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Walgett, or, rather, the principal portion of it, is still out of reach of the flood. The waters are lapping at the very door of the town. The circle of dry land is slowly…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—I have just completed a tour which embraced many of the districts in the flood swept zone on the north-west and further north, and I claim space in your columns to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With reference to the report of Monday regarding altered mail arrangements at Manilla, Barraba, Bingara, and other places served by the railway from Tamworth to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—Within the past 21 months the valley ot the Namo[?] and adjacent tributaries have been scourged by disastrous floods, following the magnificent monsoonal rains that have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—Reference was made in your columns to-day to the fact that some insurance companies refused to pay claims for breakages caused by the recent disastrous flood at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—I read Mr. F. Bacon's letter in your co[?]mns this morning on the limited information supplied by post offices regarding weather reports. The fault does not lie…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →As the people of this State ore suffering so are the people of France suffering from floods, which are unprecedented in their range and intensity. But the parallel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The floods in France have greatly extended. The Paris correspondent of the "Times" writes that it is scarcely an exaggeration to say that nearly half of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →GUNNEDAH shared in the devastation which the flood waters caused in the north-west recently. The pictures…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →AN UNUSUAL SIGHT AT BROKEN HILL. Even Broken Hill has had its floods. This view shows a portion of William-street, Broken Hill, which for time looked more like part of a lake than a street. AT THE EASTERN SIDE OF COONAMBLE…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →ON the way down stream to Boggabri the relief party, in boats, passed thousands of drowned sheep. The bodies were…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →One man, a rabbiter, his wife, and children were found fastened up a tree by ropes, near Boggabri. They had been there day and night without food. They were literally…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Apparently the Hunter and the Hawkesbury have gone out of fashion as record breakers in the flood line. Anything like a big fall of rain in the past meant the flooding of these…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →The Namol and Barwon Rivers are still rising, and there is considerable doubt that the town o£ Walgett will be saved from inundation. The embankment thrown up is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WALGETT, Tuesday.--The position of Walgett just now is that of a town surrounded by a vigilant and ever-encroaching enemy. The place is in a veritable state of siege. All…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →This Picture, and also Photographs Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6, on Pages 30 and 31, were taken by the Eaton Studios, Narrahri…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Wrecked by the fury of the Flood-A Dwelling at Newtown, Narrabri. A Length of the Washaway betweei Emerald Hill and Boggabri. The Railway Bridge at Narrabri. Maitl:ind-street, Narrabri, looking towards the Railway Station, showing the Courthouse on the right, and the Mill on the left. a…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The recent general rain that fell throughout New South Wales will not readily be forgotten by many residents living in the north-west of the State, most disastrous floods having…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Loading Mails into the First Passenger Train which left West Narrabri for Sydney on January 21. The mails were trollied from Narrabri to this spot, some considerable distance from West Narrabri. A Wrecked Home at Newtown, Narrabri. Scene on the Great Washaway between Emerald Hill and Boggabri…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Washaway on the Nemingha-road, ten to fifteen feet deep in places, and sixty feet in length. Damaged Bridge over the Cockburn River at Moonbi, twelve miles from Tamworth…
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