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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Three fatalities have occurred in connection with the disastrous floods at Gippsland. A rescue party, composed of Patrick Pigott and James Brooks, had their boat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.—There are great floods in Gippsland. The Mitchell River is higher than during any previous inundation. The hop and maize fields and many houses on the river flats have been swept away, the devastation being ruinous. The hop and maize crops on Tambo flats are also all under water. The Avon River is also in flood. The railway bridge on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous floods have occurred in the Gippsland districts, and as a consequence large quantities of maize have been destroyed. Heavy losses in cattle have also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The floods in Gippsland are proving very disastrous. At Bairnsdale, about 1000 bags of maize have been washed away, and 100 cattle and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBURY, Saturday.--The authorities today received a telegram from Tintaldra, Upper Murray, to the effect that the river is running a banker, and that all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--From 6in. to 12in. of rain have fallen in the Omeo district since Thursday last. Roads have been destroyed, telegraph lines swept down, and three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, January 2.—The Sunderland steamer Amazona, with a crew of 17, is missing, and is believed to have foundered during a hurricane in the Bay of Biscay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, January 1.—Dr. Webber, the Anglican Bishop of Brisbane, who is raising funds in England to relieve the Church in Queensland from the misfortunes which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Bruthen reports that the floods have greatly subsided. Great devastation was wrought at Orbost, where over 5000a. of maize were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A storm, winch is described as being the most severe ever experienced in the district, broke over Wagga at 6 p.m. yesterday. The lightning was wonderfully vivid, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thunderstorms and electrical disturbances of much severity occurred very suddenly in several parts of the southern district yesterday evening. The storms lasted principally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Since Wednesday last the heat in the interior of the colony has been the greatest recorded this season. In, some 24 stations shade records of lOOdeg were shown, while at six of these the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A very severe thunderstorm occurred this evening, accompanied by a strong wind. Wagga seemed to be the centre of the storm, and the lightning was extremely vivid; 111 points of rain fall in 45 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The weather was unpleasantly warm and muggy in Sydney yesterday. A change was threatening all day, but none came, though the sheet lightning to the south before dawn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOLONG, Friday. -- After a few days of very hot weather a violent thunderstorm passed over the district last night. The wind for a time blow with great force. The rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WAGGA, Friday. -- A heavy storm was experienced last, night, when 127 points of rain fell in Wagga. The rain was very much heavier on the outskirts of the town, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific rain fell last night at 10 o'clock. A waterspout burst at the top of tue town, causing the culvert to overflow, and the water rushed down Cooma-street in torrents. People who were in bed, hearing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WAGGA, Friday.— Particulars to hand concerning the thunderstorm which occurred yesterday evening show that in various parts of the municipality roads and fences were damaged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The storm on Thursday was the severest experienced in Wagga for 20 years. In some of the outskirts of the town 290 points were registered in 46 minutes. No accidents from lightning are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A welcome change from the heat of the past week has been experienced in many parts of the Country, no less than 46 stations yesterday recording rain, varying from light to…
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