Cyclone in America. Reported Loss of 50 Lives
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Telegrams from New York state that a terrific cyclone has swept over a portion of the State of Illinois. Fifty persons are reported to have been…
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Another Terrible Cyclone. [The following cables appeared in our later editions of yesterday.] a Town Demolished
LONDON, April 8.-Great suffering has been caused among the inhabitants of Propetstown, Whitesides County, Illinois, which has been destroyed by a cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cyclone in Illinois. a Town Demolished. Fifty People Killed. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 8
Prophotstown, a settlement on Rock River, in Whiteside County, Illinois, has been devastated by a cyclone of the same type as that which wrecked Louisville…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in Queensland. Collapse of the Fitzroy River Bridge
BRISBANE, April 9.-The bridge over the Fitzroy River has collapsed, and communication between North, and South Rockhampton is suspended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the Country. Windsor Seeks Relief
WINDSOR, Thursday.—A deputation, consisting of the Hon. W. Walker, M.L.C., Mr. F. Mortley (Mayor of Windsor), and Messrs. Conlan, Piddington, and J. B. Johnston, jun., were appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in the Country. Towns Under Water. Boats for Flooded Districts. Mails Suspended
A telegram was received by the Postmaster-General on Wednesday from the postmaster at Groodooga, intimating that mail communication had been suspended since the 3rd instant, and is…
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BOURKE, Wednesday.—News has been received here from Walgett that the river at that place is falling slowly. Brewarrina is the next place to receive the flood, and then Bourke. There is a…
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The Postmaster-General has received a telegram from, the postmaster at Goodooga, stating that mail communication had been suspended since the 3rd instant, and is likely to be for the next two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in the Darling. Great Anxiety and Alarm at Bourke. the Town of Walgett Inundated. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Bourke
The flood news of a serious nature is to hand, as will be seen from the following reports:—Barringun, cloudy, 115 points rain; Edngonia, 112 points; Gongolgon, 19 points, river very high but falling; Tilpa, 155…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Late Flood in the Hawkesburt. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Windsor
This afternoon a meeting of the r lood Relief Committee was held when there was a good attendance, the Mayor being in the chair. It was resolved that subscriptions lists be lett at the banks and public offices,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Flooded Country in the North. Islands Covered Wiih Vermin. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goodooga
The flood is now at a standstill. It is higher than that of 1864 in the Culgoa aud Narran Sheep are all safe on Brenda, Denman, and the Dumble. The waters of the Culgoa, Biree, Bokhara, and Narran…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Flood at Walgett. Nearly 200 People Homeless and Destitute. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Walgett
The flood reached its height last night, and is now 25 miles wide. It has since fallen an inch and a-half. There are no reports of life lost. One hundred and sixty-two people are homeless, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in Queensland. Great Losses of Stock. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
Sad naws of the losses occasioned by the floods in the Balonne River has been received privately, A telegram from Mr. Allen Gillespie at Whynebar, 60 miles below St. George, states that the Boomah…
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The river is fulling slowly. It is raining to-day. There are 32 people still on the island who cannot be rescued, as there is no place of safety to take them to. The water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods at Walgett. a Misleading Telegram
THE telegram published by one of our morning contemporaries to the effect that the people of Walgett, who are suffering from the floods, have received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. The Queensland Floods. Numerous Fatalities. BRISBANE
Reports from Texas, on the border, state that 11 fatalities occurred during the recent flood there. Four Chinamen are supposed to have been drowned in the flood at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. Fifteen Lives Lost-- Collapse of Fitzroy Bridge. Immense Crowds of Grasshoppers. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE,Wednesday,--Reports from Texas, on the border, show there were 11 fatalities during the recent flood. Four Chinamen are also supposed to have been drowned by the flood at…
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Further applications were received yesterday for flood boats for the use of unfortunate residents in the country suffering from the influx of water, and the Marine Board were requested…
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The Postmaster-General yesterday received a telegram from the postmaster at Goodooga staling that mail communication had been suspended since the 3rd inst. and is likely to be for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone at the New Hebrides
By the arrival of the Mario at Noumea, from the Now Hebrides, on March 24, news of that archipelago having felt the terrible effects of the cyclone was received. Captain Villedien, of the Marie, was…
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