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An immense body of water is flowing through the Goulburn Valley, partly the result of the overflow from the Broken River water. It is encroaching up the main street of Numurkah. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river is falling very slowly, and is not yet off Fitzmaurice-street. The ladies' committee report numerous cases of distress, and they are doing everything to alleviate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Subscriptions continue to roll in for the flood sufferers, and it is expected that five figures will shortly be reached. A mass meeting has been convened by the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waller Price, a theatrical agent, was fined 1s. and costs in the Launceston court for organising a parade of the chain gang in the streets as an advertisement for "His…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weather continues exceedingly heavy here, and all roads are almost impassable to anything in the way of vehicular traffic. The mail from Warren was several hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The flood waters are subsiding, but many residences and business premises are still more or less under water, particularly in South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LISMORE, Wednesday.--At present the crossing at the entrance to the river is in a wretched state, there being only 5ft. of water. Navigation is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALBURY, Wednesday.--The river, which is now between 13ft. and 14ft., continues to rise, and all the adjacent country is in a flooded state. The water is within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COWRA, Wednesday.--The flood waters at the Lachlan began to fall yesterday morning, when the people commenced shifting back to their homes. Very little loss has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The English mails will arrive at Adelaide on Sunday, but the Government of South Australia will not despatch them until Monday evening's train. Instead of arriving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Thwaites, Engineer-in-Chief of the Metropolitan Board of Works, proposes to take the levels of the late flood from Hobson's Bay to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JFRILDERIE, Thursday.--The Billabong is higher than it has been for years, and is rising steadily. Several families have been flooded out. There has been no loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Thursday.--The Murray to-day remained stationary at 13ft. 3in., and it is thought that the flood has readied its greatest height. Another foot rise would…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At length the flood waters of the Yarra have vanished, and the river is now running within its banks. The wreck and mud left behind are terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Thursday.--The river has only fallen about 3ft. since Tuesday morning, when it reached a height of 32ft. The Mayor of Wagga has received a draft of £100 from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victorian relief fund of Victoria now amounts to £6,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAGGA, Saturday.—The Murrumbidgee River is falling slowly. There is still a great body of water to go down. The last two days the weather has been bright, with foggy nights. Early this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, friday.-The Yarra has now quite retired within its ordinary banks, but is still swollen and turbid. The relief fund already amounts to over £26000, and is rapidly increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LAUNCESTON, Monday.— The heavy rainfall of Saturday has induced a great flood in the South flood and Macquarie rivers. Three chains of embankment on the main line of railway near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE floods in Melbourne and in several of the country districts of Victoria have been of a disastious character. It is computed that over 40,000 people have been thrown out of…
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