Friday. Heavy Rain in Queensland. Drought Broken Up
Heavy rain continues in Queensland and the drought is now considered to have broken up…
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51 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 3
Heavy Rain
A Queensland telegram states that since Tuesday incessant, rain has fallen at Gladstone, eleven inches being recorded…
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A heavy storm has been experienced at Narrabri. A Number of roofs were lifted off, and considerable damage done…
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The rain in Brisbane has ceased end the barometer has risen slightly. The river is still rising several inches per hour and it is expected it will…
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Heavy rain is falling is the waterabed of the Brisbane River, and a heavy rise is expected. The weather anthorities are warning the people to…
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The Brisbane River appears to remain stationary. The river has risen 18 feet, as compared with 20½ feet in the 1890 flood. Two persons were drowned, a father and…
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A TELEGRAM from Brisbane on Wednesday reports :--Water has now flowed into the streets in the low lying parts of the city on both sides of the river, and at 9 30 a.m to day was within 3ft of…
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The flood waters are receding, but the mail trains are still delayed…
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A telegram from Brisbane on Wednesday reports:—Water has now flowed into the streets in the low. lying parts of the city on both sides…
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The residents of the flooded parts of Brisbane were busy last night clearing their premises of mud left by the flood water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney. Monday, 10.33 a.m. Heavy Rain
On Saturday evening a heavy thunderstorm passed over the metropolitan district and torrents of rain fell, 85 points being registered, the greater part falling in an hour…
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A gentleman known in Walcha, writes as follows to the "Witness": Brisbane, Jan. 18. The flood of 1898 has come…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Mackay. Great Damage to Property
A severe cyclone occurred at Mackay, Queensland, on Friday, and scarcely a single building remains undamaged, many being completely…
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A telegram from Mackey states that at about 12 o'clock on the night of Wednesday week last a terrible cyclone passed over the town, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney. Monday, 11 37 a.m. Heavy Rain
A heavy gale and rain prevailed all yesterday, and 4½ inches fell. At Camden traffic is suspended owing to the floods…
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As a result of Sunday's storm the dam across the Cataract River, confining water for the supply of the Prospect reservoir, burst yesterday,…
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A terrible storm in the Gulf of Finland swept 200 fishermen out to sea…
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A severe cyclonic thunderstorm struck Wellington yesterday. Two inches of rain fell in halt an hour, and several buildings were unroofed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London. Wednesday. Snow Storms
Heavy storms of snow have occurred in the West of England, and many trains have been snowed up…
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