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TAMWORTH, Friday.—The Peel River rose rapidly at Tamworth last night, and other watercourses also contained flood waters. Great anxiety was felt by business people…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The wind sterms which so frequently pass over verious parts of the Wes[?] the form of eycla[?] of have produced some curious results in damaging…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr Wilson, the Divisional Officer of the Weather Bureau, speaking yesterday about the phenomenal rainstorm, said:-"Over the greater part of Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Further reports as to the damage caused by Monday's storms have reached Cooma, showing serious results. At Colrington station stock, fences, and huge obstructions were washed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In consequence of the continued heavy rains floods and freshes are anticipated in the eastern rivers of New South Wales. The storm which commenced on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tie Press cable messages from our London correspondent, which are usually published in our first edition, were only just beginning to arrive in Sydney when we went to press this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NARABRI, Saturday.—A serious situation has arisen here in consequence of the exceedingly heavy rainfall daring the week, and consequent flooding of the lowlying parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fears of a flood are entertained. It has been raining heavily all day. At 6 o'clock the registration was 302 points since Tuesday morning. Some back streets are flooded to a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The banks of the river have broken away, and the water is rushing into the main street. Considerable damage is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The rain, which at first was looked upon as a blessing, is likely to have a disa[?] effect, for all streams in the district are largely in flood; farms have sheets of water…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rain, unparalleled in the history of the town, has been falling throughout the week. The whole country is inundated with rain water. The whole plain between Narrabri…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible floor is threatened here. The river is twenty-two feet above its normal level, and rising rapidly, and a disaster is impending…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →TAMWORTH, Friday.--Rain commenced to fall heavily on Monday night, and has continued almost Incessantly throughout, causing much uneasiness among local business people, who…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Heavy floods in the Northern portions of the State completely out off the telegraphic service between Sydney and Brisbane yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The heavy rains of the past few days have caused a sudden rise in the Hunter River from its source to Maitland. At Maitland the river rose 20ft. in 12 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tamworth has been unlucky in the matter of floods, as the farmers of the district and the business people of the town know to their cost. Three extraordinarily big floods are now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six hundred men, many of them in special gangs, sent from Sydney, are now busily at work repairing the damage caused to the railway lines by the flood waters. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. A. Burnett, the Superintendent of Mails, states he was at Tamworth when the big flood of 1864 occurred. The present is the heaviest flood that has occurred in that town since—a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEE WAA, Monday Afternoon.—A sad boating accident occurred to-day, resulting in James and Mrs. Grace, also Mrs. Chapman and her daughter Gladys, losing their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is a record flood at Wee Waa. The Electric Telegraph Department was advised this morning by the Brewarrina office that that lagoon at Wee Waa being in flood the water…
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