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MELBOURNE, Monday.-Heavy floods haVe been experienced in various parts of the colony in consequence of the rain which fell almost continuously from Friday night to Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The residents of the town whose premises are situated in the low-lying parts were in commotion throughout the day, in consequence of the probability of another high flood. Two inches of rain has fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It rained here incessantly since Saturday morning. Up till 9 o'clock last night two hundred and forty-two points had fallen, with a gale of wind. It is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mayor yesterday received the following telegram from Mr. Barling, Under Secretary for Public Works;--"The Minister for Public Works has approved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, Sunday. -- Almost incessant rain has fallen for the past 30 hours, and a heavy flood regarded as imminent. Yesterday the Murray was 9ft. 6in. above summer level,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Rain commenced to fall about 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, and has continued unabated ever since. Up to the present 4in. has been registered, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Subscriptions are now pouring in freely towards the floods relief fund. The weather to-day is gloomy and rain is falling, but the river is going down. The flood is decreasing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WOLLONGONG, Monday.--A high westerly wind has been blowing since yesterday morning. Throughout last night it increased to hurricane force, the gusts at times being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Monday. — The westerly gale which has been blowing for the past couple of days has been of an exceptionally fierce character. Although at sea the water was comparatively…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MITTAGONG, Monday.--The wind blew at hurricane force here on Saturday night and Sunday, uprooting trees in many places. A boy named Michael Morris, 14 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Monday.—News was received here this morning of serious washaways which have curred on the railway line, a short distance from here, between Gerogery and Sandy Creek, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Reports of heavy floods still come In from various parts of the country. At Rochester the Campas[?] River is running through the town in heavy flood,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heavy rainfall of Saturday has induced a great flood in the South Esk and Macquarie rivers. Three chains of embankment on the main line of railway, near Ross,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner wrecked at the Heads yesterday afternoon was the Nowra, from Tasmania. The hull, with the cargo, is sunk in deep water. The whole deek was lifted bodily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE English and other mails despatched from Sydney by the 5.15 p.m. express train yesterday could not be taken further than Wagga Wagga owing to there being several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bell River overflowed its banks on Sunday, and soon spread over the low-lying ground here, causing many of the inhabitants of Wellington Flat to seek shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Railway Department reports that owing to the washaway on the Southern line, near Wagga Wagga, through communication has been suspended ; but it is anticipated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Monday.--The incessant rain which fell throughout Saturday and Sunday has caused a vast accumulation of water throughout this district, and a big flood in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRANDERA, Monday.--Four inches of rain has fallen since Saturday. The whole country is nothing but one vast flood and bog, and is in a worse state than it was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATHURST, Monday.--A half gale of wind from the north-west blew all Saturday night and Sunday, and again to-day. The weather is bitterly cold, with sleety rain. The Vale…
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