Torrential Rains Cause Serious Flooding in New South Wales
A FLOODED AREA IN THE WINDSOR DISTRICT. A MAIZE CROP IN DANGER OF BEING WASHED AWAY…
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Flood Damage Was Narrowly Averted in the Hawkesbury River Area
THE KURRAJONG-ROAD UNDER WATER NEAR WINDSOR. HAWKESBURY WATERS THREATEN THE WINDSOR BRIDGE…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Richmond River in Flood. Kyogle in Danger. Kyogle
The Richmond River is in high flood in the Kyogle district, where a phenomenal fall of 15 inches of rain near Kyogle caused a rise of 50ft. The water has entered the town close…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Scene of Desolation. Houses Flooded. Armidale
Armidale in the vicinity of Dumaresq Creek to-day presents a scene of desolation. Heavy rains which fell last night and this morning caused floods which have never been equalled…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Macintyre Flooded. Goondiwindi
The Macintyre River is 16ft above normal height. It is understood that the Weir River is in flood and all the country west of Talwood is under water. If heavy rains fall near…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Macleay River. North Coast Road. Flooded Below Kempsey. Kempsey
As a result of the heavy rains at Armidale and on the upper reaches of the Macleay the river rose to 17ft at Kempsey. A mile below the town the water broke over the bank and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Orange Flooded. Damage to Shops. Orange
The heavy rain of last week culminated in a heavy downpour on Saturday, which caused the water channel which runs through the centre of the business portion of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →CLOUDBURST. Man Drowned at Lithgow. Flood Water Disappears Down Colliery. Lithgow
A cloudburst occurred at Oakey Park, [?] Lithgow, this afternoon, when a man namad John Brennan, 67 years of age, was drowned. A remarkable feature of the storm was that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods in the West. the Bogan and Macquarie. Warren
Reports this morning state that the Macquarie River is 6ft and rising at Dubbo. These flood waters will not reach Warren before Monday. The rainfall in the district is from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fish in Houses Unique Flood London
When the Leeds-Liverpool Canal burst at Naghull, near Liverpool, a torrent of water 20 feel deep swept across a field, tearing up trees and crops, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Musterers In Bathing Suits-- Scenes In Flooded North
CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES in Prospero-street, Murwillumbah, had great difficulty in moving through the water. COMPLETELY FLOODED OUT.-- A chemist's shop in Murwillumbah…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rain Intensifies Flood Menace in Grafton and Kempsey More Floods? Outlook Is Bad Rain Has Not Passed
Although the North Coast areas received from two to six inches of rain during the weekend, further falls are expected…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boys Sail Boats in Main Street Rockhampton Flooded Rockhampton
At the intersection of Fitzroy and Denison Streets, Rockhampton, youths sailed boats in water three feet de[?]. The Fitzroy River in rising, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Melbourne Too Excessive Rains Points Total 860 Floods Are Expected Melbourne
Not since the fifties has Melbourne been so consistently wet as during the past 50 days. Since the beginning of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washed From Saddle Station Hand's Fate Death in Flooded Stream Forbes
A station hand at Wandary, Stanley Stephenson, 25, when attempting to cross the river on horseback, was washed from the saddle and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Where Flood King Reigns a Looking-glass for Mountains
A FIRST ATTEMPT. -- A pullet's egg, little larger than a pigeon's, laid at Narrabri. SEVENTEEN TONS of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Even Worse Floods Threaten Clarence Valley River Again Rising at Grafton Two Railway Men Washed Through Culvert While Working At Marinna Anxiety in Hunter Valley
The Clarence Valley is threatened with even greater floods than those which have already devastated it. Floods rains are again falling over the watersheds of the Clarence, Orara, and Nymboida Rivers, and the water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Torrent From Burst Dam Drowns a Man Colliery Is Flooded at Lithgow -- Houses Inundated Torrential Rain
LITHGOW, Sunday. -- A man was drowned and a colliery flooded at Lithgow this afternoon, when the auxiliary water supply dam broke and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Curtail Butter Supplies
It is expected that the excessive rain in the Grafton and Lismore districts and the flooding of low-lying pastures will curtail supplies of butter. The Sydney market is firm at 168 per…
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CONSTABLE LAURENCE APLIN, drowned near Kyogle. STANLEY STEPHENSON. 25. drowned white trying to cross the…
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