Mackay Disaster Cyclone and Flood. Huge Tidal Wave Submerges Town. Urgent Call for Relief
Gladstone Friday—News has filtered through from Mackay (Q.) to the effect that a terrible disaster lias befallen the town and…
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Floods & storms, 1918
30 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
The Queensland Floods
The disastrous floods in Queensland command attention, not only on account of the great economic interests involved and endangered, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in Melbourne Four Miles of Destruction
Saturday's cyclonic disturbance was most severely felt in the suburbs along the west side of the bay. At Brighton beach the devastation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First Shots of Armageddon. Allies Confidently Await Storm. Hindenburg Masses Millions for Last Tremendous Stake. London
Offensive activity, preparatory to the gigantic battles of 1918, has commenced on the West Front. Spasmodic artillery fire searches the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale at Wingham
An exceptionally heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by a terrific gale, occurred at Wingham about 2 o'clock on Wednesday. An inch of rain was registered at the local…
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A cyclonic storm of unusual severity passed over Taree on Wednesday between 1 and 2 o'clock. The wind was terrific; and the rain fell…
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The storm in the town itself lasted about as long as a "lovers' quarrel," but it seamed to have affected everybody and everything. At 1…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone Smashes Innisfail
The news reached Brisbane on Wednesday that a terrific cyclone struck Innisail on Sunday night. Nearly every house and town in the district was…
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GREAT devastation has been caused by a cyclone at Innisfail, Queensland. Eight persons were killed, and many injured. The destitution at Innisfail…
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At the Manning Shire Council meeting last week a letter was read from Local Government Department asking for certain information with regard…
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The Lord Chief Justice of England presiding over the farewell dinner to Rodwell, the Governor-elect of Fiji said that the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Situation Improving. "Complete and Disastrous Failure." German Attempt to Storm Hills. Australian Heroism and Gallantry. General Situation Favors Allies. Paris
A Paris message says M. Clemenceau declared in the Lobby that the general situation now clearly favors the Allies. The Echo de Paris says: Our losses since the…
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Another storm was narrowly averted when the President ruled out of order the following "Want of Confidence Motion." tabled some time ago by Cr…
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During a vioient and destructive thunderstorm in the Barrier district fences and polos for electric wires were blown down, causing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Oust No Storms. Cause of Blue Skies
Dust has been for so long the enemy of the housewife, the cause of municipal legislation and the bearer of disease, that it is seldom thought…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wyralla Flood Reserve
WE reprint the following letter from the Koraki " Herald " :— Sir,—I notice by your issue of the 13th August that the Department is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman on the Warpath. Queensland Liquor Reformers, Storm the Assembly
HARD words breaK 110 bones—and there are men and women for the matter of that, who have been known to thrive under abuse. But who can flourish upon the poisonous diet of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shire Council. a Perfect Day Ends in Storm. Mutual Recrimination, Characters and Contracts Reviewed
AT Monday's Shire Council there were present President Mannix, Crs. Saul, Kissane, Lancaster, Hill and O'Meara. CORRESPONDENCE…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Hector Maclean, J.P. A Severe Storm
On Monday morning Rev. S. P. Stewart, Tinonee, received a telegram stating that Mr. Hector Maclean had died at the residence of his eldest The heat of Friday and Saturday last was followed by a very violent thunderstorm on Saturday evening. At about 7.30 p.m. a storm developed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waiting for the Storm
In the [?]luslon of the House cloaktrooms a story is being told on a Western member (says the "Washington Post"). There are 357 men in the House. Three hundred…
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