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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
181 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 10
Messages received from Brisbane last night give meagre details of a big disaster at Clermont, in Central Queensland, where, owing to the floods,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A tropical thunderstorm was experienced here yesterday. In less than five minutes all the gutters were overflowing, and whole thoroughfares from path…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further detaits regarding the [?] trous foods at [?] (reported in "The Miner" yesterday) show that 62 bodies have so far been recovered. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The floods along the central railway areas are abating, except in the Dawson Valley, where the waters are still rising. It is expected that they will cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The River Rhine has risen 23ft. at Cologne (Germany), and much damage has been caused by floods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Advice has been received from Hughenden that the Flinders River is in high flood, and has broken its banks. The surrounding country is under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful floods have occurred at Clermont, Queensland. The bodies of 50 people drowned have already been recovered. 100 others are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The River Rhine has risen 23ft. at Cologne (Germany), and much damage has been caused by floods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reports from up the river from Longreach show that the phenomenal rains will cause a flood in the Thomson River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latest information shows that floods are extending over almost the whole of the interior of Queensland. The inundated area extends from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Charters Towers states that the Burdekin River rose 34ft. above summer levels, but has since fallen to 25ft above summer level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A telegram from Charters Towers states that the Burdekin Raver rose 34ft. above summer level, but has since fallen to 25ft. above summer level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clermont is utteny desolate since the floods. Ail the houses in the town are either, damaged, smasded, or gone. A total of 62 bodies hare been found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clermont is a scene of utter desolation (telegraphs the Brisbane correspondent of the "Advertiser.") The lower portion of the town, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since the ebb of the Clermont flood telegraphic communication has been reestablished. Four bodies are still missing. The heat has caused no sickness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A series of thunderstorms passed over Broken Hill this afternoon, accompanied by very heavy rain. The first storm, preceded by dust, came from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fitzroy Rivet at Rockhampton rose to a height of 25ft. 10in. above summer level, or 2ft. 4¾in. below the record flood in 1896. A large area of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A series of thunderstorms passed over Broken Hill yesterday afternoon, accompanied by very heavy rain. The [?]st storm, preceded by dust, came from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messrs. Elder, Smith, and Co.'s Broken Hill manager has been advised of the following additional rainfalls in the western district from yesterday storms:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway services in Northern Queensland, which were dislocated by the recent heavy floods, have been restored…
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