland. The shore facing fell bodily into the river, which is now within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT Cecil Plains, near Toowoomba, a German selector named Bokelman and two children have been drowned. The floods at Isisford have been the highest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A VERY representative public meeting has been held at Windsor to consider the losses sustained by farmers through the recent floods. The Mayor occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WALGETT, Thursday.—The flood is gradually subsiding, but more water is reported as coming down the Namoi and Barwon. The losses in stock are most disastrous. Thousands of dead carcasses…
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