Gale's Comet
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…
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Another "Storm on the Mountain." [Raised by the Disturbance Last Week. with Apologies to Bret Harte and the Population at Large.]
Which I come from "up the mountain." Tho'my name ain't "Truthful James," And I'm np to many small deceits, And all the sinful games;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather, a Remarkable Change. Good Crops and Stock Prospects. Damage to Maize. Flood on the Murrumbidgee. the Queensland Floods. Another Life Lost
The extraordinary suddenness of the stormy weather that set in on Thursday last has been equalled by a remarkably rapid change to fine weather. At 3 p.m. on Thursday at only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in Queensland. Houses Submerged at Geraldton. Great Damage in the Herbert River District. Brisbane, April 11
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 destroyed. The eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 804 →The Floods Receding. a Man Drowned at Townsville
CAIRNS, Friday.--Heavy rains fell yesterday, totalling 3in. The Barron River is again in flood. Very heavy rains have also fallen up country. Railway traffic is again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood in the Murrumbidgee. Destruction of Maize Crops
GUNDAGAI, Friday.--The total rainfall for tho week was 437 points, and at other stations the fall was equally heavy. The Murrumbidgee River is in high flood, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods Relief Fund. Brisbane
A meeting of the members of the last executive committee of the Central Flood Belief Fund of 1893, was held in the council-chambers at the Town Hall to-day, to deal with matters considered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Floods in Queensland. Several Lives Lost. Many Families Homeless
BRISBANE, April 12.—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…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Weather. Vessels in Thubsday's Gale. the Murrumbidgee Floods. the Queensland' Flood Abating
Late shipping reports indicate that Thursday's gale was felt in a marked degree by vessels that were on the coast of New South Wales at the time. The brigantine Swordfish, from Tasmania,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Ship Blown Out to Sea. a Remarkably Sudden Storm. Melbourne
The ship Lady Lawrence, one of the vessels which were blown out to sea on Wednesday afternoon last when attempting to enter the heads, arrived in Coric Bay on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. the Floods in the North
TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--The floods in the Burdekin River subsided below the level of the railway line on Saturday night, and railway communication with Charters Towers…
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Contracts for storm water sewers, amounting in all to about £15,000, are about to be let by the Minister for Works…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The exceptionally heavy gales which raged on the Victorian coast on Sunday delayed steamers from Sydney to Melbourne considerably. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sewers for Storm Waters
The Minister for Works (Mr. Lyne) has given authority for tenders being accepted for storm water sewers at Long Bay and Iron Cove. The cost of the contracts to be accepted will be about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. General Pall of Temperature. the Murrumbidgee Falling. the Bogan in Flood. Flood in the Far North. Fearful Hurricane in Queensland. Two Miners Killed
The weather for the past couple of days, especially in the mornings and evenings, has been each as to fully establish the belief that winter has fairly arrived. There was not one station in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Flood in the Far North. Adelaide
News from Hergott reports that over 2in. of rain has fallen at Birdsville. The largest flood ever seen by whites has taken place on the Diamantina and Georgina rivers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Flood Relief Fund. Brisbane
A meeting of subscribers to the flood relief fund, 1893, was held in the Town Hall this morning The Hon. H. Tozer ocoupied the chair, but there was not a large attendance. After the question…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Countby News. (From Our Correspondents.) Flood in the Bogan. Dandaloo
There is the highest flood know in the Bogan since 1870. The river is 18ft, above summer level at Dandaloo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Floods Feared in the North. Preparations at Rockhampton
ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.--News from Jaamba states that the river is 21ft. above its ordinary level, and rising rapidly. There is a big flood in the river at Jaroom, and the…
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