Disaster at Mackay Cyclone and Tidal Wave. Sydney
Port Mackay (Queensland), was struck by a cyclone and tidal wave and flood. Several vessels Were sunk. Hundreds…
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Queensland Floods Sydney
Heavy rain is still falling in the flooded parts of Queensland. Mackay is under water. There has been great loss of life. The sugar crops are…
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Port Mackay (Queensland) was struck by a cyclone and [?] wave and flood. Several vessels were sunk…
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A Port Hedland telegram states that after a shade temperature of 120 the most violent westerly "willy" on record struck the town, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods. Nortmern Part of State Isolated. Brisbane
The telegraph line at Muttaburra is now cut off, and thus the whole of northern Queensland is isolated. Some fears are entertained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By Telegraph. Queensland Floods
Brisbane, Monday.—The Premier received the following wireless message through the steamer Bingara, from Mackay: "There is large loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Queensland Cyclone History of a Former Disaster
The following account of a previous cyclone, 15 years ago, is told by the "Sun" to give an idea of the severity of the visitation which wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Queensland Cyclone. Family Drowned Like Rats In Cage. Reports of Damage in all Directions
Latest messages from North Queensland show that the effects of the cyclone and floods at Mackay are worse than has been hitherto reported…
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Further particulars of the Mackay disaster show that the material damage is estimated at a million and half sterling, and extends over a radios of…
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A delayed telegram from the police magistarte st Mackay reached the Queensland Justice Department to-day, stating that the temporarily covered…
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Sydney, Thursday.— Widespread rain fell over N.S.W. yesterday. The fall was practically general throughout the State, the registrations in most parts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Cyclone. Sugar Mills Wrecked. Heavy Damage
Mr. Gladstone, the Queensland manager of the North Eton sugar mills, Mackay, states that the whole of the mills were wrecked, pieces flying off…
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The BRISBANE-Rockhampton mail train service is again disorganised. Thirty-five inches and 70 points of rain fell at Byfield, north of Yeppoon,…
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Brisbane, Thursday.—There has been 15 days' continuous rain at Mackay.- The damage by the cyclone is estimated at £1,500,000…
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Further news from Mackay states that practically all the damage was caused by a tidal wave, which enveloped the town, and not by the flood…
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The Brisbane-Rockhampton mail train service is again disorganised. Thirty-five inches and 70 points of rain at Byfield, north of Yeppoon, between…
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The cyclonic weather reached Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, bursting from the west. Great damage was done. The fall force of the gale was…
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A wind storm at Melbourne on Saturday is said to be the most violent that has occurred in Australia since records have been taken…
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The flood situation at Mackay is improving. The flood waters in the north are very slowly receding. The mining industry is affected by…
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Brisbane, Monday.—The latest estimates of the damage done by the cyclone and tidal wave and flood at Mackay make a total of between…
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