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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Floods are now replacing bush fires in Gippsland. Information has been received that the recent incessant rains have flooded out the village settlers on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday's gale was one of the severest experienced in the district for many years. Trees, fences, siguboards, and roofs were blown down. A two. horse coach, driven by Mr. J. Stewart, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Matters are improving with the flooded village settlers in Gippsland, and their condition to-night is better. The waters have subsided considerably, but all danger is not yet over. The melting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When our men were ordered to retire after the unsuccessful sortie from Mafeking at Game Tree Hill, there was a cessation of hostilities under the Red Cross, and the field of battle presented a singular spectacle. From our side the doctors and dressers had gone out to look after the wounded, while from the enemy's trenches the Boers moved out and swarmed round with idle curiosity to inspect the injuries they had inflicted on our men. Their attitude was one of stolid composure, although many of them showed a little sympathy. With their rifles and two bandoliers across their chests, these Boers were for the most part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reports continue to be received from Gippsland in reference to the flooded state of the country and narrow escapes from drowning. The Walhalla ccach, in trying to get through the flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gippsland district in Victoria appears to be a singularly unfortunate one. Recently great destruction was done by bush fires, and now disastrous floods are reported. Incessant…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A deluge of rains is being experienced in the Orange Free State. The dams are full and grass is abundant. The deluges extend to the Wepener…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The news from the front is scanty and contradictory. Messages relative, to Field-Marahal Roberts' advance are awaited with acute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In "St. Nicholas" for March General Frederick Funston tells of a terrible day's, experience infighting a storm above the clouds in the Front Range of mountains in Northern Colorado. It…
Continued on Trove, page 61 →Heavy rains continue on some of the northern goldfields. The roads are impassable, and teams are bogged everywhere. Some outlying towns cannot get supplies of provisions, and a state…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the week-end the news was scarce and unreliable, but it was believed that important engagements were proceeding. There had been a deluge of rain all over…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →COOLAMON, Tuesday.—About 7.30 last news came to hand that extensive washaways had occurred on the line six miles from Coolamon, at a place called Marrar Siding. The washaways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →JUJNEE, Tuesday.—One and a half inches of rain fell between 5 and 6 o'clock last evening, with the result that the town was flooded. The rush of water was phenomenal. The streets were rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under cover of a heavy shrapnel fire from four suns the Boer forces engaged besieging 'Wepener yesterday made a determined attempt to storm Lieutenant-Colonel Dalgety's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OBERON, Monday.—A serious buggy accident occurred on the road from Tarana on Saturday night. While returning from the Bathurst show in a doubleseated buggy, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas, accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Postmaster-General has received a telegram from the postmaster at Lawlers stating that miles and miles of country are inundated. There were over 20 inches of rain at Lake Way and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Postmaster-Genoral has roceived a telegram from the postmaster at Lawlers stating that miles and miles of country are inundatod. There were over 20 inches of rain at Lake Way and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →William E. Crockett (17), n jockey, belongs to that class of pedestrians who find the city pavements inadequate to the task of supplying passage way for anyone hut themselves. On Wednesday night Crockett tore…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reports of phenomenal rains continue to come from the northern goldfields. Murchison telegrams state that the country beyond Cue for miles is under wafer, and the mails…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the past, during continued wet weather, there has been apt to be flooding in the vicinity of Lower Manly and Manly Park. But the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage…
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