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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-The weather continued exceedingly boisterous during last night, with a strong south-east gale blowing, and heavy rain. The rainfall for the twenty-four hours ended 9…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy weather, in the shape of strong, southerly gales, thick rain, and heavy seas, was experienced along the central and northern coast yesterday. At 3 p.m. Burranjoey reported a south-south-east gale; South Head, a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PERTH, Friday.--Very rough weather was felt at Fremantle last night, the gale rising to over a mile per minute. Just before nightfall the Adelaide and Buninyong, which anchored by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thanks to the admirable precautions taken, the Brisbane floods of 1898, though approaching the level of 1890. did not carry with them the tale of disaster and loss of life which the early visitation…
Continued on Trove, page 235 →The Brisbane flood of 1898 has cornie and gone, and the city breathes freely again. This time it was no double event, as in 1893. The extreme height of the flood just past, reached at 12.30 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- The heat on Saturday was intense, and a north wind brought down clouds of dust. The heat in the shade reached 106,7deg., and electric disturbances took place at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.-Another heat wave is passing over this colony. Yesterday it was intense, and a hot wind from the north-west raised clouds of dust in the city, and made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WELLINGTON, Thursday. -- The steamer To Anau met the full force of the southerly gale on Tuesday. Seas flooded the saloon, and great difficulty was experienced in keeping 23 horses aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Friday.--The steamer Arawatta, which arrived this morning from the north, experienced a full gale all the way from Mackay. The captain reports that, although steaming at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The steamer Tokio Maru arrived this morning from Brisbane. Captain Haswell reports having experienced fearful weather along the coast, necessitating sheltering for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News has just been received of a cyclone at Mackay on Wednesday and Thursday last, causing some days' interruption to the telegraph lines. Nearly every building was more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mackay was visited yesterday by a disastrous cyolone. A strong gale had been blowing for some time, and the barometer reading was 29·7 and still falling. The wind blew in strong gusts,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.-A telegram from Mackay states that at about 12 o'clock on the night of Wednesday last a terrible, cyclone passed over the town, and continued till late on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The following wire, forwarded last night by the telegraph Inspector at Bowen, was received at the Brisbane Telegraph Office this morning;--"9 p.m.--The steamer Leura,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mackay was visited yesterday by a disastrous cyclone. A strong gale had been blowing for some time, and the barometer reading was 29-7 and still falling. The wind blow in strong gusts,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News was received to-day of heavy floods in the Dawson, Comet, and Mackenzie Rivers, tributaries to the Fitzroy. The hydraulic engineer has warned the officials at Rockhampton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods are imminent in Central Queensland, and official telegrams to-day report that the tributaries of the Fitzroy, particularly the Dawson, Comet and Mackenzie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A number of residents of St. Lawrence have petitioned the police magistrate there to supply them with food, they having lost everything in the recent cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Franklin arrived at Brisbane yesterday from Mackay. At Flat Top Island, off Mackay, the Franklin anchored when the recent cyclone swept over Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Franklin, which anchored under Flattop during the recent cyclone when Mackay suffered severely, arrived at Brisbane to-day. The chief officer describes the gale as the worst in…
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