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In the course of their country tour from Kiama to Cooma the members of Messrs. Wirth Brothers' circus had an exciting and trying time. After travelling through miles of boggy road,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, March 17.—The Bank of England has contributed 100gns and the Goldsmith's Company £100 to the Queensland Floods Relief Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—The backwater is falling slowly, the only outlet being Wallis Creek, which channel is quite inadequate to speedily discharge each an immense area as is still flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →KEMPSEY, Friday.—A meeting was held last night at the Good Templars' Hall, the Mayor (Alderman Gilfillan) in the chair. About 300 were present. The following resolutions were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JUST as we were going to press last week word came by telegraph that the Hunter River districts were flooded. It was not till Tuesday that full particulars reached Sydney. The following came…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE faint hope that the phenomenal flood-visitation that lately overwhelmed Brisbane might not extend to this colony having failed, it only remains that there be displayed the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.— The weather continues fine, and the floodwater is everywhere receding, but slowly. The body of John Wall, who was drowned last week, was found yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A MEETING, called by the Mayor of Sydney (Alderman W. P. Manning, M.P.), was held on Tuesday in the Town Hall, to inaugurate a relief fund for the benefit of the sufferers by the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Reports having reached the Newcastle central committee of great destination at the Upper Williams and Paterson rivers which had not yet been brought to notice, it resolved last night that a steam launch be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The weather is cloudy, and like more ram. This afternoon light misty rain fell for a couple of hours. The Horseshoe Bend is now free from water; but the flats about Louth Park, South Maitland, Long…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The central committee for the New South Wales Floods Relief Fund met yesterday in the Town Hall, Mr. F. A. Wright, M.L.A., being in the chair. A. fair amount was received, and the hon. secretaries…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—Considering the awful calamity which has fallen upon the people of the Hunter River valley, &c., would it not be a good thing for the Churches of all denominations in New South Wales to give…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Bank of England has contributed 100 guineas, and the Goldsmiths' Company £100, to the Queensland Floods Relief Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—Your readers will by this time be fully aware of the devastation and ruin the floods of last week have wrought along the valley of the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In our issue of the 25th ultimo we deplored the lots of the maize crops on the Clarence, but congratulated our readers on the fact that in other parts of the colony, especially the south, the yield…
Continued on Trove, page 538 →Twice in February last floods occurred in the Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed, districts. The second visitation, on February 19, was the most destructive, the water rising to a great height. In our…
Continued on Trove, page 557 →1. Duke-street. 2. Pound-street. 3. Corner of Prince and Bacon streets. 4. Rescue Parties at the Intersection of Prince and Pound streets…
Continued on Trove, page 559 →The Hunter district has been visited by one of the highest floods ever recorded. West Maitland, Singleton, Branxton, and other townships were on Friday, the 10th, almost completely under water…
Continued on Trove, page 556 →Four hundred and eighteen points of rain fell on Thursday night, causing the hightest flood ever-known here. The few cottages near the creek were inundated, and the occupants had to move out in…
Continued on Trove, page 556 →The Manning River has been again in Hood to a depth of 20ft. over the wharf. Several farms are flooded, but only a little damage has been done. The water commenced to fall last night, and at 1 o'clock…
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