Floods in Queensland
The Brisbane River on Tuesday was in a state of high flood, and the water rising in the city at the rate of several inches an hour. People in the low-lying districts, warned…
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Floods & storms, 1898
26 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 2
Floods in Queensland
THE Brisbane River reached a height of about 19 ft, on Wednesday night, which is 1 ft below the 1890 flood. The water then began to gradually recede, and fell at the rate of six inches an hour…
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Mackay, Queensland, was, visited by. a disastrous cyclone on Tuesday last, The wind blew in strong gusts, accompanied by heavy rain. Shortly after 8 o'clock the first…
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SYDNEY, MONDAY NIGHT.—During the violent southerly gales which have been raging since Sunday morning, the brig Amy, a well-known collier on the southern…
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While we on the northern districts have been visited by a heat-wave and dry northerly winds, a southerly, gale, accompanied by flood raias, swept the southern coast, and…
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Several times latterly we have had occasion to remark on the profusion of growth in in every direction, on the promising character of the maire crops, and on the luxuriance…
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The Richmond was visited by a heavy flood in the early part of last week, which rose at Lismore within six feet of the record flood. The rain set in heavily on Saturday night, and…
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The wind increased in fury. Gust after gust struck angrily against the window of the room in which Hetty maynard sat trembling. It was a night to make…
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SIR,—I shall have something further to say upon this subject shortly; but my present purpose is merely to reply to your contributor "Clinking Cymbal", who tried to make out in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Gale on the Coast. 13 Vessels Lost. Great Loss of Life
ONE of the heaviest gales ever experienced raged along the coast on Thursday and Friday last. It extended from Gabo Island to Port Macquarie and raged with great violence between…
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The Government Astronomer describes Thursday night's rainfall in Sydney as one of the heaviest recorded, and velocity of the wind reached 57 miles per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Flood Prevention Scheme. In Reply to 'Southernite."
SIR,—Before dealing with "Southernite's', sceptical observations, it will be convenient first to show how the Clarence dam will probably be built, when the time comes for its construction It will then be…
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THE steamer Coraki had a very narrow escape from coming to grief when entering the Manning River on Friday morning. There was a very heavy sea washing on the bar when the Coraki…
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On Monday evening the signal master at Ballina sighted a schooner in distress nine miles south of the entrance. The tug Protector went out on Tuesday and returned with the ketch Lornsdowne in tow, with…
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SIR.—In self defence, I find it incumbent upon me at this juncture to institute a comparison between my scheme for the Clarence, and Mr. E. B. Price's more recent scheme for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A City Lady on Camels and Floods
The following is an extract from a private letter written by a lady who, after being born and bred in Sydney, has gone up to live in the far…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clifden Flood Reserve
A meeting of Trustees was held to consider the regulations issued by the Lands Department for the management of this reserve. There was an objection to part of regulation…
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SIR,—Having proved in my former letters the physical feasibility of this scheme, I shall now, by your favor, conclude this correspondence by showing its financial feasibility…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods on the Clarence. A Scheme for Mitigation
It has been remarked on many occasions, in the press and on the platform, that if tho Clarence district was in America, its splendid natural resources would be made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Manning in Flood. Wingham
The flood caused considerable damage to many of the farms on the upper Manning, J. Cameron, J. W. Walker, Robt. Broomfield, James Hanhey, W. Lyndon, and J. J…
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