Floods on the Darling
WENTWORTH, Monday.— Owing to the rise in the Upper Murray, there is great anxiety anticipated here of a flood, which will probably submerge the whole town. The Darling is now 19ft…
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The Floods in the West. [By Telegraph.] (From Our, Correspondents.) Wilcannia
Owing to the heavy state of the roads on the Cooligal route, the Melbourne mails, due yesterday morning, have not yet arrived. The steamer Excelsior arrived from Bourke yesterday, and leaves again…
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BOURKE, Monday.--The weather is fine, with cold evenings and beautiful days. The grass is beginning to spring in many places, and if the fine weather lasts for a couple of months stock…
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WILCANNIA, Monday.--The steamer Pilot arrived from down stream Saturday evening and the Excelsior from Bourke yesterday. By the latter comes the tale of a plucky fight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms and Floods in Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth
Grand rains are falling all over the colony. In some places nearly 4in, have fallen in 48 hours. The rain, however, is accompanied by severe storms of wind, hail, thunder, and lightning, causing…
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WENTWORTH, Tuesday.— The river rose 6in during the last twenty-four hours. It know 19ft 8in. At Bourke it is again rising, as well as at most of the towns above that place. The A.J.S…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.— The superintendent of maintenance on the Central railway states that water at Dawson during the late floods was 10ft 7½in over the rails, and 7½in below the level of…
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The weather is very sultry; more rain is threatening. The river has again commenced to rise here, and is now rising at all stations above Louth on the Darling, but no anxiety is felt, as very little rain…
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WILCANNIA, Tuesday.--Light showers again fell here this morning, but the sky cleared about midday and the weather now looks more settled. The river here continues to fall very…
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A very interesting concert was given, in the Redfern Town last night, in aid of the Floods Relief Fund, by the pupils of Messrs. S. G. Layers and Lewis Henderson. The Governor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Specimens of Natural History From the Flood Districts. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wilcannia
Mr. R. Helms, naturalist, of the Sydney Museum, who is on a collecting trip to this part of the Darling, has been remarkably successful, particularly on the embankment at Tallywalka, where he spent 12…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in the Darling. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bourke
The following are the rain and river reports:- Bourke l8 points, river 34ft. lOin., rising; Brewarrina, 17ft. 8in., rising; Goodooga, 8ft. 1in., falling; Tilps, 38ft. 4½in., falling; Yetman, 2ft., falling; Walgett,…
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BOORKE, Wednesday,--The river here is still rising, being now up 34ft. 10in. Eighteen points of rain were recorded yesterday. Everything is again saturated, and the mud in some…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday.--The following motion, moved by the Mayor, was unanimously carried at a meeting of the Grafton Borough Council held this evening:--…
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WENTWORTH, Thursday.—The steamer Undaunted, which brought down the Darling mails, gives alarming accounts of the river. Twenty-eight stations and selections were under water…
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At a meeting of the Grafton Borough Council last night it was resolved:—"That, in the opinion of this council, it is both necessary and expedient that a meseure should be framed and introduced by the…
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WAGGA WAGGA, Thursday.--Three inches of rain have fallen at Boree Creek, between Wagga Wagga and Urana, which, together with the already overflowing creek and…
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ALBURY, Thursday.--The heavy rains of the past fow days have been causing much damage in some parts of this district. A report from Boree Greek states that the flood is the…
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CHARLEVILLE (Q.), Saturday.—Heavy rain has fallen here during the past twenty-four hours. Nearly 3in have been registered. Another heavy flood is expected. Bradley's Gully has stopped…
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The secretary of the Trades and Labour Council has received the following amounts towards the assistance of the sufferers by the recent floods at Bourka:—Typographical, £11 10s Cd; Lithographic,…
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