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The Burdekin River is still flooded, completely blacking direct railway communication between Townsville and Charters Towers. The water last night was 13 foot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.--Captain Clarke, of the steamer Rainier, reports that he experienced a hurricane off Cairns on Friday. The Palmer left the port on Thursday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--Reports from Geraldton give a most, alarming account of the gale and flood. There was a perfect cataclysm at the heads of the river. On…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Thursday. The harbor master at Townsville has sent a telegram to the Colonial Treasurer, to the effect that the end of the western breakwater has been almost completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Colonial Treasurer has received a telegram from the harbour master-at Townsville stating that the end of the western breakwater has been almost completely destrcyed. The eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News brought by coastal steamers to Townsville concerning the recent disastrous floods at Cairns and Geraldton shows that telegraphic communication has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Friday. Yesterday afternoon word was received that the Burdekia was lft Sin over the railway bridge at Townsville, and was falling. It is expected that trains will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegram from Port Douglas states that a heavy gale passed over the town last night, reaching its greatest violence at 2 o'clock this morning. The scene to-day was almost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MONTALBION, Thursday.--Heavy rain fell on Friday, and great damage has been done in this district. The Irvinebank Company's dam, the largest dam in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Townsville states that this afternoon the water in the Burdekin was 1ft. 8in. over the railway bridge, and still falling. The bridge is expected to be clear during the night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer, writes:—The following results of observation of comet " Gale," made at the Observatory on Thursday, may be of use to some of…
Continued on Trove, page 752 →The Portmaster has received the following official telegram from Cooktown, dated Friday :— "A south-east gale has been blowing since 10 o'clock last night. Two-thirds of the inner…
Continued on Trove, page 770 →BRISBANE, Friday.--The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Arawatta had an unusual experience during the recent severe gale in the north. From the time she left Brisbane on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Duder-Secretary for Mines has received a wire from Warden Haldane stating that the Etheridge goldfield district is much flooded, and that the miners it Gilberton and Mount Hogan…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ADVENTURES OF A RESCUE PARTY. BRISBANE, Friday.--The Telegraph Department has received a telegram from Urandangie confirming the reports of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WALGETT, April 6.—The town is surrounded with flood waters. A man named Harris, Queensland drover, was drowned while grossing the Castlereagh River at…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—News received from Townsville states that the Burdekin River is in high flood, and much damage has been done there. On Sunday traffic with Charters Towers was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mr. R. T. A. Innes, F.R.A.S., Bondi, writes: I saw Gale's comet with a pair of opera glasses. It is much, brighter, and if the moon was not in the evening sky at present it could be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. R. T. A. Innes, of Bondi, writes:-- "From observations by Mr. Tebbutt on 4th, 8th, and 12th insts., I have computed the following elements for the new comet:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TOWNSVILLE, Monday.--News by mail from Geraldton confirms the telegrams with reference to the floods in that district. The correspondent of the Townsville Bulletin was…
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