Great Floods in Queensland. Houses Washed Away. a Mother, and Three Children Drowned
Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 6
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A terrible flood occurred at Glastonbury Creek, thirteen, miles from Gympie, on Monday night. The creek, which is ordinarily a shallow stream, rose greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fearful Flood. a Wall of Water. Houses Washed Away. The Inmates Drowned. BRISBANE
The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 4
A terrible flood has occurred at Glastonbury Creek, 13 miles from Gympie. On Monday night, the creek, which is ordinarily a shallow stream rose in consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Flood Near Gympie. a Wall of Water 20 Feet High. Numerous Houses Washed Away. a Mother and Three Children Drowned. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 5
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Terrible floods occurred in tho Glastonbury Creek, 13 miles from Gympie, on Monday night. The creek ordinarily is a shallow stream but rose in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Floods. Probable Change
Evening News · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 6
Telegrams from our country correspondents and an interview with Mr. Russell at the Observatory indicate that rain has fallen more or less throughout the country districts. Housekeepers whose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) High Floods in the Hastings. Eight and A-half Inches of Rain in 24 Hours. Ballina
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 5
Heavy rain still continues. There is a fresh in the river, and it is still rising. BLAYNEY, THURSDAY. The weather was fine to-day, but cloudy and still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. Houses Washed Away. Four Persons Drowned. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 5
Disastrous floods occurred on Monday night at Glastonbury Creek, about 18 miles from Gympie. In the usual way the creek is a shallow stream, but on Monday, in consequence of recent heavy rains,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the North. Rise in the Macleay. Miles of Country Under Water. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 5
KEMPSEY, Thursday Flight.--Rain set in here on Saturday and up to the present 11in. have been registered. The river is up 12ft. over the Government Wharf. Rain is also falling at…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5
MURRURUNDI, Saturday.--Owing to the recent rains, one of the telegraph-poles about 100yd. south of the station, and where the wires cross the line gave way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queensland Floods. They "Had to Swim for It!"
Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 4
BRISRANE, Friday.-Owing to the floods, Messrs Glassey, Binchcliffe, and Casey, the labor delegates, on their arrival at Barcaldine from Blackall,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Flood Near Gympie. Numerous Houses Washed Away. a Mother and Three Children Drowned
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 15
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Terrible floods occurred in the Gladstonbury Creek, 13 miles from Gympie, on Monday night. The creek ordinarily is a shallow stream, but rose in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Disastrous Floods. Heavy Falls of Rain. Rapid Rice of Rivers. GRAFTON
The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5
This district has been visited by another heavy rainfall, and since Sunday last rain has fallen almost continuously. Few people here anticipated, when the dry weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rains and Floods. Phenomenal Rise of Rivers. Much Damage Done
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5
Rain more or less heavy continues to fall in the northern parts of the colony, and tho consequences appear likely to be most disastrous. On the Richmond, Clarence and Macleay the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 11
The floods have done considerable damage on the Southern and Western railway. At Miles the water was running over the bridge there to-day, and a portion of the line has been washed away…
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Evening News · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 7
Then a mighty wind arose, and blew from the sunset land, Blew till the tall trees bent like the slender blades of grain;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Grafton District. Overflow of Little River. Sixty Men in Danger Op Starvation
Evening News · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 2
A Correspondent telegraphs from Little River Goldfield, Dalmorton, as follows: Little River is flooded, and the work at the mines has been suspended. There are sixty men across the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Johnstown Floods
Evening News · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 4
LONDON, January 17.—The Johnstown Floods Relief Fund amounts to £590,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. a Flood Anticipated
The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 6
ANGLEDOOL, Monday.--Queensland advices to-day from the Surat and Mitchell districts state that the flood waters from both the Condamine and Maranoa rivers are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods at Grafton. The Waters Abating. A Mail Coach Washed Away. GRAFTON
The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 6
The river here is slowly falling, but will not reach the usual level before Wednesday. The damage to maize crops was confined to small areas. The loss…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in the North. Great Damage to Maize Crops. KEMPSEY
The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 5
Showery weather prevailed on Saturday, and 27 points of rain fell. From January 11 to January 18 instant the rainfall registered at Kempsey was 1415 points. On…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 5
BRISBANE, Sunday.--Reports from the country show that the floods generally are subsiding. No rain has fallen in Brisbane to-day…
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