The Townsville Cyclone. Serious Loss of Life. Terrible Devastation. Brisbane
A devastating cyclone burst on the city of Townsville on Monday, and practically laid the main street, in ruins before its fury was spent. The…
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Great Storm at Townsville. Much Damage Done. the Hospital Wrecked. Brisbane
Advices from Townsville state that it has been blowing a hurricane there during Monday, and as telegraphic communication with Bowen is interrupted it is…
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The thermometer reached 102.5deg. on Sunday last, the heat during the day being most oppressive. The appearance of the sky in a northerly direction in the afternoon indicated the approach of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Townsville Cyclone. a Local Paper's Account. Demolition of the Hospital. Brisbane
The Townville Bulletin, in decribing the cyclone, says:—"Apart from the collapse of moro or less imposing buildings, many wooden dwellings…
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The Church of England suffered very severely in the cyclone. The Cathedral was almost unroofed, and the principal roof timbers were carried away. The…
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London, February 13.—Three days' continuous downpour of an abnormal character ended last Monday in many parts of Scotland being visited by…
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Wycheproof (Vic.) farmers generally are coming to the opinion that the accumulations of sand heaped up along their fences; and the top dressing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Storms. Damage to Shipping. London, April 17
Marseilles has been visited by a violent storm, which did much damage to the shipping in the harbour ; many vessels broke from their moorings, and others foundered. Work…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Late Rainfall. the Downpour General. Splendid Results. Some Flood Damages
Shortly after this paper went to press on Thursday night rain set in, and by 9 a.m. on Friday 28 points had been registered. On Friday afternoon a very heavy storm…
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Heavy rain fell in the Cobtamundra district yesterday afternoon, and the result was that floods occurred and washaways took place on the railways, delaying the…
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The Department is flooded with applications, 700 having been received of whom 130 have been accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods in America. Fearful Fatalities. An Isolated Town Set on Fire by Burning Floating Timber. Five Hundred Persons Beyond Hope of Deliverance. LONDON
Disastrous floods have occurred at Kansas, America, causing enormous destruction of property, and loss of life…
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The winter gales have set in with almost unexampled severity. The Oakland, a fine screw collier, which wenthered the Maltland hurricane…
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A report from Bega says:—The roughest weather experienced for years has prevailed. The intermittent squalls have been driving before them sleety rain, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The American Floods. Tremendous Damage. Londons June 3
Additional particulars are published respecting the disastrous floods in Kansas and the adjoining states. Six hundred square miles of country south of Keokuk, in Iowa…
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Terrible devastation has been wrought by floods in parts of the United States, unprecedented rains having fallen in the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri…
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An adventure, in which more than one life was risked, was experienced near Singapore on 3rd inst. On Tuesday night Sergeant Hogan received word that the…
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Advices from Topeka, the capital of Kansas, state that in consequence of the terrible flood 200 children were unable to leave the schoolhouse, and that for some days it was found…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Floods in the South. London, June 8
A telegram from Reuter's correspondent gives a painful picture of the damage caused by the great floods which started a week ago in the central southern states. He says that…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Heavy Rain in England. the Thames Flooded. London, June 15
Heavy and continuous rain has fallen in the southern counties of England during the last 50 hours, causing a serious flood in the valley of the Thames. It is feared that the…
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