The Floods and the Mines. BRISBANE, Saturday afteroon
Telegraphic reports has been received from the various mining centres this morning regarding the floods. Gympie reports work is totally suspended in the…
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Floods & storms, 1890
136 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 7
The Eastern Floods. The Darling Coming Down. SYDNEY
The floods are subsiding generally. Bourke, however, is threatened with a flood by the waters of the Darling. Which are coming down stronger. At a meeting…
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The weather generally is fine. The body of young Dunstan was found at Windsor, and an inquest was commenced this morning. The latest from Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mississippi Floods. LONDON, Sunday (midnight)
The floods in the valley of the Mississippi have proved disastrous. At Memphis the river is 40 miles wide and an extensive area of country is inundated…
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The body of the third of the Carr children, drowned at Narrabri has been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Floods. Distress at Gympie. BRISBANE
The recent flood at Gympie has caused great damage. About 300 families were driven from their homes, and many mines were flooded. This is the second…
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The Minister for Works (Mr. Bruce Smith) has forwarded telegrams to all the road inspectors instructing them to report immediately, so that he can render…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. Walgett Surrounded. WILCANNIA
A report from Walgett states that a flood is imminent. The river continues to come down heavily, and the town is surrounded. No fears are entertained for the safety of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fresh Floods in the East Roma. and Townsvilie Submerged. Gales and Hurricanes on the Coast. a Vessel Founders. Stoney
Rain continued to fall without intermission all last night and this morning, the fall extending from Victoria north wards to Cape York. Mr. Russell, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 5 p.m. Terrible Times in Townsville. Fearful Gales and Fleeds. Damage, £10,000. Only Two Lives Lost, TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday afternoon
Communication with the capital has now been restored, The hurricane wliich commenced on Sunday night continued 12 hours. On Monday the wind…
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Reports from the country, show that considerable damage has been caused by the late rains. In the city this morning the weather is beautifully fine, it being…
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The River Burdekin is 72 feet over the bridge. Cattle and pigs are coming down in great numbers. Many houses have been swept away, and a number of…
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Rain is holding off in the city, but has fallen very heavily at Lismore, Hillgrove, and other places. At Hillgrove the Eleanora mine is flooded and damage has…
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The recent rains have caused great loss at the Sunny Corner mine, the roads being impassable. No coke could be conveyed from Rydal, so the smelters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 5 p.m. Terrible Tornado. Eight Thousand People Killed. Villages Destroyed, Trains Derailed, and Towns and Cities Flooded. [By Cable.] London, Friday (midnight.)
A disastrous cyclone has occurred in the United States. Its worst effects were felt in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois. The destruction of property was…
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A great flood has occurred at Isisford, and Patrick Ford was drowned. All traffic is stopped and rations are running short. Bloomfield, in the vicinity, lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Cyclone in America [By Cable.] London, Tuesday (midnight)
Despatches from America report another disastrous cyclone in Illinois. Terrible damage followed, buildings being wrecked and trees uprooted. The loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. Walgett Submerged. WALGETT
The town is totally submerged, and the Brrwon is several inches higher than in 1864. The residents have been compelled to remove from their homes, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Darling Floods. Critical Situation of Bourke. BOURKE
The situation has been rendered very critical here, owing to heavy rains having fallen. The river waters are not subsiding in the least, and all premises are being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods. A Plague of Grasshoppers. BRISBANE
Reports from Texas, on the border, show that ll fatalities occurred during the floods. Four Chinamen are also supposed to have been drowned by the flood…
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