Queensland Floods
Inspector M'Grath telegraphed from Rockhampton, stating that the Fitzroy River then registered 31ft. 11 in. on the gauge, and was stationary. There would…
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Queensland Floods Coach Swept Away. Brisbane
Jno. Denham, aged 60, a coachman, was drowned on Friday when the mail coach was swept away in crossing a flooded creok in the Mount Perry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in East Africa Thirty Inches in Five Days London
Reuter's correspondent at Capetown telegraphs:—"A message from Lourenzo Marques, capital of Portuguese East Africa, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Damage by Ovens and King Rivers. Conference at Wangaratta
At. a conference which was attended by representatives of the Wangaratta borough council and the Wangaratta, Oxley, Beechworth and Bright shire councils,…
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Describing conditions on the Western front, Mr. Percival Phillips, the special correspondent, of the "Daily Express." says;—"It is clear, spring-like weather,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Flood Protection at Tallangatta Request for Government Grant
The Victorian Minister of Public Works, Mr. M'Whae, M.L.C., has cultivated the happy knack of satisfying deputations without giving them what they ask for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mackay Floods Ascertaining the Damage. Delegation of Sugar Growers. Melbourne
Mr. Bamford, M.H.R., and Senator Crawford, who have been appointed by the Commonwealth Government to ascertain the damage caused by the recent cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Disaster in Zululand. Sugar Area Wrecked. Many European and Indian Lives Lost. London
Reuters' Durban correspondent reports that Unfolosi, a well known sugar district in Zululand, has been the scene of a terrible disaster, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Taree 120 Points in 15 Minutes. Taree
A cyclone passed over Taree this afternoon, when 120 points of rain fell in 15 minutes. Numerous trees were uprooted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thunderstorm in Sydney 87 Points in 20 Minutes Sydney
A heavy thunderstorm broke over the city this afternoon, accompanied by a sharp fell of 10 degrees in the temperature. Eighty-even points of rain fell in 20 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Floods in South Africa Ladysmith Under Water
Spending in the South African House of Assembly, General Botha, the Prime Minister, announced that half the town of Ladysmith was under water owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Cyclone Wreckage Found Wellington: (N.z.)
Part of a wrecked vessel has been found a hundred miles north of Gisborne. The wreckage Is apparently that of a three-masted wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scheme to Minimise Flood Damage
At a conference which was attended by reresentatives of the Wangaratta, Oxley, Beechworth and Blight Shire Councils, consideratios was given to schemes for…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Mack Ay Cyclone Disaster
To-night patrons of the Lyric Pictures will see the disastrous cyclone which occurred at Mackay, Queensland, recently. These pictures realistically depict the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Artificial Gale. Made for the King. Traps for Submarines
The King recently had the novel experience of suddenly facing a 60-miloan-hour gale. This was made for his Majesty during his inspection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Queensland Cyclone
Queensland coastal towns have been warned of the approach of another cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone in America Town of Continental Wiped Out. Washington
Advices from Columbus state that a cyclone, operating over an area of 20 miles in length, and three-quarters of a mile in width, devastated the north-western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Cyclone Houses Demolished at Babinda. Railway Carriages Overturned Brisbane
As a result of cyclonic rains in North Queensland, there has been a rapid rise of the Burdekin River at Charters Towers. The full force of the cyclone was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Damage. an Extra Shire Rate Proposed
At the meeting of the Berrigan Shire Council on Monday last, Councillors Scott and Davies reported the result of their visit to Sydney in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Cyclone
Official news has been received that Innisfall, a town at the mouth of the Johnstone River, received the full force of Sunday's cyclone, and has…
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