Caught in Flood Waters
COOMA, Monday.--An elderly man, Andrew- Butler, clerk to Mr. J. J. Howell, auctioneer, Cooma, was drowned yesterday while crossing the Rock Fiat Creek, which is in flood…
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Storms in New Zealand. Floods and Landslips. Phenomenal Downpour
AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--While the southern part of the colony is shrivelling and sweltering in the heat, and the cattle have been turned into the crops destroyed for harvesting,…
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Reports from all parts of the colony show that the drought has broken up. Heavy rain has fallen at many places near Auckland. The washouts extend over 40 miles, and…
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Reports from Fiji by the island steamer Suva state that heavy rains have fallen over the group. The Rewa River was in flood. Levu, about 15 miles above Nausori, the river…
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A young man died in Ireland at the age of 28, and the undertaker, being a bad scholar, did not know what to put down for 28; so, on seeing the school being…
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WILCANNIA, Saturday--A severe cyclonic Storm struck Wilcannia at 2.30 this afternoon. Several buildings were wrecked. A total of 70 points of rain fell in 20 minutes. As far as is…
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On March 9, it will be four years since a disastrous cyclone laid a great part of Townsville in ruins, and did much damage at Bowen and Mackay. At Townsville, where the full…
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H.M.S. Penguin, which returned to Sydney yesterday. after an absence of six months in Queensland waters, had a rough trip from Cairns. She was under sail, and met with heavy…
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The schooner Stanley, which left Sydney on Dec. 23 for Noumea, met with very heavy weather during the passage. On Dec. 29, when in [?]t. 29.30 8 and long. 158.30 E[?] a fresh easterly gale sprang up,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Cyclone at Cooktown. Public and Private Buildings Destroyed
Additional details have been received with reference to the disastrous hurricane at cooktown on Friday and Saturday. Following severe heat on Tuesday and Wednesday, varying in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cooktown Hurricane. Steamer Aramac in the Storm. Roofs Blown Across the Harbor
CAIRNS, Tuesday.--Captain Thomson, of the steamer Aramac, which arrived from Cooktown, states that the hurricane there was the most severe he had ever experienced. The town is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclone at Cooktown. the Whole Town Damaged. Many Narrow Escapes. Appalling Force of the Wind. People Homeless and Destitute. Cooktown
The most disastrous calamity that has ever befallen Cooktown was experienced during Friday night and Saturday. On Tuesday and Wednesday the heat was abnormal for this…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cooktown Cyclone. Brisbane Relief Fund. Harbormaster Missing
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A meeting of citizens of Brisbane, convened by the Mayor, was held to-day, and a committee was formed to raise funds for the relief of the sufferers by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone at Cooktown. Sensational Experiences. Homes a Heap of Ruins. People Lose Everything. Stupendous Force of the Wind. Cooktown
Further investigation discloses still more damage done by Saturday's cyclone than has already bean reported. The Cook District Hospital, which is situated on the outskirts…
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The cyclone, which struck Cooktown on Saturday demolished many buildings and has caused a great deal more damage to property than was at first…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.--Mr. David Lindsay, of Adelaide, who was aboard the Aramae at Cook- town during the recent cyclone, arrived at Brisbane to-day…
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Mr. David Lindsay, of Adelaide, reached Brisbane this morning from Townsville, and gave some particulars of his experiences in the Cooktown cyclone. He said that on…
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Strange things happen at sea. Real life there is more full of thrilling events than the most sensational Action. This much, indeed, anyone can vouch for who has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bribery Stolen Lands. Rising Country Storm
The country towns are moving At a meeting in Peak Hill it was unanimously resolved to ask the Government to resume by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Aorangi in a Gale. Brisbane
The steamer Aorangi, which arrived today from Vancouver, ran into thick weather the afternoon she left Suva. On the 24th last, the wind increased to a gale, with very heavy…
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