Queensland Floods. Great Devastation
WE are indebted to Mr. David Henderson for copies of two Queensland papers containing accounts of the second flood in that colony, from which we learn that the water…
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Floods & storms, 1893
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Flood Relief Fund
THE Trustees met at the Council Chamber on Satruday. Present—the Mayors of Grafton and Ulmrra. Messrs John M'Pherson, W. J. Hawthorne, D. Gillies, S. See, H. Maurice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[ESTABLISHED 1859.] the Clarence Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tuesday Morning, March 7Th, 1893. Flood Prevention
THE question of flood prevention is one that naturally attracts some attention at the present time. It is a question which should engage the attention of those residing in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Floods. Theri Meteorological Aspect. Interview with Mr. Wragge
HE was sitting in his office when I entered, working out some abstruse problem of cyclones and anti-cyclones, high and low pressure curves, all culminating in a centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in Queensland.s The Seamy and Silvery Side of Human Nature
BEYOND doubt the terrible disasters caused by the Brisbane floods brought out a deal of the seamy as well as the silvery side of humna nature, says the Freeman's Journal. For…
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Two accounts we publish to-day of the destruction caused by the floods in the Clarence district, and the losses entailed upon the farmers in the submerged country…
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MR. EDITOR. — The severe flood of 1893 prompts me to offer a few remarks as to the cause, to a large extent, of the disastorus state of our farms through immdation and…
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AT Tuesday's meeting there were present— Messrs. D. Beatson (in the chair), D. Gillies, W. J. Hawthorne, S. See, G. H. Varley and H. Maurice…
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OUR correspondent writes on Tuesday:—A public meeting was held last night in the School of Arts, Just after the late flood the residentswired to the Hon. John See for £100,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kangaroo Creek after the Flood Your attention, Citizens of Grafton. [CONTRIBUTED.]
IT is a question its to how many residents of Grafton are aware that there is such it place as Kangaroo Greek; and it is safe to wager that only a few know that there is such a…
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WITH the succession of destructive floods that have visited the Clarence for the past six years, it is high time that serious consideration was given to the question as to…
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THERE are few people interested in the Clarence district but will agree in the principle underlying Alderman SEE'S resolution with reference to the minimising of damage by…
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THE Trustees met again on Thursday. Present—Messrs Beatson (chairman), See, Hawthorne, M'Pherson, Varley (hon. treasurer) and Maurice (hon., secretary). The receipt of…
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HEAVY tropical rains have again fallen in this colony, but the area of the fall is unfortunately limited to the highlands and the coast. The vast track of parched land in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter River Floods. Several Towns Partially Submerged. Thousands of Families Flooded Out. People Taking R[?]ge on House Tops. Bridges Destroyed—Collapse of Embankments
NEWCASTLE, Friday, 10 p.m.—Newcastle is at present occupying a position almost as unique as West Maitland. It has experienced a small flood of its own. The waters,…
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A MEETING of the above was held on Saturday. Present—Messrs. S. See (in the chair) S. Macnaughtan, D. Gilli[?]s, J. M'Pherson, E. Arnold, G. H. Varley and H. Maurice,…
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WRITING to Grafton, a former resident of the Clarence says:—I am awfully sorry to learn that Grafton and the district has had another big flood. Looking at it in a providential…
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KEMPSEY, THURSDAY.—Rain set in last night at 9 o'clock, and poured down heavily throughout the night. At 9 o'clock this morning the gauge registered 1034 points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Muswellbrook. Bridges Washed Away.—Miles of Flood Water
THE floods here have caused the entire stoppage of traffic, and Muswellbrook, which yesterday morning was partly under water, is at present the terminus of railway…
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THE heavy floods that have swept the castern coast, of New South Wales during the current year will cause it to be long remembered by the farming population especially. N[?] one…
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