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BRISBANE, Friday.--Two men, Wheelah and Martin Muller, were larking on the railway bridge at Woogaroo Creek, on Wednesday evening during the high flood, when Muller fell into the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Yesterday heavy rain continued to fall in the city and suburbs without cessation, and during the preceding 48 hours nearly 6in was recorded. All creeks and waterholes in…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →OWING to incessant tropical rains disastrous floods have been experienced in various parts of Queensland. In Brisbane the water almost reached the height of the famous 1890 flood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Saturday the atmosphere was terribly oppressive, and the heavy thunderstorm which passed over the city and suburbs in the evening came as a very pleasant change. Late in the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MURRURUNDI, Monday.-After a week of excessively warm, muggy weather, the rain, which had been threatening for days, set in on Saturday with a thunderstorm, and continued falling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The river is 10ft. above the wharves, and is still rising. The Ranelagh's position remains unaltered. It is reported that a second hole has been discovered. An average of 25 per…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy showers of rain, passed over the city on Saturday evening. The storm broke at 7.15 p.m., and as a result of the rainfall, 85 points were registered at the Observatory. Heavier…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A great gale has been experienced at Hanmer Plains, Canterbury. While a man was engaged in trying to secure his roof he was blown off and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The weather was fine nearly all over the colony this morning, but along the coast conditions still remained cloudy and dull, with light variable winds, blowing strong from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most serious results of tho flood is the silting up of the various river and bar cuttings with sand. The port authorities recently announced that they hoped to have a uniform depth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As a result of the flood the various river and bar cuttings have silted up with sand, some to the extent of 4ft. The dredge Hydra has been got to work on the inner bar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BUNDABERG, Saturday.--The Burnett River is stilt rising and is now 10ft, over the wharves. Many houses are submerged. BUNDABERG, Sunday.--The river has fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gonlburn handicapper has put Mutton, O. Prowse, M'Innes, and Meadham on scratch for the meeting on January 26. The majority of the metropolitan riders engaged have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.-A wire from Georgetown states that [?] rains were experienced there on Saturday and Sunday, and have caused all the rivers and [?]eeks to become flooded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GEORGETOWN, Tuesday.--Heavy rains were experienced here on Saturday and Sunday. All the rivers and creeks are in heavy flood. The Herberton coach, which was due on Monday, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An informal deputation from the Brisbane Chambor of Cummerce waited on the Premier to-day to ascertain what action the Government intended taking in the matter of removing the silt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The flood of 1898, has come and gone. There was great uncertainty as to what it would really amount to. The weather was ominous enough to promise a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →MURRURUNDI, Tuesday.—The recent heavy rian has caused great devastation in this and the surrounding district. Messrs. Carter, Gammow, and Company, contractors for the erection of a monier arch to the…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →The heavy Storm experienced on Friday had the effect of cooling the atmosphere to a considerable extent on Saturday and yesterday, when the weather was delightfully fine and pleasant locally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →EDEN, Sunday. -- The steamer Victoria, of the A.U.S.N. Company's line, bound from Kalpara to Melbourne with 500,000ft. of sawn timber, put in bere this morning with a heavy list to port, the…
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