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498 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 25
I send you the particulars of a flood which has completely devastated the whole of this beautiful district, leaving the natives completely destitute. They have held meetings, and have come to the determination to leave the district. On…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Toowoomba papers of Wednesday, the 19th instant, advise us of a frightful storm near Drayton, on Saturday week. It seems to have been the most violent of the season, and we regret to say has already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incessant rains have taken place here, wholly un-precedented for the quantity of water which fell. The Fitzroy river ; has risen rapidly, and all the wharfs are submerged. Great damage is done on the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods are still rising on the Fitzroy River, and the waters have reached within a short distance of the highest flood marks. Most disastrous news has been received from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday last, at midnight, a disastrous flood suddenly swept over Clermont, carrying away houses, fences, and furniture. In an hour nearly five feet of water was running in places at eight or nine miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By the City of Brisbane we have files from Brisbane to the 8th instant. A telegram from Bowen gives further particulars of the cyclone that occurred there on the 31st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of persons interested in the wool destroyed by the recent fire at Flood's stores was yesterday held at the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alexander Campbell was voted to the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday last, at midnight, a disastrous flood suddenly swept over Clermont, carrying away houses, fences, and furniture. In an hour nearly five feet of water was running in places…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE have been floods at Rockhampton and Maryborough, and mail communication with the Gympie was suspended for several days; the wharf at Rockhampton was submerged, and the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A meeting of persona interested in the wool destroyed by the recent fire at "Flood's stores was yesterday held at the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alexander Campbell was voted to the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. LEE asked the Colonial Secretary—1. When the evidence taken before the commissioners appointed by the Government to ascertain what measures, if any, could be adopted for relieving the Hunter Uiver district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By the James Peterson we have papers to the 5th instant. In addition to the telegraphic news previously published, we have the following particulars of the recent floods:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have received the following particualrs of the downpour at Cawarral from a man who came in from ther on Thursday. He and his mate were camped in a humpy on the other side of the gully, near the creek and opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The latest telegrams contained in the Brisbane papers inform us that the loss of sheep on the Wolfang station is reported to have been from six to eight thousand. All the dams and miles of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The latest telegrams contained in the Brisbane papers inform us that the loss of sheep on the Wolfang station is roported, to have been from six to eight thousand. All the dams and miles of fencing…
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