The Queensland Floods
This week we present our readers with illustrations of the Queensland floods, taken by a gentleman who was in Brisbane through the whole of that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods & storms, 1893
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An Incident of the Brisbane Flood
An unfortunate woman, a few hours after confinement, carried shoulder high on a stretcher through the rushing rain and flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Floods in Queensland—the Wreck of Victoria Bridge and the Flooded Streets
1. View of Kangaroo Point. 2. Ruins of Victoria Bridge, showing South Brisbane in the distance. 3. View of Edward-street, looking toward Brisbane River, and showing Finney, Isles, and Company's new building on the right foreground, G. Carew. Gardiner and Company, Billington and Company, with the " Courier" Buildings farther away on the opposite side of the street. 4. View in Creek-street, showing the Gresham Hotel in the foreground, right hand side, and Alfred Shaw and Company's premises on the opposite side. 5. View of Queen-street, looking upward from the bottom of Wharf-street…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Australian Town and Country Journal. "Past, present, future." Sydney, Saturday, February 18, 1893. Floods Relief
QUEENSLAND, our northern neighbor, is suffering from a visitation of floods more disastrous than anything that has occurred for years, more disastrous for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Great Floods in Queensland. Loss of Life. Terrible Devastation. an Unparalleled Misfortune. (See illustrations on this and other pages.)
The unparalleled misfortune which has befallen Queensland by the terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Great Floods in Queensland. Traffic Suspended. More Heavy Rains. Messages of Sympathy. (Continued From Page 28.)
The Floods Relief Committee has now got into full working order. Contributions both in money and kind are pouring in plentifully, and much gratitude ie expressed at the timely action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods in New South Wales. Northern Rivers in Flood. Damage to Crops. Bridge Washed Away
CARCOAR, February 8.—Heavy rain fell here yesterday. Gorringe's Creek, which junctions with the Belabula River at the town, rose 20ft in half an hour. The Gorringe's Bridge was swept…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Queensland Floods. Latest News
LONDON, February 13.—Sir James Garrick, the Agent-General for Queensland, has published a telegram from Sir Samuel Griffith stating that it is not necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Gympie Gold Field. Mines Damaged by Floods
Until the waters subside, it will, of course, be impossible to estimate the damage done in the mines (says the TIMES of February 6), but from what can be seen on the surface now it is…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Queensland Floods. Relief from Parramatta
DURING the week Mr. Hugh Taylor, M.P., interested himself in having a petition signed for presentation to the Mayor of Parramatta asking him to call a public meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Great Floods.. Official Reports. Communication Interrupted
We were favored on Saturday by the Postmaster-General (Mr. J. Kidd) with the following information: "The Sydney-Brisbane lines interrupted between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in Queensland The London Relief Committee. Toowoomba Under Water. Great Damage to Property. Bridges Washed Away. Landslips on the Railways. Brisbane Inundated. The Situation at Ipswich. Succoring Refugees. Mail Arrangements
LONDON, February 18.—Sir J. F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, has received an additional £300 on behalf of the Flood Relief Fund…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in the North. Rivers Rising. Lismore Under Water. Boats in the Main Street. Great Damage to Property
GRAFTON, Sunday, 11 a.m.—The back water at the Commercial Bank corner of the river is 22 feet 6 inches, and the river is 66 feet deep at Copmanhurst. A great flood is anticipated, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods at Gympie
Brisbane is not the only place that has been visited by disastrous floods. At Gympie the flood was by far the highest ever known there. About 150 houses were washed away,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News Summary for Europe, Per Orient Company's R.m.s. Cuzco. Disastrous Floods in Queensland
Brisbane has been visited by a calamity in the shape of a flood which is beyond comparison more disastrous than any ever before experienced in Australia. Rain had been falling almost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Flood at Ipswich
Ipswich has suffored severely by the calamity. The Bremor River rose to a height of 80ft. above its normal level. This flooded the lower portion of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Flood Relief Fund
There was a very large meeting at the Sydney Town Hall last Monday evening to express sympathy with the sufferers by the Queensland floods, and to inaugurate a relief fund. His Excellency the Governor presided…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Flood Relief Fund
The hon. treasurers of the above fund received on Saturday morning further denations amounting to nearly £200. Advices received from Brisbane show that every effort should be made towards obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Terrible Flood in Brisbane. Thousands of Houses Under Water. Traffic Everywhere Suspended. the City and Suburbs in Almost Total Darkness. Roads and Railways Submerged. Several Cases of Drowning Reported. Brisbane
Brisbane has been visited with another serious flood, which up to this evening has almost reached the level of the big flood of 1890. Heavy rain, accompanied by a terrible easterly gale, continued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Queensland. [By Cable.] (From Our London Correspondent.) the London Relief Committee. London, Feb. 17
Sir Arthur Hodgson and Mr. Gray Dawes have each given 100 guineas towards the Queensland floods relief fund. The Earl of Winchilsea, Bishop Selwyn,…
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