Steamer Fiona. Two Days Behind Time. May Have Encountered the Gale
The Colonial Sugar Refining Co.'s steamer Fiona was due at Sydney on Sunday from Fiji. She has not yet arrived, and is therefore two days behind time…
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In the Gale. How the Whangape Fared. with 451 Horses Aboard
The Union Co.'s steamer Whangape arrived at Sydney late yesterday from Wellington with 451. horses and a few head of cattle aboard. The horses are for the local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland Floods. Railway Lines Washed Away
BRISBANE, Monday.—The Deputy Postmaster–General has received a message from the postmaster at Mount Surprise, stating that owing to the bridges at the Lynd, Sandy, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales Off the Coast. Island Steamer Delayed
The heavy gales which have been raging off the coast have delayed the arrival of the Colonial Sugar Refining. Company's steamer Fiona. The vessel was due here on Monday from Fiji…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Fiona Delayed. Might Have Met the Gale
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company's steamer Fiona, 4471 tons, in command of Captain Barnes, which was expected at Sydney on Sunday last from Fiji, has not yet put in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many a Wife Would Have an Easier Mind. the Cause of Storms and Tears
My answer to this query is most decidedly "yes !" A man goes out, we will say, to some function which his wife is prevented from attending, perhaps through domestic duties. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods at Cairns. Boats in the Streets. Houses Swept Away. Brisbane
A wire from Cairns, timed 11.10 a.m. Monday, states that heavy floods have occurred, and the town was Under water on Saturday. The esplanade has been greatly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ingham Floods Subsiding
INGHAM (Q.), Tuesday.--There has been very little rain since yesterday, and the flood waters are rapidly subsiding. Reports from outside indicate little damage,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Several Feet Higher Than the Flood Record of 1894
The police had to rescue people from the low-lying places. At Ingham the flood waters arrived from Herberton, and the town became practically…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Deluge at Cairns
Between Wednesday last and Monday night there fell at Cairns (Q.) over four and [?]tenth inches of rain, more than half the downpour being between Saturday and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six Days' Deluge. Unprecedented Rains in North Queensland. 4823 Points at Cairns. Serious Damage to Railways
CAIRNS, Wednesday.--An unprecedented rainfall was recorded from Wednesday till Monday, 4828 points falling. Of this total 1130 points fell on Saturday and 2016 on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cairns Floods. Families Rescued. Boating in the Streets. Cairns
The downpour continued on Saturday afternoon and night, and also to-day, there being no sign of abatement. Police went down the Barwon River…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Flood Rains
The following heavy rainfalls have been registered in Queensland:- Cairns.—Sunday, 20.16; Monday, 5.11; Tuesday, 5.[?]4; total, 30.31…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the Storm
The steamer Brunner, owned by Messrs. On Cheng and Co., on her return trip from the Gilbert Islands, encountered the full force of the recent cyclone in the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone at Samarai. Brisbane
A wire from Cairns states that the Matunga, which arrived from Papua, brought news of a cyclone at Samarai on March 26. A number of small craft were wrecked, and considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cairns Storm. Serious Damage to Railways
A telegram from Calrns, Queensland, States that serious damage was done tko the railway lines and bridges by the [?] heavy rains. A few miles from Kuranda 3000 yards were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Cairns Storm. Reckoning the Cost. Tremendous Damage Wrought
CAIRNS, Thursday.—The weather is now fine. Mr. Fraser, engineer, stated yesterday that serious damege had been done to tile railway lines and bridges by the-heavy rain. At a spot…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Pilot's Worst Experience. the Cairns Cyclone. Yawatu Maru at Brisbane. Brisbane
The Japanese mail steamer Yawntu Maru, about which there was some anxiety, arrived at Pinkenba at 5 p.m. on Wednesday from the East. Captain Craig, of the Torres Straits…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More Wreckage. What the Levuka Saw. in the Tail of the Cyclone. Brisbane
The steamer Levuka arrived to-day after her last visit to Cairns. Captain Tyrer described his last voyage up the coaset as the worst he had ever made. Reaching Double…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Queensland Flood. Extensive Damage. Brisbane
A Cairns wire states that Mr. Connolly, agricultural Inspector at Cairns, reports that during the flood it few days ago gardens in the vicinity of Rodlyneh and Freshwater were…
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