Amusements. Sydney Liedertafel Flood Relief Concert
The Sydney Liedertafel concert last evening at the Town-hall in aid of the Queensland relief fund attracted an audience of nearly 3000 people. The Liedertafel, under…
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New Zealand. Heavy Gale and Floods on the North Island
AUCKLAND, Saturday.—During Thursday a heavy gale, accompanied by an exceptionally heavy downpour of ram, prevailed throughout the North Island; and reports from different…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand. Gale and Floods in the North Island. Considerable Damage Done
AUCKLAND, Friday.--A heavy gale, accompanied by rain, raged throughout the North Island yesterday, and reports from different parts of the island show that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Heavy North-easterly Gale. Auckland
A very severe north-casterly gale, accompanied by heavy rain, raged here during last night. Floods and damage are reported from various districts. The Te Ana[?], which must have met with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Bandsmen a-Celebrating. Battling, in a Storm. Blending Joys, after the Struggle
ON Saturday last the members of the 1st Regiment Band visited Parramatts, to assist in bringing off, with the military musicians hailing from this district, one of those pleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in Queensland. the Situation in Brisbane. Cablegram to London. Estimate of the Losses. Farmers Heave Sufferers. Distribution of Seed. the Relief Fund
BRISBANE, Saturday.—The Government have declined to accede to a request made by merchants to allow goods to be admitted duty free to replace those destroyed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in the North. the Situation at Grafton. Believing the Destitute. an Appeal for Assistance
GRAFTON, Saturday.—The river is now down to its normal level, and the punts commenced to ply yesterday. There was a great number of unemployed about the city yesterday. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in Queensland. the Relief Fund
It has been determined in connection with the Brisbane Floods Belief Fond collected under the auspices of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association to hold a monster entertainment at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Any Man's Duty. the True Story of an Australian Flood
The swift Orara swept noisily round a tongue of land forming the letter U as it swerved on its course ere paying tribute to the Clarence. The Orara was at this season but a ribbon in a deep…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Queensland Floods. More Destruction and Disaster. Brisbane Again Under Water
BRISBANE, Friday. — Rain has been falling in Brisbane for the last 48 hours, and is still fulling in torrents. A strong gale raged last night, all the wharves are submerged, and the river is…
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IN connection with relief matters, some cases of imposition have been discovered, and woman named Kichne was on Tuesday sentenced to three months' imprisonment for obtaining flood relief…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Floods in New South Wales. the Clarence and Richmond Districts. the Whole of Grafton Under Water
GRAFTON, Saturday.— A heavy gale blow during last night. The river here now is up 24ft. 9in., and rising 3in per hour. The whole of Grafton, with the exception of a few nobs of land is under…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ashfield Branch Flood Relief Fund
A meeting of ladies, called by the Mayor (Alderman R. Stanton), was held yesterday afternoon in the Ashfield Town Hall, for the purpose of organising a band of collectors. Owing presumably to the short…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brisbane Floods Relief Fund
It has been determined in connection with the Brisbane Floods Relief Fund collected under the auspices of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, to hold a monster entertainment at the Town…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Late Floods in Queensland. the Losses Sustained by the Farmers. Distribution of Seed by the Department of Agriculture. the Silting-up of the River. Incoming Vessels to Be Lightered. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Department of Agriculture is preparing for the work of distributing seed to the farmers who sustained lossed through the floods and who choose to apply for assistance. All applications are to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Floods in the Country. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) the Late Floods at Grafton. a Large Number of Unemployed. Relief of Distress. Grafton
There was a large number of unemployed about the city yesterday. They b[?]ged the council-chambers and John See and Co.'s office secking engagement. At a meeting held at the School of…
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1. The s.s. Elamang, H.M.S. Paluma, and other vessels ashore on the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane. The Paluma and the Elamang were got off during the second flood of Saturday last. 2. Toowong Railway Station. 3. Edward-street, Brisbane. 4. Remains of the Victoria Bridge—South Brisbane End. 5. After the Flood. Wreck of R. M'Gavin's house, carried from Montagu-road, and lodged at the corner of Russell-street, South Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 403 →Further Floods in Queensland. Brisbane in a Terrible State. The Gas Supply again Cut Off. Public Buildings Crowded with Refugees. North Ipswich almost Totally Submerged. Railway Traffic Paralysed. Bridges Washed Away. Railway Line from Toowoomba to Ipswich Destroyed. 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 404 →Flood at Toowoomba. Toowoomba, Friday Night, Feb. 17
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 404 →The Flood at Ipswich. Toowoomba
Ipswich news to 6 o'clock last evening announces that the flood is almost as high as ever, and is still rising. The handrails of Bremer Bridge are scarcely visible. There has been a phenomenal…
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