The Floods. Further Fatalities Reported. Huge Area Under Water
The floods in the north-western portion of the State have in many places exceeded the highest marks of any previous flood in the State…
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The floods in the north-western portion of the State have in many places exceeded the highest marks of any previous flood in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From West Maitland comes an exciting story, telling how the local residents fought the rising flood at Dunmore. From 6 o'clock on Sunday morning until 2 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is a long time since the metropolitan newspapers had to record flood-rains comparable with those which have fallen in the north-west during the last week, inundating…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Postal Department advises that owing to railway washaways, the Brisbane express due here Saturday, 11.10 a.m., arrived on Sunday at 1.5 p.m., and that the Brisbane express due…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →BINGARA, Monday.--Phenomenal rains have fallen here during last two days. On Wednesday afternoon 354 points fell in about three hours, and after raining a little during…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners yesterday were in receipt of hundreds of telegrams telling the story of the great flood in the north-western districts of the State. In all the engineering…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →All the official records received in Sydney show that the present floods in the north-western districts of the State are much the worst recorded in the history of New South Wales. The floods in the valleys of the Namoi and Gwydir have exceeded by fully…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In spite of a perfect hurricane, which swept the Bristol Channel on the night of December on a wedding ceremony was performed in a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BATHURST, Tuesday.--Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm, stated last night that the damage caused to the farm by the recent rains was not nearly so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wednesday; Morning.-Between here and Warialda no fewer than 40 wash always have occurred on the railway line. Much damage has also been done to roads and culverts, and it Is estimated that more than a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Good work has been done, and Is still being done, by the police in connection with the disastrous floods in the northern and north-western districts of New South Wales, the men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A VIEW ON MONDAY AFTERNOON LAST OF PEEL-STREET, THE PRINCIPAL THOROUGHFARE OF TAMWORTH. The rushing water was pour feet deep in some parts. FEEL-STREET, TAMWORTH, NEAR THE POST OFFICE, LOOKING SOUTH. The photo, shows a crowd of flooded-out residents as sightseers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A disastrous flood swept over Moree yesterday commencing with the breaking of the Meh[?] River over its banks in several places simultaneously at 9.30 am., caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →As it was imperative to get boats through to Wee Waa and other parts of the flat country, a suggestion was made that the boats should bo taken down the swollen river to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Railway Commissioners are in receipt of a telegram from Narrabri West informing them of the arrival there of the acting postmaster of Narrabri after swimming part of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →As the detailed news of the great floods comes to hand, it is seen that the damage is much more extensive than appeared, though at the first the destruction wrought…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AT the end of last week Tamworth experienced the most disastrous flood in its history. The completeness of disaster wrought by the rushing torrent of flood waters is utterly bewildering. Some of the business firms have been ruined,…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →On Saturday morning there were many incidents of a sensational nature. In several eases men, who had remained in shops, nearly lost their lives in their efforts to escape. In one instance, George Andronio, who was in a fruit shop,…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Our most capricious climate has once again established its claim to eccentricity, and those abroad who have been reading of droughts in desert Australia will be profoundly mystified…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The year 1910 bids fair to be memorable in the flood annals of the State of New South Wales. The deluge on the eastern half of the watershed of the Darling has…
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