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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday, -- One of the heaviest rainstorms ever experienced on the South Coast occurred last night, and resulted in a deal of damage to property. The flood waters were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The reports received by us of tho rain storms of last Friday and Saturday evenings indicate a series of local floods, attended by damage, right through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since the rain began, and up to t o'clock on Wednesday the total rainfall records at the Water and Sewerage Board's stations have been as follow:—Brougbton's Pass. 1041 points:…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The steamer Natal Transport, with a cargo of phosphates from Nauru, bound for Hamburg, called here today for bunker coal. The vessel was ten days and a half on the run, and experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A slight backward movement of the eastern portion of the centre of the high pressure, with a slight southward tendency, together with the easting of its rear isobars, has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--Further details of the extensive damage done by the tort[?]ntial rainstorm on Monday night came to hand today…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The following letter was received at the last meeting of the Alexandria Council:—67 Alexander. March 23—This being the third time I have been flooded out through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While Mr Thomas K. any who is in charge of the dairying department at Scheya[?]e Training Parm, was driver [?] on Monday [?]ing, he was swept [?] in the food waters at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coroner held an inquest at Parramatta into the circumstances concerning the death of william Charles Knight, 66, of Parramatta, who was drowned during the storm on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The claims that have been forwarded by residents of North Sydney to the local municipal authorities for damage to property sustained through the recent rainstorms number…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →VIEW OF PARRAMATTA RIVER, FROM LENNOX BRIDGE, ON MONDAY LAST, LOOKING TOWARDS SYDNEY. At ordinary summer level there in harely [?]of water, and a width of about 10ft. The [?] depth was 40ft and the width 120ft to 150ft…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Under the influence of south-west winds the weather in the metropolitan area today is likely to continue line and pleasant Conditions yesterday gradually assumed a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official reports received by the Railway Department give the following additional particulars:--Bathurst.--Under date, March 24, the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →WELLINGTON, N.Z., Wednesday.--Heavy floods caused considerable damage in Poverty Bay. The rivers are rising and in some parts they have reached the highest mark for many…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"A nice drop of rain" were the words on the has most people to-day. Early in the morning light showers fell, and as the day advanced the rain become heavier,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The great high pressure over the Southern Ocean has surged northwards to the mainland of Australia. This has in a mensuro caused the monsoonal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Four of the local collieries are still idle as a result of the heavy storm early in the week. So extensive are the landslips and the damage to bridges that the probability of a start before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Information has been received by the Home Affairs Department from the Federal Capital ares Indicating that the rivers which are relied on for the water supply to the city are in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—There lins been three days' rain in the tiisbornc district. The rivers arc high, and there have been several washouts on the railway, bridges have been damaged, including the temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods, are threatened at Canberra, but the Home Affairs Department is not distressed, because it regards the swollen state of the, Molongo and Cotter as evidence of their…
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