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A welcome change took place yesterday afternoon, and there were not wanting indications along the, coast that the heavy sea to the southward and northward from the Heads was moderating. The rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is estimated that the total loss by the late floods in the Maryborough district is between £60,000 and £70,000. The loss to the sugar industry is alone reckoned at nearly £30,000;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BRISBANE, Monday.--At a public meeting held in the Town-hall to-night, which was poorly attended, it was decided to take steps to raise subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Egeson's prophecy, made in October last that very heavy rains and floods would be experienced early this year, seems in the present rains to be only too well verified, and interest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOWRAL, Monday.--Rain has been falling almost without intermission since Wednesday last. Over 8in. have been registered. The creek was very high this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Glanworth, which arrived in Port Jackson from Rockhampton to-day, reports that when off the South Solitary a fresh easterly gale sprang…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE barque Sir William Wallace returned to Port Jackson this afternoon in a partially crippled condition. She left Sydney on January 27 with 1347 tons of coal and 50…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Menmuir arrived in Moreton Bay yesterday after encountering very heavy weather outside. The captain reports that he arrived off Cape Moreton on Saturday afternoon and took the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Burrumbeet arrived yesterday morning, some hours later than she was expected, with the dismasted schooner Hally Bayley in low. The Burrumbeet, after landing her Hobart passengers, proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →BRISBANE. Wednesday.--Heavy floods are reported from Maytown and district, and no mails have left there for a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The committee of the Wide Bay and Burnett Flood Relief Fund met yesterday, and accepted an offer from the Headquarters Band for a concert…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday was an exciting day for this district. As in consequence of the rising of the river at Grafton, business was entirely suspended. Largo crowds stood watching…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KEMPSEY, Tuesday. -- The weather has been fine to-day. The river is now falling. The back water from the creek worked over part of the town in the night and some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- Heavy floods are reported from Maytown and district. No mails have left there for a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The barque Sir William Wallace, another vessel that had the misfortune to be caught in the recent gale, put back to Fort Jackson yesterday in distress, having been partially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aldinga arrived yesterday morning from the wreck of the steamer Riverina, and was to leave last night at midnight for the scene of the wreck at Island Point. The steamer brought up the crew of the stranded…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Railway washaways are reported from various parts of the colony as the result of Tuesday night's heavy rain. The line between Hemley Bridge and Balaclava is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy rains fell on Tuesday night, 4in. being reported in some places. The floods appear to extend from Adelaide to the New South Wales border at Oockburn. The train was delayed north of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The weather has now apparently cleared up, and the river is rapidly falling. The roads are in a deplorable condition, and the damage to crops is far more serious than that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NOWRA, Wednesday.--Two more narro escapes from drowning occurred the other day at Dangera Creek, near Yalwal, the spot where Linkenbagh nearly lost his life a few months…
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