Damage by Sunday's Storm
HAY, Wednesday.--The windstorm on Sunday proved very destructive to the westward of Hay. Besides the damage to Corrong homestead, the Langerin suffered severely. The roofs of the…
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The Gale at Cairns. Cairns
This morning the gale was blowing at the rate of 20 miles an hour, and continued for four hours, damaging the new municipal baths and washing the logging from the embankment. The waves…
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The Deputy Postmaster-Genaral received a message from Townsville this morning enclosing a message from Bowen, which had been conveyed from that port to Townsville by the steamer Arawatta. The…
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One of the principal hotels on the Strand, Townsville, has been demolished by the storm, which is still raging, with little abatement…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday Afternoon.—Full news is now beginning to come through from Townsville, all confirming the previous stories of disasters due to the cyclone…
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TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--George Haylett, who was injured through the collapse of the waterworks building, died in the hospital to-day…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The portmaster, Captain Mackay, this morning received a telegram from the pilot at Townsville with regard to the wrecking of two station pilot cottages and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Cyclone. in Northern Queensland. Great Damage in Townsville. Some Sensational Incidents. Further Details. Brisbane
A message from Townsville reports that Flindersstreet on Monday escaped serious loss except the lower end, where damages to Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s warehouse and goods amounted to £3000. The new…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great Cyclone. Townsville Devastated. the Mayor Appeals for Assistance. Additional Casualties Reported. Botanical Gardens Suffer Severely. Water-pumping Stations Wrecked
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Press telegrams from Townsville are now commencing to come through. The following message, timed Townsville, 10 a.m. yesterday, was received this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain at Germanton. Streets Flooded and Creeks Filled. Germanton, Thurnday
Torrents of rain fell here, and 60 points were registered in about 20 minutes. This is the heaviest fall witnessed here for a long time. The main street was flooded and in some parts the footpaths…
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A fearful cyclone, surpassing in violence the storm "Sigma" of 1896, visited. Townsville (Q.) between Sunday and Monday evening last, creating…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Very little fresh news concerning the cyclone in the north is now coming to hand. A public meeting is to be held in Brisbane…
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BRISBANE, Thursday Afternoon.—The late Governor of Queensland (Lord Lamington) and Lady Lamington have cabled from Scotland their sympathy with, the sufferers by the cyclone. The…
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The China Navigation Company's steamer Tsinan appears to have been delayed by the recent storm on the Queensland coast. The Tsinan was due at Sydney yesterday, but a report was…
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JUNEE, Thursday Afternoon.—Late last night a thunderstorm came up, and it started raining at 11, and continued pretty well all night. Early this morning the storm raged with terrific force,…
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A motion was tabled by Alderman T. E. Colebrook at the last meeting of the Annandale Council, to the effect that the Leichhardt Council he communicated with, with a view of jointly approaching the Water and Sewerage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the Cyclone. Yachtsmen on the Yawata Maru
Messrs. J. Marks and G. Stevens, two prominent members of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club, who sailed from here last week on a trip to Japan in the Japanese mall liner…
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LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. George Wyndham (Chief Secretary for Ireland) reports that the recent gales wrought irreparable damage in the Phoenix Park, Dublin--said to be the finest…
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BRISBANE, Thursday Afternoon.—Further news concerning the cyclone in Northern Queensland came to hand last evening. Messages from Bowen were transmitted by mail…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Great Cyclone. Latest Particulars. Damage in the Country. Settlers Houses Demolished. Official Condolences
TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s hulk Moltke, which broke from its moorings during the cyclone, has been found safe at the mouth of Bohle River, whither it…
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