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  2. THE HEAVY FLOODS.

    The steady nine which fell over the whole of the colony from Sunday till Wednesday caused Revere floods in a great number of places. News of submerged townships came ...

    Article : 310 words
  3. THE PORT RIVER.

    The ketch Buck was anchored in the False Arm on Tuesday night, but owing to the boisterous weather she parted her moorings and drifted up an far as the reformatory bulk ...

    Article : 84 words
  4. FLOODS AT GUMERACHA.

    The Gumeracha district has also suffered from the heavy rains. The driver of Hill and Co.'scoach running between Gumeracha and Adelaide reported on Wednesday morning:— ...

    Article : 86 words
  5. PAYNEHAM AND PARADISE.

    Most exaggerated reports of the damage done by the floodwaters of the Torrens to Payncham and its divisions were in circulation, while credence was also given to the statement ...

    Article : 1,426 words
  6. IN THE HILLS.

    Our Bridgewater correspondent writes:—Tuesday proved a terrible day in this district. Cox's Creek, which finds its source in the neighborhood of Mount Lofty and is ...

    Article : 271 words
  7. THE TORRENS LAKE AND WEIR.

    The weirkeeper, Mr. A. Anderson, had an unfortunate experience. His house, which is built on the banks of the Torrens below the weir, was completely ...

    Article : 101 words
  8. FLOODS AT KAPUNDA.

    Thus early after the recent floods Kapunda has bad an illustration of what it must expect until the bridges and fords across the Light and its tributaries in the neighborhood of ...

    Article : 793 words
  9. FLOODS IN KENT TOWN.

    The heavy rains in the hills bad the effect of swelling all the creeks which flow across the Adelaide plains and form tributaries to the River Torrens. In those places where ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  10. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WEIR.

    A sad fatality occurred at the Torrens at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday by which Mr. Patrick McNamara, who was working in company with the city surveyor ...

    Article : 332 words
  11. THE BRIDGES.

    A visit to the Albert bridge late in the afternoon showed that the violence of the flood bad expended itself in washing down a portion of the banks, while other large slices had been ...

    Article : 358 words
  12. THE MAYOR ON THE SCENE.

    The Mayor of Adelaide (Mr. James Shaw) had no sooner heard of the disastrous nature of the floods than be proceeded to the city weir, where he remained without sustenance for ...

    Article : 333 words
  13. OPERATIONS SUSPENDED AT THE URAIDLA GOLDFIELD.

    A gentleman who returned from the Uraidla goldfield on Wednesday informs as that all gold digging operations ceased on Tuesday afternoon owing to the rough weather that ...

    Article : 329 words
  14. THE GARDENS.

    The Botanical Gardens, we are informed by Dr. Schomburgk, luckily sustained no damage beyond the fall of a fine palm tree. All the bridges stood firm, and the glass and Victoria ...

    Article : 42 words
  15. THE REEDBEDS DISTRICT.

    An immense amount oF damage has been done in the Reedbeds district, and this is not to be wondered at when we consider that the Torrens pours the whole of its waters into the ...

    Article : 850 words
  16. THE STORM AT GLENELG.

    The storm that raged at Glenelg all through Tuesday and without orach abatement up till Wednesday morning created sad havoc amongst the yachting and fishing fraternities. ...

    Article : 350 words
  17. FLOODS AT GAWLER.

    At a quarter to 5 on Wednesday a telephone message was received from Sergeant Morrison, stationed at Gawler, stating that the town was flooded, the water being over the horses' backs, ...

    Article : 1,546 words
  18. LOSS OF PROPERTY ON THE LAKE.

    The loss of property on the lake was very great the value of the boats alone which hare been swept away and broken up amounting to nearly £2,000. The police gig was washed ...

    Article : 924 words
  19. AUBURN FLOODED OUT.

    Last night the greatest floods took place here that have occurred in the memory of the white man. Many of the houses were flooded, and the inhabitants in some cases had to be carried ...

    Article : 469 words
  20. AT THE SEMAPHORE.

    The gale at the Semaphore continued with heavy gouts of wind and rain all through Tuesday night, the direction being about west, and the force variable. When the tide went ...

    Article : 320 words
  21. THE FLOODS AT UNLEY.

    Mr. G. Howell supplied us with some information on Wednesday with reference to the damage done by the Brownhill Creek on Tuesday evening. He states that the ...

    Article : 322 words
  22. GLEN OSMOND CREEK.

    This creek, which proved so trouble some during (he January rains, has not done much damage during this week. A fence or two have been washed away on the coarse near the hills, and ...

    Article : 450 words
  23. RAIN AT THE GRANGE AND HENLEY BEACH.

    There have been heavy falls of rain at the Grange and Henley Beach, and the water has men to a considerable height in some of the lower-lying localities. The Grange railway ...

    Article : 118 words
  24. FLOODS IN THE BROUGHTON DISTRICT.

    Very heavy rains have fallen daring the night. The Crystal Brook and Clare coach with mails, with Coombs as driver in charge, has had to return to Redhill owing to the ...

    Article : 222 words
  25. THE BANKSIDE VINEYARDS.

    Mr. Thomas Hardy, of Bankside, came off well considering all things. His premises adjoin the Torrent but profiting by his experience of former yean he has had the banks raised by ...

    Article : 252 words
  26. AT GLANVILLE.

    We have been informed by Mr. V. Hanson, the surveyor of the Semaphore Corporation, that no damage whatever has been done to the Glanville embankment, although the ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. THE FLOODS AT HINDMARSH.

    The Hindmarah-bridge has not been injured by the floods, but Mr. David Reid's private bridge, erected at a cost of £750, was completely washed away. A new bridge joining ...

    Article : 936 words
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