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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
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After a day of stifling heat, Sydney wast swept with a violent southerly gale last night.The wind attained a velocity of over 60 miles an hour,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After a day of stifling heat, Sydney was swept with a violent southerly gale last night. The wind attained a velocity of over 60 miles an hour,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The wet season which set in on New Year's Day prevented the North Coast mail train from running to-day between Cairns and Townsville…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The wet season which set at on New Year's Day prevented the North Coast mail train from running to-day between Cairns and Townsville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A message from the Rockhampton train which was marooned at Mills Creek owing to floodwaters states that the passengers succeded in reaching…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alttiough local temperatures were not high to-day, the weather was very muggy and oppressive, and at 9 p.m. it was 76, with a humidity of 77. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →During a severe storm which passed over Grafton yesterday many buildings were unroofed, telephone poles blown down, and big limbs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail trains were expected to run between Cairns and Townsville to-day, but further heavy rain has prevented a resumption of the services…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The railway department has received advices that floods occurred on the western railway at Maxwellton and Julia Creek, where the pastoralists…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday was the sixth day in succession on which there has been no traffic on the great north coast railway between Ingham and Tolly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gales and heavy seas round the Victorian coast delayed shipping in the port of Melbourne to-day. Several ships were expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →During a storm at Eureka, in the Glen lunes district, the Methodist Church was wrecked. The vestry and schoolroom collapsed and the main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The railway department has received advices that floods occurred on the western railway at Maxwellton and Julia Creek, where the pastoralists…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the first time in 12 days train traffic between Townsville and Cairns was established yesterday. Both the Tully and Herbert rivers subsided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five hundred train passengers who are marooned in the Cairns district owing to the flood waters are sleeping in carriages, and are said to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The "White, Star liner Majestic docked 15 hours late after encountering the worst storm for several years. It was hit by two big waves. One man was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further torrential rains have fallen at Lismore. 990 points having been recorded during the week end. Other registrations were:—Ballina, 879…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The worst storm in the memory of the oldest inhabitants burst here on February 1. A northern cyclone is now blowing. Intense cold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cloudburst near Eumundi on Saturday night resulted in 1050 points of rain falling in two hours. Other places also suffered. Crops were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A severe thunderstorm passed over the city and suburbs last night during which considerable damage was done. Many streets in the eastern…
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