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1,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 80
BRISBANE, Sunday Night.--Although comparatively fine in Brisbane to-day, the heavy rainfalls at the head of the Brisbane River yesterday caused a sharp rise, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BYRON BAY, Monday.--A fierce gale blew from Friday night till Sunday night, varying from south-east to north-east. In all 670 points of rain fell on Saturday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BYRON BAY, Monday.--A fierce gale blew from Friday night till Sunday night, varying from south-east to north-east. In all 670 points of rain fell on Saturday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Brisbane River, which at the end of last week had receded to its normal level, commenced to rise again on Saturday in consequence of the heavy rains at the head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, February 13.-Disastrous floods have taken place in the Transvaal Republic, South Africa. Many mines were inundated, houses demolished, and railway lines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GRAFTON, Tuesday.—At the rear of South Grafton there is a great body of water reaching in some places to the eaves of the houses. The river overflowed its banks at two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, February 13.—Sir G. BadenPowell. M.P., formerly secretary to Sir George Bowen, Governor of Victoria, in a letter to the Times suggests that a fund…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adelaide, Monday.-A meeting will be held in the Mayor's parlor to-day to organise a fond for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SOUTH WOODBURN, Monday.-The flood waters are still rising here slowly, and are over the banks in various places; a rise of another couple of feet will pat it into houses in the main street. No…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the members of the dramatic profession was held at the Lyceum Theatre yesterday afternoon to consider the best way of carrying out a matinee performance in aid of the sufferers by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A full special meeting of the Cabinet was held on Saturday, when flood matters were dealt with. The question of communication between North and South Brisbane was discussed, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday evening at 7 o' clock what is believed to have been the heaviest flood that over visited Toowoomba occured. It rained all the afternoon and most of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir G, Baden-Powell has written a letter to the Times suggesting that a fund should be raised in London to assist the sufferers by the disastrous floods in Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous floods have taken place in the Transvaal Republic, South Africa. Mines are inundated, houses have been demolished, and railway lines wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river has risen 17ft., and is now rising very slowly. The wind is westerly, but light, and the weather oppressively hot, and rain threatening This flood must do the district a great amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five inches of rain have fallen here since Saturday night; and the river has risen 2½ft., and is still rising quickly. Much of the low land is under water, and a flood is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight hundred points of rain have fallen here since Saturday morning, and the river is 20ft. over the Wingham Wharf, and 40ft. high at Woodside. The Dingo and other creeks are in high flood, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The back waters reached their highest in town this morning, when nearly all the business places in the main street were entered by water, many to a depth of several feet. The water is 3 ft. deep in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The meeting in the Town Hall last night to express practical sympathy with the sufferers by the Queensland floods was well attended, and the proceedings testified how…
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