The Yass Flood
YASS, Friday.--The floods have now subsided, having done groat damage to the roads and bridges in the district. The railway pumping sheds on the Yass River were swept away, also…
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Flood at Gundagai. a Most Disastrous Overflow
GUNDAGAI, Thursday.--As the lines are down this message must go by post. A very serious flood is at present raging, and from present appearance it is likely to be the most disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Flood at Liverpool. Rescuing the Racehorses
A heavy and continuous downpour of rain started in Liverpool district on Wednesday, and continued all through Thursday, when it was accompanied by a gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Mews From the East. How the Storm Grew. Reinforcing Pekin. Foreigners Feel Confident. Piteous Panic Among the Chinese. All Trade Ceases. Prices of Food Doubled. First of the Fighting. Boxers Against Regulars General Nieh Censured
PORT DARWIN, Thursday.--The Tien-tsin correspondent of the Hongkong "Weekly Press," writing under date June 12, reported that there were 600 foreign guards in the various Legations…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Wintry Gale
On Thursday a terrific gale was experi-eficed on the New South Wales coast, the wind reaching 70 miles an lour at times. It was accompanied by heavy rain, which,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in the Country. Boats Sent From Sydney
Tho Chief Secretary yesterday received flood telegrams from various parts of the country. At Forbes it was stated that the Lachlan had overflowed its banks…
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The steamer Kadina, bound from Newcastle to Fremantle, bad a lively experience during the recent gales. The steamer, bad on board, in addition to a cargo of coal, some 300 bullocks and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Storms. Fearful State of the Flooded Districts. Distressing Reports of Ruin to Settlers. the Rain Conditions Believed to Have Passed. Rivers Falling
Slowly the storm has cleared. On Friday night there were indications that the boisterous and humid cyclone was taking leave of the colony upon its way across the Tasman Sea. The clearing showers fell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipping in the Gales. the Steamer Kadina Returns to Port. Some of Her Cargo of Cattle in a Bad Plight
The steamer Kadina, which left Newcastle last Tuesday for Fremantle with 300 bullocks and 1500 sheep, was overtaken by the gales, and had to make for Sydney. She reached port on Saturday morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Cattle Steamer in the Gale. the Steamer Kadina Has a Rough Time. Stearing-gear Disabled. Loss of Live Stock
When the Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Kadina--a Steel screw boat, of 2709 tons--steamed, into port on Saturday she presented the appearance of having had a hard tussle with the…
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The following telegrams were on Saturday morning posted at the Electric Telegraph Office:— "Wagga.—River 32ft. 9in. at 10 a.m., now 32ft. 8in., falling. Large portion of town under water."…
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The flocd continues, the subsidence of the waters being much slower than on former occasions. To-night the river stands at 30ft. above summer level, and it is feared that, through a further rise which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Floods on the Hawkesbury. the Whole District a Vast Sea. Great Loss of Property. 200 Homeless Families Rescued in Boats. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The fertile district known as the Valley of the Hawkesbury, stretching as it does for miles around the old-established towns of Windsor and Richmond, and possessing thousands of acres of what are regarded…
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On Friday night the Chief Secretory, Mr. John See, had two boats sent to Forbes and another to Narrandera, and has given orders that whatever boats may be required in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods
The stormwaters have been out with a vengeance! No such floods as those which have just devastated the Hawkesbury and Nepean districts have been known there for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Inundated Country. Ravage and Devastation. Subsidence of the Floods
Though the rivers are returning to their channels, and the waters are disappearing from the devastated fields; though communication has been, restored on the railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. the Hawkesbury Flood
We publish to-day an account of the flood at Wirdsor and Richmond by a special reporter. As yet it is not actually known if there has been loss of life, but there have been many and…
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The Colonial Secretary states that a boat has been sent to Narrandera, owing to the floods. Mr. See has made arrangements with Captain Edie for boats, accompanied by competent men,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods. Great Destruction of Property. on the Hawkesbury. Work in the Rescue Boats Stories of Peril and Adventure
"What about Wiggins?" "Wiggins is all right. It's Morrissey I'm thinking of. We'd better take the boat out." A dozen men were talking about the flood in…
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MUDGEE, Sunday.--A fatal drowning accident is reported from Long Creek, by which a girl named Plummer, 18 years of age, a servant at Endicott's Long Creek Hotel, met her death. It…
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