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The additional members of the private committee for collecting funds towards relieving the distress caused by floods in Queensland are Messrs. Thomas Archer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the dull greyness of a dismal morning, promising well for another wet day, I managed to get away from Brisbane on the Northern train for Gympie. The uncertainty of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rain has been falling almost continuously since yesterday, and there is every prospect of a further heavy downfall. Heavy rain has been, and still is, general over the greater part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WALGETT, Friday.--The flood in the Barwon reached its greatest height this morning, viz., 38ft. 7in., or nearly 7ft. below the great flood of 1890. and 19in. below that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The captain of the American four-masted schooner W. H. Talbot, from Carmen Island, California, reports having encountered terrific gales off the Australian coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Though undoubtedly a successful weather prophet, Mr. Clement Wragge would appear to be not above losin himself in the mazes of the mother tongue. He recently had practical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the vicinity of Hobart, on Thursday, a heavy gale was experienced. The orchards of Hobart and suburbs, especially Glenorchy, were very much damaged. The Bellerive railway pier, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →For the last week or so we have been on the tenter-hooks of uneasiness and suspense, not knowing the moment when the heavy gusts of wind and intermittent rain squalls might develop…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →LONDON, February 8.—Three more, shocks of earthquake have oocurred, at Zante. The King and Queen of Greece were on the island at the time of the shocks, having…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LISMORE, Saturday.—The river up 30 feet, or about fire feat below the biggest flood on record. The water is rising slowly. The lower parts of the town and across by Dean's Hotel are under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, February 17.—The subscriptions in aid of the Queensland Relief Fund amounts to £1500. The committee desires details of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Postmaster-General yesterday received the following information respecting the Queensland telegraph lines, viz: "That the northern lines beyond Brisbane became unworkable at 1.30…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A PUBLIC meeting to express sympathy with the sufferers by the floods in Queensland, and to establish a relief fund for their aid, was held in the Sydney Town Hall on Monday night. There…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →FROM B isbane we learn that the work of relief ia still going busily on. Blankets, food, and clothing of all kinds are being distributed to the destitute, and it may be worth while remarking that large…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A sum of £1500 has been subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in Queensland. The relief committee desires to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The recent floods at Otaki are the worst experienced during the past 25 years. Considerable damage has been done to property…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A flood, altogether surpassing the record flood of Saturday last, occurred here this afternoon. It had been raining all day yesterday and last night, and there was a redoubled downpour…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A telegram has been received by the Police Magistrate asking that boats be forwarded to Walgett. The police are making arrangements to forward boats immed ately by vans. The Namo[?] is rising…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rain set in last night with no appearance of clearing. To-night the wind freshened from the south-east, and the weather looks extremely dirty. The river rose rapidly at Tabulam, and at 8 p.m. was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Since 9 a.m. yesterday the rainfall amounted to nearly 5½in., and rain is reported to be general throughout the district. The river at Casino is now up 22ft., having risen fully 10ft. since 6 p.m…
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