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Torrents of water rushed along Campbell-street yesterday with great fury, the destructive streams pouring through the promises in all directions. Enormous damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river rose throughout Friday night and during Saturday forenoon, but only at a slow rate. It attained its highest point, 34ft. 6in., about 1 o'clock p.m. The heights varied somowhat at different…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →From last night till 2 o'clock this morning rain fell in torrents, accompanied by a south-casterly gale. The river rose very fast last night, and is now 22ft., or 5in. below the flood of Monday last. It is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy rain fell all lost night, and the river at Bellbrook was reported to be 20ft. high at 11 o'clock this morning, and rising fast. It is just 2ft, over the Kempsey wharf again…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →We have been favored by the Postmaster-General (Mr. J. Kidd) with the following particulars in connection with the interruption to telegraphic circuits: -- Communication…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir, -- I am pleased to note the efforts being made in Sydney to afford practical assistance to the many sufferers in these disastrous floods. Truly that charity which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Flood Relief Fund Committee formed in London has received donations amounting to £1400. The City Guilds have passed a vote in aid of the fund…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river at Grafton is up 23ft, and rising slowly. The backwater in Prince- street is now up to the Australian Joint Stock Bank. At noon the reports gave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Since Friday last the wires communicating with Brisbane have been interrupted. News up to that time shows that a recurrence of the late terrible floods has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday Night.--The subscriptions in London for the relief of sufferers by the Queensland floods amount at present to £1400. City guilds are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TOOWOOMBA, Saturday, 1.15 p.m.--Rain fell in torrents here incessantly from Thursday afternoon to 6 o'clock last night, when the floodwaters reached the highest level…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MACLEAN, Friday, 11.30 a.m.--Another big flood is expected on the Lower Clarence, as 2.30 points of rain fell yesterday. The water is rising fast. At Maclean the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KEMPSEY, Saturday, 7.30 p.m.--Very heavy rain commenced last night, and at Bellbrook 5 12in. had fallen by noon to-day. The river there had risen to 20ft., and at Kempsey at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GASINO, Saturday, 10.10 a.m.--The river is now up 40ft. here. At Irvington it is up 65ft., or 4ft. less than the flood of 1887. The flood is falling slowly. Myrtle Creek is 2in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Since Friday the weather locally has continued very unsettled. During Saturday it was squally, with the highest force of wind at 30 miles. This died away for a time, but on Sunday the wind again…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boats Plying Through the Streets -- Several Houses Washed Away -- Cleaning the City -- No Estimate of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We were yesterday favored by the Postmaster-General (Mr. J. Kidd) with the following particulars in connection with the interruption to telegraphic circuits…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LISMORE, Monday, 10.30 a.m.—This district has been visited by another disastrous flood At 6 o'clock on Friday night the river was up 38ft and rising slowly. The weather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, February 20.—The Queensland Floods Relief Fund amounts to £2000. Sir G. Baden-Powell, Dr. Hale (formerly Bishop of Brisbane), Colonel French, Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ULMARRA, Monday, 6 p.m.—The borough council has wired to the member, protesting against the alienation of any high land in the, municipality. A public meeting afterwards…
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