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BINGARA, Wednesday Night.—The floods in the Gwydir district on Friday and Saturday last were the most disastrous for 60 years. No mails have been received or despatched from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our special reporter lodged the following telegram at Gunnedah on Tuesday afternoon, but owing to interruptions it was 14 hours in transmission:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Owing to the holding back of news by telegraphic interruptions, and the impossibility of moving from one point to another within the flooded areas, it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. C. Ashford, a farmer, who had been missing, and it was feared had been drowned, turned up in town this morning. The house is built l8 inches above the ground, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The flood is, without the slightest doubt, the most destructive in the history of the state. Starting with Tamworth it has swept relentlessly on to Gunnedah; then to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Acting Premier, Mr. Lee, received a number of reports yesterday from State officers in the flooded districts. "According to a report received from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. L. A. B. Wade, Chief Engineer for Water Conservation, visited Newcastle to-day in order to inspect the sewerage works. He stated that a departmental officer has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The devastating floods which have been responsible for so much loss in the north-western portion of New South Wales give point to the vagaries of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tamworth is having the clean-up of its life. It is endeavoring to clear away the ooze and disorder that have been left in the train of an avalanche of water, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Two-mile Bridge, off Armidale-Nomingha-road. Since this picture was [?] centre pier has given way…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NARRABRI, Wednesday.--At Narrabri one begins to realise the appalling nature of the catastrophe that has happened to the north-western portion of the State. The flood, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IPSWICH, Wednesday.--A severe storm occurred at Harrisville shortly before 5 this afternoon. The rain fell in torrents, 371 points being registered in three-quarters of an hour. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Although there may, and must be acute industrial suffering by the disastrous floods in the north-west, they will nevertheless bring their compensation to the State in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →--Photo, by G. Howlett, Tamworth. A STRIKING PICTURE OF THE FLOOD WATERS IN BRISBANE-STREET. WEST TAMWORTH IS SHOWN IN THE DISTANCE. --Photo, by G. Howlett, Tamworth. THIS PICTURE SHOWS HOW THE FLOOD WATERS RUSHED ALONG PEEL-STREET. IN THE CENTRE OF THE PICTURE IS THE PRINCIPAL BLOCK IN THE TOWN…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The life of a bridge in country liable to be flooded, and the law of overages, were considered incidentally by the Public Works Committee yesterday, while evidence was being taken on a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Most people, in Sydney yesterday .experienced the depressing effects of the muggy weather, and complaints were heard on all sides of the humidity (ranging from 64 to 65 per cent, between…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lightning played some strange freaks during the storm last night. Early in the progress of the electric disturbance the Granville police station was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The heart of the whole community has been profoundly stirred by the news of the disaster by Hood which has overtaken the towns and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The phenomenal rains which visited the slate during the latter part of last week have been responsible for one of the most disastrous floods that has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE executive committee of the N.S.W. Public disaster Relief Fund beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contribution…
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