The Floods. Queensland's Trouble. Losses in Stock
A message, dated Hughenden, January 4, stated that tho weather was clearing slowly. Serious losses of stock are reported…
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Queensland Floods. 10,000 Sheep Drowned
A message from Richmond in NorthWest Queensland states that the flood waters are sixteen miles wide at Nernda. All the stock, including 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods. Damage at Clermont About £300,000. Many Pitiable Scenes. Brisbane
Fortunately it was not given to many to see so many pitiable sights as were witnessed in Clermont on the morning of December 28. The State school, the Convent, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland's Peril Big Flood Reported Whole Family Drowned Hughenden's Turn Now BRISBANE
A terrible and calamitous flood is reported from Hughenden. Five members of the Jenkinson family--J. Jenkinson, his wife, and their son John Ernest, aged 24, and his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Transport. the Flood Difficulties
BRISBANE, Monday.--At Richmond the water is still over several bridges, and the line is covered at various mileages beyond Richmond. The extent of the damage is not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Clermont. Through the Flood Country. Some Distressing Sights
CLERMONT, Monday.--The cemetery is now merely a mass of holes. Coffins have been washed out and carried down the stream, and headstones wrecked and borne away long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Half-a-million Damage. the Clermont Flood
CLERMONT, Monday.--The search for the dead is proceeding actively. One more body was found, being that of Lance Druery, a boy of seven years. The corpse, which was discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)
A severe electrical storm pubsed over the southern part of New Zealand last night. In many parts there was a deluge of rain, which was welcomed, as droughty conditions had…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Greater Includes the Less! Grow Wheat? Yes, But the War Comes First. "What shall it profit a man if he gale the whole world and lose [?] own seal."
IRRESPONSIBLE I. W. W. MAN (loafing on the fence): Here, you, cooky [?] wot yer negisctin' yor proper graft for? You [?]rtor bog into yor harvestin' and lot the bally (luvment [?]wat our its own bloomin' flros. RESPONSIBLE FARMER (between [?] )Don't talk rot[?] if I don't beat back this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Floods. Communications Restored. Phenomenal Rainfall Figures. Brisbane, Wednesday Morning
A serious is reported [?] near [?] in the [?] district. [?] is now resumed on the line between Capella and [?] Creek. a motor car [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Disaster More Destruction Feared the Latest Tidings From Clermont
The Hood waters in Central Queensland are gradually subsiding and with renewed means of communication with the deluged districts, brief particulars are being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Flood. Brisbane
The following telegram, dated the 8th inst. has been received by the Deputy Postmaster-General from the district postal inspector, Townsville:—Cloncurry reports water over…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Town of Clermont Swept Away. Severe floods have been experienced in many parts besides Clermont It is said that no previous floods ever extended over such an immense territory. Many thousands of sheep and cattle have been drowned, and hundreds of people have been ruined
General View of Rockhampton, LOOKING across the river, and showing the post-office, banks, and other in portant and handsome buildings in Quay-street. Most of the creditors of the Clermont victims are Rockhampton firms, and the people of the city have responded very ger[?]ously to an appeal for assistance for the sufferers…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Disastrous Floods in Queensland The town of Clermont, the centre of Peak Downs, in Central Queensland, has been almost entirely destroyed as the result of a sudden flood. There has been a dreadful loss of life, over 50 bodies having been recovered
IMMEDIATELY following upon the Christmas holidays, with appalling suddenness the town of Clermont met with a disaster compared, with which previous troubles were the veriest trifles. A flood which some of the older residents often feared ciune upon them, working fearful havoc. Many times it has been said that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Building a New Clermont. Settling Down After Floods. Heavy Stock Losses
CAPELLA, Q., Tuesday.--Clermont has Bottled down to the work of cleansing the old town and building the new one. Railway communication for very light traffic will be established…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Calamitous Floods in Queensland -- Great Loss of Life at Clermont
Painful details of the great flood at Clermont are coming to hand slowly. The widespread character of the disaster and the destruction of lines of communication have caused much…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Why the world's Gold is Flooding into the United States
What becomes of the river of gold coin whose current is now setting strongly to-wards the United States from the old world is told by a contributor to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Queensland. Great Loss of Life. Widespread Ruin
Great floods have followed torrential rain in Central Queensland, and the town of Clermont has been the scene of a terrible disaster, about 60 people losing their…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Floods. Family's Thrilling Adventure. Refuge on House Tops. Clermont
With eighteen men and eleven drays Inspector Wiseman is making rapid progress towards cleaning up the town. The business places in Drummond-street were finished…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Tides at Tweed Heads
The pilot at Tweed Heads states that the strong flood tides are driving the middle sand bank up stream, and in a few days may deepen the channel. If the channel does not improve it will be advisable to…
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