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The weather is still showery. The rainfall from January 1 to date amounted to 54in. 59 points. The roads throughout the district are in a fearful state, and many of the farmers have suffered severely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steady rain again set in this afternoon from the south-east, the barometer indicating more unsettled weather. There is every appearance of the rain continuing throughout the night. Business people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Barwon River is 37ft. and the Namoi 26ft. 8in. above summer level and falling slowly. It will begin to rise again rapidly in a few days. At Come-by-Chance, 40 miles above Walgett, the Namoi is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minister for Works yesterday received several messages from the Clarence and Richmond districts with reference to damage done by the floods of those rivers to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The pilot at the Richmond River wires from Ballina to the Marine Board to-day as follows:--"There is a heavy sea, with a strong fresh running out, The channel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A delayed telegram from Brisbane states:--The flood on Sunday rose to within a few inches of the great flood of Sunday fortnight, and at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The members of the Cosmopolitan Club, Wynyard-square, have organised a monster fete in aid of the sufferers by the Queensland floods. The benefit will be a grand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LISMORE, Tuesday, 8.30 p.m.--The river is falling very slowly, and is still up 20ft. A large sheet of water still remains at the back of the town, covering the Ballina-road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Monday.--The flood waters are rapidly subsiding, and it is expected that Queen-strcot will be dry to-day. A further portion of the Indooroopilly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Once again has Queensland felt the terrible effects of heavy floods, and in some respects the second flood was worse than the first. On Friday and Saturday it rained almost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOUTH WOODBURN, Thursday.—The highest and most serious flood ever experienced here is slowly receding. There is water still in the main streets and some of the back streets. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Graphic pictures of the ruins wrought by the flood waters in Queensland and views of flooded streets are given in the current number of the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL. The illustrations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, February 22.—Another sum of £2000 has been cabled to Brisbane for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—The flood waters have now entirely disappeared, and the streets of the city are fast assuming their usual appearance. The river is now at its tidal level, and navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Postmaster-General (Mr. J. Kidd) informs us that direct telegraphic communication was restored with Brisbane at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, but that in consequence of the lines not working over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The British fund for the relief of sufferers by the Queensland floods has now reached the sum of £3000, including £200 from Mr. D'Arcy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The thriving little town of Bundaberg has enjoyed the pleasure of being flooded on three successive Sundays, to-day being the last of the series. At regular weekly intervals the great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The country from Woodburn to Wardell is almost completely submerged. Hotels and public buildings are full of refugees from Coraki downwards. The flood is the highest on record. The young cane and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →It is now estimated by competent authorities that fully a million bushels of maize was destroyed in the Clarence district by the late floods, and about 30 per cent. of the cane crop. The Government has granted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river is now within 3ft. of its ordinary level, but the water is not yet off the low land. The weather is still showery. The rainfall since January 1 amounted to 54½in. Fully three-fourths of the maize…
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