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662 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 34
News reached Brisbane to-day that the river at Muttaburra is risingly rapidly, endangering the homesteads und township. Telegraphic communication with Muttaburra…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Advices have been received from Rockhampton to the effect that St. Lawrence escaped the fury of the cyclone. There is no food shortage in the town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Morialta, one of the Adelaide S.S. Co. s passenger steamers, reached Sydney yesterday several days late. The delay was occasioned through the vessel encountering the cyclone off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing to a thaw and subsequent heavy rains in England, the countryside in many counties has been flooded. The rivers have risen alarmingly, and there are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fitzroy River is rising at the rate of an inch an hour. St. Lawrence is safe, and there is no food shortage in the town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News from Mackay as to the disaster that has overtaken the township is still incomplete. A message, dated Saturday, says that not until the reports of deaths began to arrive did the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BRISBANE, Monday.--News has reached Brisbane that the river at Muttaburra is rising rapidly, and the township and near-by Homesteads are endangered. While telegraphic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rockhampton, the capital of Central Queensland, has been visited by terrifically heavy rain, causing floods, which have done great damage. The great sugar-growing district, Mackay, has been visited by floods and a tidal wave, and reports received are to the effect that the town is in ruins. Bowen and other towns have also suffered as a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →BRISBANE, Tuesday.--How great has been the flood at Mackay, the northern township that has practically been effaced from the map, is evidenced by the meteorological record that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mackay from the north side of the Pioneer River. Traffic and Tramway Bridges over the Pioneer River. Beche-de-mer vessel in the Pioneer River at Mackay. The Post Office, Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Mr. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fitzroy River at Rockhampton at 10 o'clock this morning was rapidly r[?]ing. The water was above the flooring of the bridge, and was also washing the doorstep of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brisbane-Rockhampton mail train service is again disorganised. Thirty-five inches and 70 points of rain fell at Byfield, north of Yeppoon, between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hague correspondent of the "New York Times" says:-There are heavy floods throughout Germany,due to the thawing and tremendous snowfalls. Factories, munition works…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The central portion of the town of Rockhampton, showing some of the principal buildings. Another portion of the town. This picture is a continuation on the left of the first picture. The Alexandra Bridge. The Fitzroy Bridge, which was submerged by the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The thaw and subsequent heavy rains have resulted in floods over the whole countryside. Rivers have risen alarmingly, and there are thousands of acres under water…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Australia has been stirred by the terrible devastation which has been wrought by the recent cyclone in one of the most prosperous parts of Queensland, embracing Mackay and…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →In consequence of a violent and prolonged cyclonic storm last week many coastal towns in Northern Queensland suffered great damage, and were heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →It is probable that in the who [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rough was with general had weather are d[?]eying the arrivals of butter from the South Coast, [?] from the North Coast, and most of the rivers. The despatch of cream [?]pplies to the country…
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