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988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 50
The. heaviest rains experienced there for many years have fallen in the north and north-western districts since our last issue. Wee Waa and Boggabri have each had over 8in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Here, King, is an account of a flood that took place in December, 1901. For the past three weeks rain had been falling pretty well every day. On December 18 people went…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The rain, which fell at Tamworth on March 14 and 15 first promised to be a blessing, but turned out to be a disaster. The Peel River has been…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The changes of a serious flood have now been realised. The Namoi to-day rose to 24ft, and is still rising slowly. as there is a large body of water to come down. The level of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gunnedah is suffering from the greatest flood that has taken place here sicne 1864. The water has washed out all the inhabitants of Maitland and Bloomfield streets, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The local lagoon is up as high as the 1890 flood. Several residences on the scrub side are surrounded by water, which is almost awash with the railway line. The suddenness…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday. -- The steamer Timaru, which was in the centre of the recent cyclone at Marble island arrived at Rockhampton at midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NARRABRI, Thursday. Morning.—The Namoi River rose to 24ft on Tuesday, and there are grave fears of a serious flood. This height is only 18in below the 1890 mark, which wrought…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—Through the interruption of the telegraphic service to Sydney, no information could be sent as to the heavy floods which threatened Brisbane and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NARRABRI, Thursday Afternoon.—The Namoi River has risen to 25ft. Saugar Village is flooded, and also New town. The Narrabri Creek Bridge will most likely be swept away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Namoi commenced to fall last night at 6 o'clock, and continued to do so until 2 o'clock this morning. It then recommenced to rise slowly, and at 9 o'clock was 24 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Chinchilla police stating:— "Flood waters are serious here. No boat here. One required for people on lowlying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Advices received by the Railway Commissioners this morning indicate that very satisfactory progress was being made with the reconstruction of the north-western…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further light rains have fallen on the north count and central tablelands of New South Wales. In every case, however, the fall was under half an inch, though it is still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The floods still continue in Queensland and the northern districts of New South Wales. There was no rise in the Brisbane River yesterday, and the flood waters subsided. Very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRAFTON, Wednesday. -- Communication was cut off with Sydney from Monday morning till yesterday, consequent upon the lines falling between Tamworth and Armidale, due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- The flood waters in the Fitzroy are still rising, and an, the upper wharves are covered, to a depth of 3½ft. Reports received from the stationmasters on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TAMWORTH, Wednesday. -- It is generally conceded that the recent flood was the biggest on record. It is impossible to estimate, even approximately, the total loss in the district. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The floods in the northern and north-western districts still continue, and the position is infinitely more serious than it was yesterday The latest advces from Wee Waa and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing the the heavy floods in the Wee Waa, Burren Junction, and Walgett districts, mails cannot be forwarded by north-west trains for" probably a week, and arrangements have been…
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