Gales in the English Channel. London, [?] 20
Grest gales are [?] the British Channel, and steam[?] service is suspended. [?]…
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Floods & storms, 1898
86 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 5
The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Late Cable News. [Reuter's Message.] Great Gale on the English Coast. LONDON
A great gale has been raging off the English coast. The channel steamer service had to be suspended in consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Queensland. Brisbane River Still Rising. People Leaving Their Homes. Maryborough Inundated. Gympie Preparing for a Big Flood. Heavy Rain Continuing. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Tuesday Afternoon
The effects of the recent heavy rains are still visible in the Brisbane River, which is rising several inches an hour, and it is expected to reach the level of the 1890…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Gales on the Queensland Coast. The Ranelagh Ashore. Other Ships Have a Rough Time. BRISBANE
Simultaneously with the heavy rains and floods in this colony a tremendous south-east gale has been blowing along the coast, and all vessels bound for Queensland ports have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Colliery Flooded
A DESTRUCTIVE flood recently stopped the work of 1200 men and boys at the Tawd Vale collieries, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. The two pits are called the Arley and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Floods. Loss of Life. Suspension of the Ferry Service at Brisbane. The Trains Cease Running. The Position at Gympie. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
The floods continue, and the prospect of an early discontinuance are not at present bright. Word comes in now also of a loss of life,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Floods. Subsiding in the City. The Floods at Bundaberg. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Thursday Night
From everywhere within communication the report comes that the creeks and rivers are falling rapidly. In the city the waters are subsiding fast. The post-office gange at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in Brisbane. Brisbane
The Brisbane River is now stationary. All the business firms in the lower parts of Queen-street, are moving their goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queeknsland Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
The Bundaberg River has resumed its normal condition. The river has falledn, and the floods are rapidly subsiding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Floods. Brisbane
The floods at Rockhampton have receded and railway traffic has been resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Maclay (Q.) Brisbane
A great cyclone is reported from Mackay. The aspect of the town the been completely changed. Buildings were destroyed, and the roofs of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Argent-street Premises Flooded
Owing to the long drought the guttering at the Town Hall became choked with rubbish in some sections, and as a consequence this morning's downpour caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in South Australia. Adelaide
Owing to the heavy floods which prevail throughout the colony, railway traffic has been considerably impeded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. a Man Drowned near Silverton. Crossing a Flooded Creek
FROBABLY owing to the fact that a running creek on the Barrier is so rarely seen, the strength concealed in the current is discounted by otherwise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather. Flood at the Pinnacles
AT the Pinnacles a record fall of rain was experienced; unfortunately the mine dam gave way to the rush of water, so that they will not receive the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2nd Editi0n Miner Office, 4 p.m. the Gale on the Coast. Further Details of the Wrecks. Lists of the Drowned. The Ship in Distress. Another Vessel Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Further details of easualties to vessels during yesterday's severe storm continue to come to hand. It appears that the crew of the lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood at Black Hills
At the Black Hills station, 16 miles from Silverton, the biggest flood since the place was inhabited—some 18 or 19 years ago—was experienced. About…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in Queensland. Brisbane
Heavy rains have fallen throughout Queensland, and floods are reported in several districts. The sugar crop has been almost ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gales on the Coast. [By Telegraph] Sydney
The steamers Fifeshire and Warrigal, which were overdue, have arrived. They were roughly handled in the recent gale, and their cargos shifted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our let Editions yesterday:— the Gale on the Coast. Further Details of the Wrecks. Lists of the Drowned. The Ship in Distress. Another Vessel Ashore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Further details of assualties to vessels during yesterday's severe storm continue to come to hand. It appears that the crew of the lost…
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