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MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday. -- Rain commenced to fall on Monday night, and has kept up without a break since Wednesday night. Upwards of 10 inches of rain fell in 30 hours. A violent north-east gale is blowing,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From every quarter of the State reports are still pouring in telling of splendid showers and excellent prospects for the season's harvests. Hardly a corner of the State does not share…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vessels reaching port bring further accounts of trying passages in the gale, and many of them experienced an anxious time. Among these were the steamers Warrego and Mareeba, from…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Owing to heavy rains, which amounted to over 12in, the Tweed River rose at the rate of 18in an hour, and on Thursday evening broke over the banks, flooding the lower portions of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The worst flood experienced at Murwillumbah since 1893 occurred yesterday. As the result of 12.13 inches of rain, the river rapidly rose, and by 6 o'clock last night it overflowed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. -- The highest flood sice 1893 occurred yesterday. The river rose at the rate of about 18in. an hour, and broke over the south bank yesterday, completely flooding…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →From Br[?]sels, on 21st March, the correspondent of the London “Daily Mall” Wrote;— The grant floods in Fisnders have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Majesty has, I understand, been much concerned by the protests made by extreme sections of his Protestant subjects against Princess Ena's secession to the Roman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The flood in the town has practically subsided, though the lowlylng portions are still under water, aud likely to remain so for some time, owing to there being no outlet or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An exceptionally heavy rainstorm, the result of a southerly squall, associated with electricity, passed over the city during the early hours of yesterday morning. For some…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the past, whenever we heard of floods on the Hawkesbury, and reflected oa the awful damage to property, not always unaccompanied by loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 1405 →In a recent number of "The Sydney Mail" certain articles dealing with the Hunter River Valley and the problem of floods and irrigation were published; but the problem…
Continued on Trove, page 1405 →Owing to heavy rains, which amounted to over 12in, the Tweed River rose at the rate of 18in an hour, and on May 24 broke over the banks, flooding the lower portions of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The barquentine St. Kilda, with a full cargo of timber, arrived last night from Kalpara, N.Z., after a voyage of 26 days. Captain Woodfield stated that when approaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One hundred thousand refugees in parks at San Francisco were flooded by a terrific rainstorm. Tents and provisions were destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- After having experienced the clangers of earthquake and fire, the people of San Francisco have been deluged with water…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Good progress is being made in the floating of the French barque Vincennes, which is stranded on the Ocean Beach, Manly. The foremost has been stripped of its yards and tackle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A heavy flood is rushing along the Ringarooma River. The Briseis Extended mine has been inspected, and it was found that there is no danger of the river water entering the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →During a gale and heavy sea, operations on the wrecked British battleship Montagu, 14,000 tons, which went ashore in a fog on Lundy Island, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One hundred thousand refugees in parks at San Francisco were flooded by a terrific rainstorm. Tents and provisions were destroyed, and the place was converted into a quagmire…
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