The Queensland Floods. Famine Prices
Owing to tho floods in North Queensland food at Barcaldine is at famine prices…
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Floods & storms, 1896
137 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 7
The Floods at Nyngan. Immense Washaways. Nyngan
From excessive dry to excessively wet weather has to be reported. From Sunday till 9 this morning nearly 10 inches of rain has fallen. The town and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Queensland. BRISBANE
The continuous rains are causing the river in Bundaburg district to rise At Townsville the river is still 3 feet over the bridge, putting a stop to traffic with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rains in Queensland. Great Fears of a Brisbane Flood, the Equal of That of 1890. BRISBANE
Rain is falling in showers more or less heavy, not only on the Brisbane water-shed, but along the whole eastern coast as far as Townsville, which town is in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods In Queensland
Telegrame from the watershed of Brisbane rives late yesterday stated that the waters were subsiding. The Macrossan bridge over the Burdekin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rain in the West. Floods After Drought
From telegrams received farther news of the heavy rains in the West is to hand. The storm that passed over Bourke district on Tuesday was of a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in [?] A Fearful C[?] Terrible Loss of Life. Sydney, Thursday Night
A FRIGHTFUL calamity occurred in the flooded river this evening. The Victoria Bridge, had been ordered to be closed to traffic, the debris brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Brisbane In Flood. BRISBANE
News from Cunnanulla, South-West Queensland, states that heavy rain has fallen. The rainfall since Monday is 4 inches. Heavy rains have fallen all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood in Gympie. the Worst So Far Known. Brisbane, Thursday night
The flood in Gympie is the most serious that has been experienced. It is not not expected that the miners will be in full work again for at least two months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Nyngan. NYNGAN, Thursday night
The local waters are subsiding, but an immense body is coming down the Dandaloo. The Bogan is rising rapidly. A fresh injury to the western line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood at Cobar. COBAR, Thursday night
Nine inches of rain has fallen since Friday. The tanks are all full. The country is swamped. The railway is washed away in several places. No mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Queensland. Fearful River Fatality. a Ferry Boat Sinks in Brisbane River. Forty Persons Drowned. Brisbane, Thursday Night
A ferry boat with nearly 100 passengers capsized in Brisbane River this evening. It is estimated that 40 persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather. Another Heavy Rain Storm
Shortly after noon yesterday another heavy storm of rain passed over the district, Bathurst getting its full share. Within a few minutes of its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Wellington. Wellington
Last night, during a very heavy thunderstorm, a shed adjoining the residence of Mr. Westlake, at Neurea, was struck by lightning, and burnt to the ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood at Bourke
The Town of Bourke is flooded. The total rainfall to Wednesday night was 682 points. The sun shining on the waters on Thursday caused a dense…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Western Floods. Nyngan. Friday night
The Chief Railway Commissioners, now on a visit on the western line in connection with the recent washaways, found that the damage is very serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Flood at Kelso
Yesterday very heavy rain fell in Bathurst at intervals. So far as could be learned at dusk an exceptionally some visitation was experienced at Raglan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood at Young. Young, Friday
After four days' light rain, which was wanted for grass, heavy rain, which was required to fill the tanks, started this morning, and two inches fell between 9 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in the West. Bourke Covered with Water. More Damage to the Ways. Bourke
Last night 31 points of rain fell, bringing the total up to 602 points. The town is covered with water, and as the sun was shining brightly this afternoon it is very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood at Kelso
At Kelso the storm waters did considerable damage. The whole of the flats in the locality of the railway line were submerged, the two creeks which cross the…
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