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The postal authorities inform us that intelligence has been received that a portion of the Queensland railway line between Ipswich and Toowoomba is under water, and that the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IPSWICH, Monday,—As a result o£ the recent incessant rains the greatest flood ever known in the history of the town is being experienced. The railway station is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have been cut-off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and have had no news from there of any sort. The following telegrams received from Ipswish yesterday give all particulars to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy rain continued to fall all day yesterday and last night. Altogether about 6in. of rain have fallen during the week, flooding all the creeks, swamps, and low-lying land. In consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steady rain commenced falling last Tuesday, and has not ceased yet. The river keeps rising and falling. This morning it is gradually rising, and the rain is heavier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The flood in the Brisbane River reached its highest point at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. There was then a rise of 34ft. in the river, which was 16ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton, Saturday.--The latest report from Copmanhurst is to the effect that the river is up 32ft. and at a standstill. At Tabulam the water is down to 25ft. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TOOWOOMBA, Sunday, 1 p.m.--Communication has been cut off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and no news is to hand from the capital of any sort. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IPSWICH, Saturday, 3 p.m. --A dreadful colliery disaster--the worst fatality that has yet happened in connection with the floods --occurred about noon to-day, resulting in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TABULAM, Monday.-Great indignation is expressed at the Government for not having a bridge erected over Black Creek, which has been the cause of mail communication…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday.—The flood waters here are slowly receding. The Burnett River has risen 25ft above sammer level, and upward of 100 families are flooded out in the low-lying lands of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This morning for the first time since Tuesday the sun was visible. Rain has fallen almost incessantly from Tuesday till 4 this morning, the river being in a state of flood. All the low lying lands were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain still continues here, with no sign of its clearing up. 236 points were registered since Saturday. Tabulam and Copmanhurst also report heavy rains and the river rising slowly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There is no communication with Brisbane. The flood waters are slowly receding. It is reported that a family named Gillick, at Goodna, seven in number, have been drowned. Other fatalities are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advices from the flooded districts show that the disasters are very much more widespread than was anticipated, and the loss of life reported is considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane files to hand to-day give the following particulars of the disastrous floods which have been experienced in southern Queensland. The continuance of strong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LISMORE, Monday.--Captain Harry Gollan, of the river steamer Messenger, was drowned at Woodburn on Saturday night. He fell overboard While the steamer was lying at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TOOWOOMBA, Monday, 8 p.m.--There is still no communication with Brisbane. The flood waters are slowly receding. It is reported that a family named Gillick, IPSWICH, Monday, 9.10 p.m.--The flood waters are receding steadily. The town presents some terrible scenes of desolation. Houses and shops have been canted and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MACLEAN, Monday.--The flood water has not yet commenced to recede, but if the rain holds off to-day the river will begin to fall. This evening the weather is still showery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GRAFTON, Monday.--The latest report from Copmanhurst states that the river is rising, but very slowly. At Tabulam the water is falling. The river has continued to rise here…
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