The Storm in Queensland
BRISBANE MONDAY.—At Ravenswood the Catholic chapol was levelled. The priest's house and several other buildings, were unroofed. The Anglican parsonage was blown…
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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
8 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
BRISBANE MONDAY.—At Ravenswood the Catholic chapol was levelled. The priest's house and several other buildings, were unroofed. The Anglican parsonage was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →24 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. A violent gale was raging, doing immense damage to shipping. Several [?]ooners were wreck or capsi[?]d, and others drifted on to the bar, and thence out to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The floods in the Maitland districts have been very disastrous. Through the inundation the crops have suffered severely, and numerous farms are covered with water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MAITLAND, Friday night,—The River Hunter since this morning has risen with alarming rapidity, and is now nearly 25ft above the usual level. It is still rising slowly, and large quantities of drift wood are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HEAVY rains and floods still continue in the eastern provinces, causing great distress, especially in Murcia. The crops are completely destroyed, and many families have been rendered homeless. Parties of the Guardia…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This was an action for breach of contract and misrepresentation. Damages were laid at £30. Mr Norrie for plaintiff, und Mr Foott for defendant. Plaintiff's case was, that he was supplying wattle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Saturday the district below Grafton was visited with a very heavy thunderstorm accompanied by wind and hail. Our correspondents at Brushgrove and Lawrence both report these places as within the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday evening a tremendous hail storm passed over Lawrence accompanied with vivid flashes of lightning. The hailstones, which were the largest rememb[?]red to have fallen during the last twenty…
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