What to Avoid in Thunderstorms
IF out of doors avoid trees and all elevated objects. If the flash is followed instantly by the report, a recumbent position is the safest. Avoid rivers…
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Floods & storms, 1893
158 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 8
Disastrous Hail-storm
The Burrangong Chronicle of 4th instant reports, "the old year did not take its departure without leaving many unpleasant recollections, the…
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AFTER a good many promising indications we have at last had a visitation from Jupiter Pluvias, and a heavy one, too. From about sunset yesterday evening it was apparent that…
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AT Norwood, we are assured by Mr. Denny, the storm yesterday afternoon was the heaviest he had over witnessed. Within 15 minutes the paddocks were transformed into lakes. At Forest Lodge…
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THUNDERSTORM conditions prevailed on Wednesday pretty well over the whole colony and in Queensland. Unusual violence marked some of the storms, and bail of enormous size—or, more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Wedded Widow, or the Love That Lived. Part Ii. Chapter Xxiii. After the Storm Went By
The grand fete is at its highest, and still the belle and beauty of the hour is absent. Mr. Thorndale looks round on the…
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OWING to incessant rains, unprecedented floods have occurred in Queensland. Brisbane is out off from telegraphic communication. Ipswich is under water, railway traffic is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wedded Widow, or the Love That Lived. Part Ii. Chapter Xxiii. After the Storm Went By
But she smiled him down imperially, as Venus did the waves. "I dare to claim it, villain!" she answered, proudly. "I dare to claim it…
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IPSWICH, Saturday, 3 p.m.-- A dreadful colliery disaster-- the worst fatality that has yet happened in connection with the floods-- occurred about noon to-day, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Flood in Queensland. Bundamba, Ipswich, and Goodna Under Water. Churches and Other Buildings Submerged. People Fleeing to the Hills. Seven Men Drowned in a Submerged Mine. Four of a Family Drowned. the Highest Flood on Record
Toowoomba, Sunday, 1 p.m.-- Communication has been cut off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and no news is to hand from the capital of any sort. The following…
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TERRIBLE scenes of desolation are exhibited at Ipswich (Q.) as the result of the floods. The Governor is detained there, being unable to get a trait to Brisbane. Passengers by the Sydney mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Floods in Queensland. Houses and Public Buildings Submerged. Four Children Drowned. Seven Miners Drowned. a Lunatic Asylum in Peril
TOOWOOMBA, Sunday.—We have been out off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and have had no news from there of any sort. The following telegrams received from Ipswich yesterday give all…
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OWING to incessant rams, unprecedented floods have occurred in Queensland. Brisbane is out off from telegraphic communication. Ipswish is under water,…
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THE details confirm the worst fears entertained regarding the extent of the disaster in Brisbane. The Victoria Bridge carried away at 4 a.m. on Monday, when, with a loud crash, the centre span…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Queensland. Brisbane Partially Submerged. Five Hundred Houses Washed Away. One Hundred Families Camped in Boats. Toowoomba
THE scenes in the valley of the Mary River, Wide May district, are indescribable. Hundreds of houses have been washed away, and hundreds of families rendered homeless. Brisbane is still isolated by the…
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SOME particulars of the calamity which has befallen Queensland, through excessive rains and disastrous floods, are appended:— The floods in Queenzland, says the Evening…
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The floods have almost subsided all over Queensland. At Brisbane the gunboat. Paluma, the steamer Elamang, and the bulk Mary Evans, which were washed on to the…
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Ow[?] to the [?] rain the biggest flood over known was running in the Ipswish River on Sunday. The flood water was level with the decking of the…
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The Postmaster-General has received the following information from Toowoomba;-- "Bundaberg reports that the first Maryborough train has just arrived. Heard from the lengthsmen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Queensland. Brisbane Partially Submerged. Five Hundred Houses Washed Away. the Botanical Gardens Under Water. Many Large Shops and Warehouses Flooded. Immense Destruction of Property. One Hundred Families Camped in Boats. Unparalleled Devastation. Disasters in the Mary River Valley Hundreds of Families Homeless. Work Suspended at Gympie. Destruction of the Maryborough and Antigua Bridges. Toowoomba
There is no later news than that which was sent last night. The scenes in the valley of the Alary River, Wide Bay district are indescribable. Hundreds of houses have been washed away, and…
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