The Floods at Marrick-ville
An interview took place yesterday between the Minister for Works and the Minister for Public Instruction with reference to the effect of the recent heavy rains at Marrickville. As…
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Great Floods in Arkansas. Three Thousand People Famishing. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 31
Portion of Baxter county, in the State of Arkansas, has been flooded by the rise of the rivers. Part of the flooded area is said to be submerged to a depth of 15ft…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Relief of Sufferers by the Floods. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Kempsey
A meeting was held at the Royal Hotel to-day to urge the Government to commence work for the benefit of the sufferers by the floods. Mr. C. Sutherland, J.R., was in the chair. Captain Davies, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The flood in the Central district are very severe, and great loss of property has resulted. The river has broken over the bank below Yamba, completely flooding surrounding country. News from…
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Captain Dan Calder, of the steamer Birkegate, which arrived in Port Jackson this morning, has supplied us with the following account of the voyage and wreck of the Queensland labor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tornado at Louisville. the Mississippi Floods
LONDON, April 2.-The number of people killed by the tornado at Louisville is now estimated at 90 and the number of people being tree tested for serious injuries amounts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. Drowning Fatalities. Families Camped on the Hills for Safety
BRISBANE, Thursday,-The weather bureau forecast still speaks of rain in most parts of Queensland. Owing to interruption to the telegraphic…
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The highest flood on record occurred at Isisford. Patrick Connelly, late of Drayton, was drowned. All traffic is stopped and rations are running short. Boree Creek, at Blackall, is half a mile wide…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the South Queensland flood relief committee yesterday, a letter was read from the citizens of Clermont, advising a further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deputations. Storm-water Sewer at Balmain
Yesterday a deputation from the Municipal Council of Balmain, accompanied by Messrs. J. Garrard, F. Smith, Clubb, and J. S. Hawthorne, [?]L.A., interviewed the Minister for Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hurricanes and Wrecks. March Storms in the New Hebrides and Other Groups. Great Loss of Life by Drowning and by Savagery
March weather in the South Pacific hurricane region is to be dreaded. It is but twelve months ago that the startling news was received of the hurricane at Samoa in the Navigator group, when noble ships and worthy…
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The postmaster at Yetman informed the Secretary to the General Post-office by telegram yesterday that the Bonshaw mailman had arrived that day with the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. the Fitzroy Still Rising Rapidly. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
It is reported at Stanthorpe that Bengalla and Beebo stations, below Texas, have been swept away. No information is obtainable of the occupants, but it is known that a boat is always kept moored to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather. Terrible Floods in the North-west. Incalculable Damage to Stations. Many Thousands of Sheep Drowned. Selectors Ruined. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Ballina
The weather is showery at Ballina; 17in. of rain were registered in March; and at Cumberland, a few miles north, 24½in. fell, making 55in. for the quarter. BOURKE, THURSDAY…
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A tremendous cyclone is reported from Kentucky A ballroom was wrecked, and some 300 dancer, were killed. The gasometers in the city of Louisville were blown away, and the city caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone and Floods in America. Tornado and Blizzard. Louisville Wrecked. Hundreds Killed. a County Submerged. Thousands Homeless
LONDON, March 28.—A disastrous cyclone has occurred in the United States. Its worst effects were felt in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois, where…
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A cyclonic storm of the most violent character last night swept aver the northern portion of the State of Kentucky. In its progress lay the city of Louisville,…
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London, March 28—A cyclonic storm of the most violent character last night swept over the northern portion of the State of Kentucky. In its progress lay the city of Louisville, the capital…
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ARRANGEMENTS were made in answer to the request of the late deputation to the Minister for Public Works, for Mr. Cecil Darley, Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, to visit Maitland…
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MESSRS. See and M'Farlane, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works on Tuesday, and represented to him the necessity of proceeding with the repair of roads in the Northern…
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