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This morning the Government Astronomer, Mr. H. C. Russell, received a telegram from the telegraph- master at Wagga Wagga, Mr. H. B. Jefferson, stating that the very severe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →YASS, Friday. -- A severe storm of rain thunder, and lightning occurred last night, lasting for two hours. The Government drain in Cooma-street was choked with debris,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A very heavy thunderstorm passed over the district to-day. The lightning was very vivid, and the thunder was correspondingly heavy. The post and telegraph master, Mr. Haydock, was standing at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →WAGGA, Sunday.--Four inches of rain has been registered in town for tho last four days. The river is rising, and is now about 12ft. above summer level. It is estimated that at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GOONDIWINDI, Saturday.--It is raining steadily aud there is every prospect of continuance. The M'Intyre River rose 8ft. yesterday. The rains are very welcome, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday morning 68 reports of a good rainfall were received at the Observatoiy, and the weather chart issued at 1 p.m. shows that only 15 stations in the colony were without sharing in the welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ALBURY, Saturday.--A severe storm passed over last night with heavy rain for half an hour. The wind blew with hurricane force, doing great damage to orchards and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further severe conflicts have taken place between the troops and the peasantry in Sicily. Many of the peasantry were shot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There still appears to be a continuance of the rains in the country reported last week. On Saturday some 68 stations reported substantial rainfall, and at 1 p.m. only 15 stations, chiefly in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another heavy storm occurred last night, 82 points of rain falling in a brief period. The thunder was terrific. The Mulwarree overflowed its banks, covering the Eastgrove flats. The Wollondilly rose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Lands, Mr. Copeland, was back in his office again this morning after a short visit to Gippsland and the Bombala country. Mr. Copeland, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Very heavy rains have fallen in the southern and south- western portions of the colony, severe floods occurring at Cooma and Pambula. At Cooma the railway traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COOMA, Saturday.--A fierce storm passed over Berridale yesterday, flooding all the creeks at Kiah Lake. The water in Mr. Eccleston's house was 3ft. deep, while in Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRAIDWOOD, Saturday. The Sydney mail train was nine hours late to-day, owing to a portion of the line having been washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PAMBULA, Saturday,--The heaviest flood recorded for many years is now out in the Pambula district. The flats are all covered to a great depth. The river rose several feet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CUDAL, Saturday.--News has just been received that a man has been drowned in the Mandagery Creek, in attempting to cross whilst the creek was flooded. A swagman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATHCRST, Monday.--Heavy rain fell on Saturday, accompanied by vivid lightning and thunder. The chimney of a cottage on the heights of William-street was struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After a comparatively cool day yesterday, with a pretty strong southerly breeze, the clouds banked up very thickly in the southward at sunset, and there was every appearance of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the city yesterday rain of a fine and drizzling nature fell daring the forenoon, and the afternoon was dull, cloudy, and threatening. The temperature fell to an appreciable extent, the maximum…
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