Serious Floods
HOBART, Monday.--Floods throughout the island are general, and through traffic on the main line is stopped, there being several breaches in the permanent way…
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The Flood on the Lachlan
COWRA, Monday.--On Monday a great part of the outside town was inundated. The bell tolled at 5. a.m., warning the people that the Lachlan was overflowing its banks…
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WAGGA, Monday.--The river rose at Wagga since 10 o'clock on Sunday night to 32ft. above summer level. It was still rising slowly at 11 o'clock to-night. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Victoria. Two Thousand People Homeless. Whole Streets Submerged-great Distress
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The extent of the floods could nut be [?] night, nor, indeed, can any [?] be made to-day, but it is certain [?] the reports of last…
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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…
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The pilot schooners Mavis and Hawk have experienced very rough weather on their stations outside the Heads during the past few days. The Hawk had her bulwarks…
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WAGGA, Tuesday night.—The express train which left Sydney on Monday night reached Wagga at the usual time. After a stay of 12 hours 50 passengers were sent on, repairs having…
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The Secretary for Railways received the following telegram from The Rock, Great Southern Railway yesterday: "Mileage 334.—Sixty chains are well in hand, and expected to be ready…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday—The rain kept off well yesterday, bat sarly this morning light showers fell again, and the sky is still lowering. The flood waters, however, have had time to get away…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in Victoria. the Waters Subsiding Rapidly. Relief Fund for the Sufferers. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The floods in both the Yarra and Saltwater Rivers subsided rapidly to-day, but the damago done is very great. The relief measures for the sufferers have been prompt and generous. The…
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The station master at Redfern advises the washaway on the southern railway has been so far repaired that traffic has been resumed. Yesterday's express train, which has been…
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The river at Albury this morning is 13ft. above summer level, and a further rise is expected to-day. At Tintaldra the river has fallen 1ft…
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THE closing meeting of the committee of the Floods Relief Fund of 1890 was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon. The consideration of the disposal of the small balance…
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FORBES, Tuesday.--The river is very high, the water being in the lagoon round the town. The Orange mail coach had to come back this morning, the road being flooded…
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ALBURY, Tuesday.--The washaways on the railway line between here and Wagga were repaired this afternoon. They numbered 14, and extended over a distance of 21 miles…
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NEVERTIRE, Tuesday.--The Macquarie is over its banks and all the back creeks are flooded. The unfinished bridge over Belaringa Creek, between here and Warren, is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in Victoria. the Waters Subsiding.--initiation of a Relief Fund an Unpleasant Experience
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The only topic of interest in the city to-day is the flood. The waters are steadily subsiding and several of the streets that were covered to a depth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Tommy in a Gale. Narrow Escape From Foundering. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The schooner Tommy, which arrived this morning from Tasmania, had a narrow escape from foundering during the recent heavy weather. The Tommy sailed from the Penguin River on June 30…
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PARKES, Wednesday.—All the Government mails, passengers, and heavy goods for Forbes are now compelled to come round via Parkes from Molong, as the roads along the Lachlan River will…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The flood waters are subsiding; but many residences and business premises are still more or less under water. At the South Melbourne Council on Wednesday the…
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