Cyclone Disaster Fate of Mackay. Sydney
Mr. Gladstone, the Queensland manager of the North Eton Sugar Mill at Mackay, states that whole of the mills have been wrecked, pieces flying off…
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Floods & storms, 1918
55 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3
Great Storm Near Melbourne
A lurious windstorm strucek Brighton (Vic.) on Saturday. Some houses collapsed, others were damaged, and trees were uprooted. Two deaths occurred, and many people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the Storm. Rivers Falling. Brisbane
It is now fine at Rockhampton. The water in the rivers is falling. A Blackball message says that the Barcoo River attained last night the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone in Victoria. Much Damage at Brighton. Two Lives Lost. Lindsay Gordon's Statue Blown Down. Sydney
A furious windstorm struck Brighton (Victoria) on Saturday. Some houses collapsed, others were damaged, and trees were uprooted. Two deaths…
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LONDON, Monday.—The possibilities of the Germans undertaking great offensive operations on the west front at an early date, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Victim Drowned After Rescue
BRISBANE, Friday.—Another fload fatality is reported from Rockhampton. Constable Collins. accompanied by Stephen 'Hughes, set out on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Storm at Cootamundra
An extra heavy thunderstorm passed over Cootamundra early last night. Streets, private residences, and shops were flooded. The rain lasted an hour, and 205 points were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain at Bungonia
The Commonwealth Weather Observer, Bungonia, reports:—There was a phenomenal rainfall on last Sunday afternoon at this station, 133 points falling in less than twenty minutes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Cyclone. Weather Bureau Warning. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY
The Brisbane Weather Bureau warns Bowen and other parts of Queensland that another cyclone is approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Queensland Floods
In addition to the usual programme the Imperial Picture Coy. will screen the late Queensland Floods and seenes of the cyclonic disaster, showing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Storm. Devastation at Murrumburrah
"The Signal" gives an account of the severe storms which broke over Murrumburrah on Saturday about 5.30 p.m. The morning was sultry, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Harden Damage Done in Orchards
HARDEN, Saturday.—After a spell of muggy weather, a heavy thunderstorm of cyclonic violence passed over the district, succeeded by a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Cyclone
Brisbane, Wednesday—Further reports from the north give additional details of the devastation which has been caused by the cyclone. At Innisfail on Saturday practically every house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Queensland Cyclone Town Destroyed
North Queensland has been visited by another cyclone. A Brisbane telegram states:—Cairns and Babinda were almost blown away. The damage is simply colossal. Evidently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murrumburrah Storm. (From “The Signal.”)
A phenomenal hail and rain storm took place at Murrumburrah Saturday, about half-past five o’clock in the evening. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Ruin. Innisfail Stricken. About 300 Injured. Death Roll Now 15
BRISBANE, Thursday.—The steamer Mourilyan has been hastened back from Cairns to Innisfall with foodstuff for the stricken population…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Cyclone. Many Lives Lost
Brisbane, Thursday.—Reports from Cairns show that terrific destruction was caused by the cyclone at Innisfail. It raged from 6 p.m. on Sunday until midnight. The death roll is now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Cyclone. WASHINGTON
Several people have been killed in a cyclone in the Southern States. SYDNEY, Thursday. An application for a bar-license for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Showqround Flooded. Deluge Last Night (Country Press Telegram) SYDNEY
A severe thunderstorm with heavy rain interfered with the tram traffic on the Coogww line last night. The showground was flooded and the water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Storm. House Struck by Lightning (Country Press Telegram.) SYDNEY
During last night a remarkable electric storm paased over Sydney. A house was struck at Marrickville, but nobody was hurt beyond receiving a…
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