Storm Water Channel,iron Cove Creek
The Minister for Works is inviting tenders for the construction of the first section of the Iron Cove Creek stormwater channel. This is a portion of the system inaugurated in…
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Storms and Shipwrecks
Then rose from sea to sky the wild fareweil— Then shriek'd the timid and stood still the brave— Then Bome leaped overboard with dreadfaiyell, As eager to anticipate their grave:…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Floods in America. Families Rendered Homeless
LONDON, Sunday.--Disastrous floods have occurred in the State of Ohlo, in the United States. A large number of families have been rendered homeless and 22 miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lady Franklin During a Storm
Ten years, age, the brigantine Lady Franklin a vessel of 166 tons, was launched at Jervis Bay, Newsouth Wales. She is one of the n[?]rous fleet hailing out of the port of sydney, whose first-class sailing capabilities have contributed…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Unsettled weather is expected to prevail in both North and South Queensland, and rain, heavy in parts' is anticipated. INGHAM, Tuesday.—Sixteen inches of rain have…
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ADELAIDE, Monday. -- The postmaster at Hergo[?] Springs has telegraphed to the Postmaster-General as follows: -- "The Birdsville mail arrived here at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in America
LONDON, Sunday. -- Disastrous floods have occurred in the State of Ohio, in the United States. A large number of families have been rendered homeless and 22 miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Floods in Queensland. Families Washed Out. Refuging on Roofs and in Trees. Traffic Interrupted
ISISFORD, Thursday.—The Barcoo is now in high flood, the river being over a mile wide and as high as last year's flood. The telegraph wires have been under water for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Flood Expected in the Bulloo. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thargomindah
The River Bulloo has risen a foot since Sunday. It is now falling slowly. Adavale yesterday reports the river an inch higher than the biggest flood known there. The river is receding. A very big flood is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extra Special. the Shearing Strike. a Unionist Camp Flooded. One Man Drowned. Police in Pursuit of Offenders. Taking Out Non-unionists--Strike Prisoners Unable to Obtain Ball. BRISBANE
A telegram from Muttaburra states that the camp there is surrounded by water. One unionist was drowned, and others removed by boats. A wire from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. the Floods at Cairns
CAIRNS, Wednesday.--Only lin. of rain was registered this morning. During the floods of Sunday night 10 packhorses and four coach horses were drowned. Many people on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Flood in the Bulloo. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thargomindah
The Bulloo River rose 10 inches from 10 o'olock last night until 3 to-day. A big flood is anticipated, but it is not generally thought that it will reach the last highwater mark. The Brisbane and Sydney mails arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Shearing War. a Unionist Camp Flooded. One Man Drowned Police in Pursuit of Offenders. Taking Out Non-unionists--Strike Prisoners Unable to Obtain Bail. BRISBANE
A telegram from Muttaburra states that the camp there is surrounded by water. One unionist was drowned, and others removed by boats. A wire from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatality at a Ballarat Mine. the Workings Flooded
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A miner named John Rundle was killed in the shaft of the South Star Company's mine, Ballarat, this morning. He was working in the bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weather Forecasting Some of the Conditions. How the Work is Done. A Chat With Mr. Russell. The Late Cyclone. Interesting Details
THE weather prophet of the country village is usually, nay, always, an old, old man. He, with the contrariness of old ago, always predicts storms, hail or snow. When his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in Queensland. Heavy Losses Op Live Stock
CAIRNS, Sunday.—Accounts are to hand of the loss of at least 500 cattle on Mulgrave and Eussell Rivers by the recent floods. Mr. Peterson, of Aloomba, lost over 200 horses, which were swept…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bourke Floods. an Alleged Attempt on the Relief Fund
JEREMIAH CROWLEY, a young-looking man, was arraigned at the Quarter Sessions this morning, upon an indictment charging him with having attempted to obtain from E. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Belief Fund. Charge of False Pretences
At the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before his Henor Judge Backhouse, Jeremiah Crowley was arraigned upon an indictment charging him with having on November 20,1890, attempted to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in the Bulloo River. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thargomindah (Q.)
The Bullos River has risen 12in, since Friday. On Saturday it fell, and began rising again the following afternoon. We are now getting the Adavale water, and the river will probably continue to rise until about…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Floods in South Australia. Disastrous Results
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Heavy floods are reported from Tumby Bay, on the western side of Spencers Gulf. Miles of fencing were washed away. The telegraph line is down, and hundreds…
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