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A disastrous flood has occurred in this district. It has been raining almost incessantly since yesterday week, but until Monday was mostly coastal rain. A heavy easterly gale then drove…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy rain set in on Monday morning and continued without ceasing till this morning. The river has risen about 6ft, and is still rising slowly. The ferry punt was taken off last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CAMDEN, Wednesday.--The weather has been fine since 11 a.m., but a big flood has cut off the tramway communication, and the water is still rising. A flood boat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heavy downpour of rain resulted, as former downpours have resulted, in that portion of Marrickville known as Tramvale being, to a large extent, under water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CASINO, Wednesday.--Over 3in. of rain fell last night, the river rose 7ft., and the whole country is under water. The weather is now very close, and heavy showers are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steady rain has been falling all day, registering about 4in. All the low-lying places in the city and suburbs are again flooded, and there is a considerable rise in the river. The weather is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane (Q.),January 25.-A telegram has been received from Mary-borough which save: "Still raining. The river has risen now about 4ft above the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEWCASTLE, January 25.-The Hunter River below Maitland is now falling fast, and the water is off the railway line between Hexham and Thornton. Since…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Government Astronomer, Mr. H. C. Russell, things that the weather will continue fine throughout the colony generally, there being no immediate prospects of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After the recent heavy wet weather the colony is to be visited, in the opinion of the Government Astronomer, Mr. H. C. Russell, with soma remarkably hot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Newcastle Herald" gives the authentic list of the principal floods which have devastated the Hunter Valley since the year 1828. The records are all taken from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A scheme has been devised by Mr. H. Archibald for preventing the recurrence of floods in the Clarence River. The main feature of it is the erection of a dam across…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- The flood has abated, but there is a heavy fresh in the harbor, and dead stock and produce are being carried to sea by the current…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CASINO, Thursday. -- Rain continues to fall, and the river has risen several feet. At Tatham, on the Coraki read, the water in Deep Creek is over the bridge on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Few would take exception to yesterday's weather. A nice breeze from the north-east set in early, and blew at 20 miles per hour. There was less cloud about than there had been for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Dungaree, which arrived at Sydney yesterday from Barry, experienced the full strength of the recent heavy gales on this coast. The vessel fell in with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ANXIETY AMONGST THE RESIDENTS. MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. About 368 points of rain fell last night, and it Is still raining very heavily. The river is rising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT Adamstown (Newcastle district) last Sunday morning, Eleanor Turner, aged 13, a niece of Mrs. Gray, was washing up the breakfast things,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THROUGHOUT the past week and continuing up till Wednesday this week rain has fallen pretty constantly throughout the Central Cumberland district. The result generally will be…
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