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Mr. Claringbould, a resident of Williamstown and passenger by the Lenra on her passage from Brisbane to Melbourne, thus graphically describes that vessel's experience of the late terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further particulars to hand to-day from the country show that Thursday evening's storm did far greater damage than was ut first telegraphed. The violent wind, almost approaching a cyclone, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEGA, Saturday.-When the telegram was dispatched by your correspondent giving particuars of the terrible drought this district was passing through, he little thought that within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The recent heavy rainfall is having a serious effect on the arrival of mails. The White Cliffs mail arrived during the night, but the mad from Mount Browne, due at noon on Thursday, has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain continued to fall in heavy showere at short intervals with a strong southerly wind throughout Saturday night, yesterday, and last night, and continued during to-day incessantly till five this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Among the ships which weathered the recent storms probably none bad a more uncomfortable time than the four-masted barque Eulomene, whose arrival from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.--News was recently received of a terrible storm which passed over the Gulf of Finland, and caused 200 fishermen to be carried out to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, February 21.-The whole of the fishermen who were carried out to sea in the Gulf of Finland when the ice broke away during the recent great storm have been rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The remainder of the fishermen who were carried out to sea in the Gulf of Finland when the ice broke away during a great storm have been rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LISMORE, Tuesday.-On Saturday heavy rain began to fall, and has continued incessantly. All the low-lying parts of the town are inundated, and residents have been compelled to remove to higher…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PAMBULA, Tuesday.-Never before in this district within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has such a rainfall been seen as that of the last few days, 26½ in-a year's fall-all condensed into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy rain set in on Saturday night, and continued until early this morning, 895 points being recorded in 36 hours. The river is now 5ft, over the public wharf, and is rising very slowly, but heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river is up 24ft., and the lower parts of the town are submerged. It is still showery, and the river is rising slowly. A man named Michael Sullivan was drowned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river is now up 28ft. 6in, and is rising slowly. All the lower parts of the town and north and south Lismore are flooded, and several families took refuge in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LISMORE, Monday.--Heavy rain set in on Saturday, and has continued to such an extent that the low-lying parti of the town this morning were under water, and the houses in that locality were vacated, residents removing,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CORAKI, Monday.--Rain set in on Friday afternoon and has continued incessantly since, the total fall being over six inches. All the low country is under water, and the river is up 12ft. and rising. The wharves are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. - Showery weather prevailed yesterday. The river rose to 14ft, and is now falling slowly. The Kynnurn-boon Plain was 6ft under water yesterday, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The weather was showery throughout yesterday, and last night the river had risen to 14ft. by midnight, when it became stationary. It fell slowly all this morning. Kynnurnboon Plain was 6ft. under…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Although heavy showers fall at intervals the weather has apparently broken. There has been a good lull to-day, and the water, after using 28ft. 6in., some 6ft. below the level of the record flood,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minister for Works has received a number of reports regarding the damage caused by the recent heavy rains. As far as he can ascertain, the total cost in repairing the injuries in various…
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