Floods Predicted
Mr. H. A. Hunt, Federal Meteorologist, issued the following special forecast on Thursday:—"A cyclone has developed over Central Australian from…
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Floods in Queensland Rivers Rising—mail Coaches Blocked Brisbane
The St. George River has risen 8ft. and is still rising. At [?] o'clock yesterday morning it was rising at the rate of a foot an hour. At Suret it…
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A cyclone at Beulah almost devastated the town. Buildings were blown down and verandahs lifted off…
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Victoria is not often visited by a cyclone of the fury of one which wrecked the roofs of the Presbyterian and Anglican Churches at Beulah on Monday last. In addition to…
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Heavy rain has again fallen along the railway line from Richmond to Cloncurry, Queensland, and trains have been blocked at Connell and Hoare Creeks. The flood…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Drowned on Horseback. Tragic Fate of a Doctor a Flood Incident. Dr. G. J. Scaly, of Oak Hill House
Weybridge, was drowned near Shepperton yesterday afternoon, 24th December, through falling into the Thames with his horse while riding along the river…
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Heavy rains have fill around Brisbane, some places reporting over twelve inches in 24 hours. Many centres were submerged…
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The flood waters are rapidly rising at Tamworth. Many of the principal buildings are under water. It is considered certain that all stock…
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Owing to the heavy floods land is completely isolated so far us telegraphic communication is concerned. Up to a late hour on Sunday…
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Great damage has been done by floods on the lower Mantling, which rose 44 feet…
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Richard Ponsonby, 22 years of age, is reported, to have accepted a challenge to swim the Peel river, Tamworth, which is running with…
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Phenomenal rains are reported from the north-west and north of the state, and many floods hare occurred. At Boggabri the flood was the highest…
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latest news from Narrabri shows that the Hood waters have caused widespread devastation. Many houses in the town are under water and there…
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Big rains near the ter[?]inus of the Great [?]thern Railway in South Australia placed [?]whole country, under flood, and flic, train carrying mails, as well as parcels and…
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Extensive rains over the watershed of the Brisbane River, Q., caused that river to overflow its banks, and the low-lying suburbs of the city were inundated, The rain…
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Very heavy rains have fallen over the north-eastern portion of New South Wales, and towards, the coast, causing floods at Tamworth, Wee Waa, Narrabri, Boggabri,…
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Great floods are being experienced at Narrabri. The water is already within eighteen inches of the great flood of 1890. Immense bodies of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From the Capital. Sydney, Thursday, 8 p.m. Floods in Queensland
The flood waters of the Fitzroy river (Queensland) are rising. All the wharves are submerged. The railway lines are also covered…
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Flood waters inundated the town of Wee Waa yesterday, almost every house being under water The flood is the most disastrous since 1820. The…
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Wee Waa, a township on the Namoi River, 337 miles north-west of Sydney, is in a state of flood. The water rose very rapidly, breaking over the whole…
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