Floods in Victoria. Loss of Life. Melbourne
Wangaratta is the centre of a great flood in the Ovens and the King Rivers, and, unfortunately, the visitation has been attended by loss of life. Six deaths are already…
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Six Drowned. Floods in Victoria. Rivers Still Rising
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Consequent on the heavy rains during the past few days, serious floods have occurred in many parts of Victoria, particularly in the Wangaratta district, where,…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday Afternoon. The latest reports received by the Victorian Water Co[?] from the co[?]d areas are not particularly bright. In the case of the…
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The latest advices received from Sugarloaf, on the Goulburn River, is that the river has fallon 7ft. The huge flood of 70,000 cubic feet a second, previously reported as passing…
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ALBURY, Friday.--Flood waters have reached Albury. At Benegilla, five miles above Albury, the floods are regarded by residents as the heaviest since 1870…
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The Victorian Water Commission is anxious regarding its irrigation works being damaged by heavy floods. The Goulburn River is 31 feet 6 inches at Shepparton, and is rising…
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The flood-waters at Wangaratta are slowly subsiding, but they are still higher than they have been for 20 years. The loss of stock and property in the…
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The latest reports regarding the floods show that serious damage has been done in the north-east of the State. Numerous bridges have been washed away, many places…
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Owing to heavy rain, the Murray River, at Tocumwal, has passed the critical height of 19ft., and is still rising. The level banks which protect the town have broken in three…
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ALBURY, Sunday.--The Murray River is rising again, and to-night reached the highest flood level this season, gauging 13ft. 4in. above summer level. This rise is due to the arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Disputed Commission. Edwards v Gale
Irene Lucy Edwards (trading as Edwards Realty Co.), of Ocean House, Moore-street, Sydney, sued R. A. Gale, of 117 Pitt-street, Sydney, estate agent, for a division of…
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Consequent upon the [?] rains that have fallen in victoria and parts of New South Wales during the past week, floods have occurred in several centres. In the…
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There was a continution the closely a[?] over New South Wales in Monday, [?] further to heavy [?]. During monday night leavy [?]…
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[?] this afternoon from the [?] the are lather more hopeful. The issues on the G[?] River have given was [?] considerable damage. The casing off of…
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Much anxiety prevails at Tocumwal, where the Murray River is in flood. The water rose rapidly during Sunday, and on Monday morning, it was 19ft 9in above summer level. The levee…
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Police and civilians in several boats engaged in drugging operations at Wangaratta, where six persons were drowned, have recovered the bodies of Mr. T. Rhodes. Mr. J…
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There is every probability that the flood waters of the Murray and Goulburn Rivers will descend upon Echuca within the next 48 hours. Already people in the lowlying…
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TOCUMWAL, Monday.--The Murray River rose with, unprecedented rapidity during Sunday and Sunday night, and this morning at 7 o'clock it was 19ft. 9in. above summer level…
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ROME, Tuesday.—Swiss telegrams state that the political situation in Germany is darkening. The failure to conclude a separate peace with Russia, the lack of the submarines…
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The Murray River passed its critical stage early yesterday morning, and anxiety was felt by the residents as to whether the levee banks that protect the town would hold. As the river…
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