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The flood reached its highest at 10 o'clock last night, being 30ft. above summer level. The water ran a foot over Fitzmaurice-street at the junction of Kincard-street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river at Thargomindah continues to rise, and it is now within 18in. of the height reached in the big flood of 1887…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →COONAMBLE, Tuesday.--The Castlereagh River, which for the past few months has been almost dry, came down a banker yesterday and entirely submerged the [?]lower…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Tuesday.--The river continued to rise to-day, and by 10 o'clock to-night had reached a height of 30ft. 4in. The water is still rising slowly. This is the highest flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rockton, which arrived here from Fiji a week ago, brought word of bad weather having prevailed in the Fiji Group, also that a wreck, had occurred involving loss of life. The particulars are of a pathetic nature, as will be seen from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAGGA, Thursday.—The river is slowly falling. At 10 o'clock this morning it was 27ft above summer level. No mails have been delivered these three days. At North Wagga provisions and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river reached the highest, point at midnight when it was 30ft, 4in. above summer level, and then remained stationary for three hours. It had f[?]en a foot at noon from 3 o'clock this morning. The boats…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is soldom that the heat in Sydney is throughout the day as great as it was yesterday. There have been hotter days—much hotter—but yesterday's experience in exceptional in this part of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ALBURY, Wednesday.--The Murray rose rapidly last night, and to-day was 13ft. 6in. above summer level, the highest it has reached since the floods of 1870 and 1889, The rise is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOURKE, Thursday.—Considerable anxiety is still felt here with regard to the large quantity of water coming from the north eastern watershed of the Darling, and also down the Culgoa, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Consi[?]rable uneasiness was caused in town to-day by the river and rain reports. The river here has risen 24 ft. in the last eight days, and is still rising fast. Many think that even without a further rainfall up the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At half-past 10 this mqrninig the river was 27ft. above summer level, and falling a littleo more than an inch an hour. Much damage has been done to the footpaths In the strce's in various parts of the borough,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river is rising about a foot per day, and is now 26ft. above summer level; there is every danger of another big flood. The Warrege River, which empties into the Darling a few miles above Louth, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods are still reported from many parta of the country, especially in the south-western districts, A Thargomindah telegram states that the Bulloo continues to rise steadily, and is now higher than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA WAGGA, Thursday.--The river is now within its banks, though not low enough to permit of the resumption of traffic. The approaches to the bridge are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WALGETT, Thursday.--There is every probability of a repetition of the 1890 flood. All the stations on the river are shifting their stock back to the high land. Boats are being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"How's business?" "Nothing doing." "Well, you're doing some business, aren't you?"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A terrific storm passed over Wilberforce on Wednesday afternoon. Peach and other fruit trees were torn up and blows into the river, being lost sight of altogether. On several farms the maize was flattened out…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →IT is almost an axiom to say there never was inventor yet who from the moment of launching his ideas, or the result of them, and patient labor and thought, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BRISBANE, Friday.—Rain heavy in places, with thunderstorms and strong winds, is still expected by Mr.Anderson, both in North and South Queensland…
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