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BOURKE, Wednesday.—A fettler named Reidy. at 11 o'clock this morning, reported at the local railway station that a washaway had occurred at mileage 468 to 473.40, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain fell again last night in torrents. It is showery to-day. The total rainfall is over 10[?]. Parts of the town are under water, and large tracts of the country are one sheet of water. Five inches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Supplies of produce and rations are nearly out here and at other railway line townships, the bakers notifying that there will be no bread after Wednesday. The Chinese storekeepere ask is a pound for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heavy rain on Tuesday night and yesterday, when 418 points were recorded, makes a total of 571 points for two days. A washaway occurred at mileage 468 to 474,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday, Midnight.-- Telegrams from the watershed of the Brisbane River to-night show that the waters are now subsiding. A wire from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Rain continues in the Brisbane district, although the fall is not heavy. A strong fresh is coming down the Brisbane River. Consignees are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The flood water is falling. No further rise is expected. The greatest height reached was only 2ft. 6in. above high-water at springtide. The flood itself is a comparatively…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The weather has been fine here all day. The flood-waters came down slowly last night, bringing a large quantity of driftwood, which during the night stacked up against the wooden portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gympie wires to-night that the flood-water this morning broke through the covering of Nos. 2 and 3 South Smithfield, and inundated the majority of the mines on the southern portion of the goldfield…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Splendid rains fell in Riverina last night, and rain was general there this morning. There has been such an abundance of rain this week that there is hardly a farming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOURKE, Thursday.--Last night 21 points of rain fell, bringing the total up to 602 points. The town is covered with water, and as the sun was shining brightly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.--Telegrams from Maryborough state that the river yesterday was 9ft. above the ordinary height. It is expected to rise higher to-day. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.--No rain fell at Brisbane since yesterday, and the weather continued dull, but there is a very strong flood in the Brisbane River. An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday.--A terrible accident, causing the loss of some 40 lives, occurred in the Brisbane River this afternoon. The ferry steamer Pearl capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Wednesday thunder clouds passed over the town, and bunt near Monteagle, 16 miles from Young, making a complete deluge. The thunder and lightning were appalling. Fences were Washed…
Continued on Trove, page 359 →A very heavy storm passed ever Yass laqst evening at7 o'clock. Over lin. of rain fell in three-quarters of an hour. At Humewood the rain fell in torreuts, and for about a mile wide the water swept…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Minister for Works has received a letter from Mr. Ayrault Burns, solicitor, of Elizabeth-street, acting on behalf of Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A, notifying him that if the intention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river fell between half-past 4 and half-past 6 last evening, but this was followed by heavy showers and light rain daring the night, the register till 9 o'clock this morning being 4 inches 60 points. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 316 →Thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy fain, were experienced yesterday in many parts of the country. At Walgett nearly 3in. fell, and the register at Armidale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bourke, Byrock and Coolabah district mails of February 11, with, moils dated February 11 and 12 from Girilambone, reached Sydney this morning in time for…
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