Brisbane Shipping.—Floods
BRISBANE, Saturday.—The Yaralla, steamer, about whom some fears have been entertained for her safety, has arrived from Rockhampton, after a very tempestuous passage.—Captain M'Lean, of…
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Severe Gale at Lismore
LISMORE, Monday.—Lismore and its vicinity was visited by a severe squall from the south-west yesterday afternoon, Luckily it only lasted about ten minutes, but during that time the…
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Shortly after 11 o'clock, a heavy thunderstorm broke over the city, and the peals of thunder were terrific. Rain descended in torrents, and very soon flooded the low-lying portions of the city. Elizabeth…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Yesterday's storm was the most violent known for years. There was a perfect deluge of rain, nearly an inch and a quarter in the hour, while the wind blew at the rate of…
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Shortly after 11 o'clock, a heavy thunderstorm broke over the city, and the peals of thunder were terrific. Rain descended in torrents, and very soon flooded the low-lying portions of the city. Elizabeth…
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WRECK OF S.S. "EXPRESS," CHESAPEAKE BAY, HOOPER'S ISLAND, FROM A SKETCH BY AN OFFICER OF THE RESCUING STEAMSHIP "SHIRLEY." FOUNDERING OF THE S. S. "GENERAL BARNES," OFF CAPE HATTERAS, SKETCHED FROM RESCUING SCHOONER…
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WE have to record a long list of casualties in the recent gales in the Atlantic Ocean. Among the vessels lost was the steamer Express, from Baltimore to Washington, with freight and passengers,…
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COOKTOWN, Wednesday.—The E. and A. Company's steamer Bowen has arrived from Hongkong. The news brought by her is unimportant, except as regards the heavy gales which have been raging…
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COOKTOWN, [?] The ketch Hibernia returned to port last dismasted. She left Cooktown on the [?]ary for Port Moresby, and met with the [?] the 6th January. She…
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WALGETT, Friday.—A tremendous thunderstorm passed over the town last night, over three inches of rain fell. The wires at the telegraph office were fused by the lightning, and a…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—There have been heavy floods in the Barcoo country, and several large mobs of travelling cattle are stuck up through the flooded state of the creeks.—One of the escapees…
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COOMA, Wednesday.âThe greatest flood known here for the last thirty years visited Cooma on Tuesday, swamping all the houses in low situations and destroying a large amount of valuable…
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PESTH, March 12.—The town of lzzidin has been completely inundated. There was a great loss of life, and thousands were rendered homeless. Later advices announce that the calamity which…
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The town of Izzidin has been completely inundated. There was great loss of life, and thousands were rendered homeless. Later advices announce that the calamity…
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The town of Izzidin has been completely inundated. There has been great loss of life, and thousands were rendered homeless. Later advices announce that the calamity which…
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Early-yesterday morning the M'Intyre River, at Inverall, was a banker, and it rose steadily until about noon, when it overflowed its banks at the bridge and entered Ross and Co.'s store, the…
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The Bombala mailman from Cooma returned ben this evening. He reports that be lost the mailbags in trying to cross the rock at Flat Creek, about ten miles from Cooma. One of hishorses,…
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On Tuesday afternoon, 11th instant, a violent storm broke over Cooma. The Mercury states that about 4 o'clock down fell the rain in torrents. Rarely was there such electrical disturbance in theatmosphere. The "artillery" of the heavens…
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The flood waters are reaching here, and the water is within a few feet of the banks. The railway temporary bridge has shifted slightly, through a quantity of timber coming against it,…
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On Tuesday afternoon, 11th instant, a violent storm broke over Cooma. The Mercury states that about 4 o'clock down fell the rain in torrents. Rarely was there such electrical disturbance in the atmosphere. The "artillery" of the heavens…
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