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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

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The Queensland Floods. Further Details from Brisbane. The Distribution of Relief. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 4

The fall of rain recorded at Brisbane and Gympie on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week, immediately preceding the heaviest flood, was 17.25…

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The Queensland Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 4

The fall of rain recorded at Brisbane and Gympie on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week, immediately preceding the heaviest flood, was 17.25…

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The Queensland Floods. The Probable Loss of Life. Details of the Damage. Accounts by Eye Witnesses. [By Telegraph.] Interview with M. Weigand. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 2

M. Weigand, the Sydney city organist, who left here by steamer on Thursday of last week for the purpose of giving a short series of organ…

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The Queensland Flood. Interview with a Brisbane Resident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 4

I have just had an interview with a resident of Brisbane who has arrived here. He briefly related to me several incidents of the flood. His description…

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At Grafton. The Clarence in Flood. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

A telegram from Grafton, despatched on Saturday night, said:— During Saturday it rained heavily, but the fall ceased at nightfall. The river…

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New South Wales. Heavy Weather on the Coast. Floods in the North. Agriculturists Lose Heavily. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

There has been heavy weather along the New South Wales coasts and several steamers have been compelled to take refuge in the various harbors…

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On Darling Downs. The Condamine Flooding. TOOWOOMBA

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen here almost incessantly during the last few days. Although this town is in no great danger of flood, from several parts of…

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[By Telegraph.] Queenslend. Renewed Rains. The Brisbane Again Rising. Some Suburbs Flooded. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

Heavy rains again fell in the city on Saturday night. The river also began to rise daring the afternoon through the backwash coming from the Upper…

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The Flood. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 2

The Premier of Canada has made a promise to the Dominion House of Commons that a Government grant will be voted for the relief of the…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office 7 p.m the Queensland Floods. Relief for the Queensland Sufferers. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 February 1893 · page 4

A special meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day in reference to the floods. The Government is prepared to at once place at the disposal of the…

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The Flood. [By Cable.] a Proposed London Fund. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 2

Sir G. S. Baden-Powell, in a letter to the Times, suggests the raising of a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods…

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General Cable News. Floods in the Transyaal. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 2

News from Capetown states that there have been heavy floods in the Transvaal Republic. A number of mines are reported to have been…

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The Queensland Floods. Relief for the Queensland Sufferers. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 4

A special meeting of the Cabinet was held to-day in reference to the floods. The Government is prepared to at once place at the disposal of the…

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Floods at Bundaberg, Maryborough, and Toowoomba. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 2

In consequence of the further fall of rain, another flood has occurred at Maryborough and Bundaberg. The water was over the wharves, and all…

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The Floods at Gympie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 3

Mail advices are to hand from Gympie respecting the disastrous floods theres Though a great deal of damage was done to the town—the water rose…

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The Floods. Relief of the Sufferers. The Waters Subsiding. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 3

Four hundred people, rendered destitute by the floods, are being relieved by the citizens' committee at the Town Hall daily. Government…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office 7 p.m. Latest Cable Sews. The Queensland Floods. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

A London committee is being formed to establish and promote a fond for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods…

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A Tale of the Floods

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

THE Queensland papers to band to-day contain an account of an incident of the flood not mentioned in the telegrams. It occured at Fern Vale. The…

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The Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 3

Liberal contributions continue to be received on behalf of the flood fund. £350 has been received from Auckland, N.Z…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Latest Cable News. The Queensland Floods. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1893 · page 4

A London committee is being formed to establish and promote a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods…

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