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Yesterday was another wet day. All through Thursday night a steady rain fell, and daylight broke with little change in the conditions. There were intervals of sunshine during the day, but…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Not for eleven years, at any rate, has there been such a flood in South Creek as there was on Wednesday last, and not for years has such great damage been done…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Municipality of Waterloo has suffered considerably from the flooding of streets, low-lying lands," etc. Botany-street, which was practically under water on Thursday, had been relieved by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Camden reports:—Nenean flood now subsiding from low-lying lands to river bank. Camden Bridge still impassable; mails and passengers boated across water. Bainfall, 64 points; weather dull, drizzling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Last night Crown-street was flooded, the east end being knee-deep. The Keira line crossing in Kembla-street, as well as Corrimal-street, was also in a flooded state, as indeed was all the low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The abnormally heavy rainfall was severely felt by those residents whose homes and property are situated in the low-lying areas in the vicinity of Rockdale and Lady Robinson's Beach…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →As a result of the heavy and continuous rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, George's River has risen from 12 to 14 feet on both sides of the dam. A number of men were engaged on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Saturday witnessed practically a general, clearing off of the recent rain-storm, and with a bright sunshine and cloudless sky everything pointed to a spell of fine weather. Any hopes that were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Saturday forenoon, with a suddenness little short of miraculous, the sky cleared, leaving not a ves[?]ige of cloud, and the sun sho[?] forth ni all its' splendour. The effect upon people who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday morning the Sydney Cricket Ground was treated to an even more severe flood than earlier in the week. The cause was the same as before-- the pipes draining Billygoat Swamp…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the Woollahra council last night some conversational discussion took place over the condition of several places where the late rains had broken away the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COOMA, Monday.—Heavy rains fell last week, a total of 4in being recorded since Thursday. This has caused a flood in the low-lying lands of Cooma and Back Creek. The water damaged fencing,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yass reports—River 16ft. and rising Richmond reports—Calm, drizzling rain, 12 points. River 4ft. 6in over bridge and falling. Windsor reports—South shwery. River about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Anerley passed Jervis Bay, south, at 9.30 a.m. yesterday, and reported having lost 180 head of cattle through stress of weather. She left Newcastle on Friday last with 303 head of cattle for Durban…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A surprising message yesterday came through from the lookout at Jervis Bay to the following effect:—"The steamer Anorley, which left Newcastle four days ago for Durban, South Africa, with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Consequent on the heavy rains experienced in the Upper Muriumbldgee country a fload is anticipated here. At noon to-day the river here was 25½ft. above summer level and rising. As the river continues to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As the result of the recent heavy ruins at Cooma and Yass the Murrumbidgee River is now in flood. It started to rise at Gundagai on Saturday. On Sunday night it had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALBION PARK, Tuesday.--The rainfall for the month, is 16in. to date, being a record. BERMAGUI, Tuesday.--Rain commenced to fall here on Friday night, and continued almost without intermission…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →RICHMOND, Tuesday.--Since the 23rd, the low-level bridge over the Hawkesbury, connecting the important fruit district of the Kurrajong, has been submerged; and will not be clear until…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Cabramatta the creek rose about fourteen feet, the water being a little above the buttresses of the railway bridge. The water extended in a sheet along the road for close on…
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