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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A Townsville telegram states that the cutter Agnes has been wrecked at Dunk Island. The steamer Barratta still lies in the channel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Townsville reports that farmers in the Pioneer and other districts were about to bag their maize, hoping to make a little money after the drought, but the recent cyclone completely destroyed the crop. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →As briefly reported in the last issue of the "Town and Country Journal," a most destructive hurricane visited Townsville on March 9. Many buildings were totally wrecked, and no less than…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The full extent of the damage done by the recent cyclone at Bowen and Townsville is not yet known. About a dozen fatalities have been reported, and the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The well-known American clipper ship Paramita came in for some extremely rough treatment on her voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco. The weather experienced was so trying that although the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Light thunderstorms were experienced in the southern part of the State during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday. Kiama had 18 points of rain, Ulladulla 8, Nowra 6, and Bowral 2. High…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, February 13. -- Three days' continuous downpour of an abnormal character ended last Monday in many ports of Scotland being visited by floods without precedent within the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Donald Macpherson, passenger by the Moresby, to Singapore, writes very eulogistically of the way in which the Moresby was handled in the late cyclone. He writes: "Owing to the efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent Townsville cyclone has been started at Sydney by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company, in response to an appeal received by telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther, Vicar-General of the Anglican diocese of Sydney, has issued the following circular letter to the clergy on the subject of the recent cyclonic disaster in North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A telegraphic appeal for help from the people of Sydney was received yesterday by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co, Limited, from residents of Townsville, on behalf of those who have suffered severe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following is a private letter received from Miss Roseby, of the Church of England Collegiate School for Girls, Townsville. "I daresay by this time you have had full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Townsville telegram stales that the steamer Baratta was refloated this morning. It is expected that the Electric Light will be raised on Monday. The Japanese residents at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Friday has been a terrible day, and as we go to press heavy rain threatens. At Rooty' Hill and Blacktown very heavy rain has fallen, the whole place for the time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Friday.--The reports of rainfalls for the 24 hours up to 9 o'clock this morning show the fail to have been fairly general. The rain along the coast in the south-eastern districts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, desire to state that, although fully cognisant of the enormous drains that have lately been made on the resources of the generous givers to the varous charitable funds,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Burns, Phllp, and Co. have received the following subscriptions towards the Townsville Cyclone Relict Fund:--Previously acknowledged, £372 12s; R. Towns and Co., £2 2s; A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The subscription received by Messrs, Burns, Philp, and Co:, Limited, towards the relief of the sufferers by the recent cyclone at Townsville are as follow:- Amount previously acknowledged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following telegraphic advice regarding rain in the Northern Territory:—"Rivers still flooded; 14in at Avon Downs Station; 12in at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During last night very heavy rain fell at many places in the northern areas of New South Wales, and this forenoon it was still [?] steadily at a number of the stations. Narrator, we[?]…
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