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  2. THE WESTERN FLOODS. (From the Mudgee Newspaper, August 26.) FLOOD AT MUDGEE.

    Mudgee has again been visited by a flood, which in its consequences has been most disastrous. During the whole of Wednesday and Thursday last rain fell in torrents, and towards the afternoon of the latter a ...

    Article : 924 words
  3. THE NORTHERN FLOODS.

    Although this last flood has not reached the height of the flood of 1820, yet, as Mr. John Eckford has informed us, it has exceeded the flood of that year both in volume of water and in its rapidity. The height attained in ...

    Article : 3,460 words
  4. SCOTLAND.

    PARTLY in consequence of the large numbers who have emigrated to Australia and Canada wages have risen considerably in the north of Scotland. The middle class hands now get as ...

    Article : 1,527 words
  5. THE FLOOD AT MUSWELLBROOK.

    Again the Hunter has overflowed its banks, to a greater extent, and attended by more disastrous consequences, than on any occasion it has hitherto fallen to the lot of this district to record. Much land under ...

    Article : 488 words
  6. IRELAND.

    Since the despatch of my last letter nothing of any importance has occurred. Mr. Rocbuck's motion for the abolition of the Irish court is beginning to excite discussion, but ...

    Article : 616 words
  7. THE FLOOD AT CLARENCE TOWN.

    Last evening we were favoured by Mr. Heugh with the following extracts from letters of Mr. S. N. Dark, of Clarence Town, to him. The flood in the Williams was evidently, from these letters, more terrible even than ...

    Article : 483 words
  8. MERRENDEE.

    This gold-field was on Thursday night and Friday morning visited with a very heavye flood—the river on Friday, at noon, having risen to within three of rour feet of the bank; happily, after gaining this height, it ...

    Article : 279 words
  9. AWFUL FLOOD INT HE WILLIAMS.

    I do not intend giving you a full account by this post of the disastrous and distressing loss of life here on Friday last. The destruction to property is beyond description. Annexed I give you the names of seven ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. CASSILIS.

    You will hear with regret that we are visited with another flood probably of far greater magnitude than the two last that proved so destructive to Maitland. It commenced raining here about 12 o'clock on Wednesday ...

    Article : 388 words
  11. MUDGEE.

    We extract the following paragraphs from the local journal of Wednesday last:— SALE OF CATTLE BY TENDER.—A few days since Mr. W. Blackman disposed of another lot of cattle by tender. ...

    Article : 384 words
  12. EXPECTED FLOOD ON THE NAMOI.

    We have had upwards of forty hours steady and constant rain, and now, 10 a.m., it is still raining, and likely to continue. If they should have had nearly as much rain towards New England and Saumarez as we have had ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. IMPOUNDINGS.

    CARCOAR, August 22, from King's Plains, by Messrs. Burton and Scott:—Bay horse, branded E near shoulder, star, saddle maraked, hind fetlooks white, aged; black horse, branded RH near shoulder, small star, near fore fetlook white, NO. 2 near ...

    Article : 363 words
  14. THE FLOOD AT THE WOLLOMBI.

    Again it is my painful duty to acquaint your readers of the third disastrous flood this part of the country has been visited by. It commenced raining here on Wednesday night (19th) and continued raining heavily until ...

    Article : 343 words
  15. BENEFIT.

    A benefit will be given to-night at the Price of Wales Theatre, under the patronage [?] Governor, Colonel Bloomfield, the Mayor, and Captains Denham and Loring, in aid of the Sydney Infirmary. ...

    Article : 41 words
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