Counting the Cost Flood Damage Queensland's Loss Brisbane
In the Herbert River district it is estimated, on a conservative basis, that 20 per cent. of the sugar crop, valued at £230,000, has been…
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Hail Storm Hobart Bombarded Shops Flooded Country Suffers Severely Hobart
Hailstones an inch in diameter pelted down in a thunderstorm of exceptional severity which swept the midlands, the Derwent Valley, Hobart…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cyclone Fate of Fishing Party Creeks Rising Brisbane
The Railway Department has been trolleying foodstuffs across the flooded areas on the Etherdidge line to relieve the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm and Fog. Nany Lives Lost. Vancouver, Feb. 17
Newstrom San Francisco says that at least 24 are [?]d and property damaged to the extent of several millions of dollars as a result of the [?]precedented rains and snowstorms in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →37 Lives Lost Freighter Founders Terrific Storm No Trace of Wreckage
In a terrific storm which has been raging for several days in the west of the Pacific Ocean, the American freighter Elkton foundered, and 37 members of the crew perished. Not the slightest trace of wreckage could be found by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nineteen People Killed by Storm Thousands Homeless Havoc in California Los Angeles
THE worst storm in California's history blew Itself out to-day. Latest reports show that nineteen people are dead and three thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Floods. Many Bodies Found. Search for Missing. BRISBANE
A telegram to the Commissioner for Police from inspector Mann at Cairns stated that it had been ascertained that the man who was electrocuted at Babinda during the cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Many Faced with Starvation Q'land Flood Victims Food by Airplane Brisbane
THOUSAND persons, cut off by the recent flood waters et Georgetown, are faced with starvation unions supplies are…
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Though It was reported last week that the roof of the Strand Hotel at Cairns was swept to sea in the cyclone, there was no Interference with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Blows Down Wire Which Kills Horse Cessnock
During a sharp storm, which passed over Cessnock at 4.30 p.m. to-day, an electric light wire in Allandale-road was blown down. A wandering horse came in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Abating Floods Reveal Grim Sights Brisbane
Gradually the details of the havoc caused by the cyclone and floods in North Queensland are being pieced together. A scene of devastation greeted the…
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JEAN ROBERTSON came back to her native land to find romance --romance with a wedding ring. An old playmate of hers, Dr. Brose, alao…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Hobart's Storm Widespread Damage HOBART
Hardly any premises in the city escaped entirely the ravages of Friday night's tropical downpour. In shops and basements the water was a foot…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Deaths Cyclone's Trail Great Damage New Orleans
The cyclone which struck portions of Mississippi and Louisiana took at least 35 lives and injured upwards of 40 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm in Hobart. Damage to Apple Crops. Hobart
The low-lying parts of Hobart were laundated by a heavy downpour last evening, and several business places were flooded. The downpour lasted for 17 minutes, and 55 points…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Disastrous Storm. Tornado's Toll. Many People Killed. VANCOUVER, Feb. 18
News from New Orleans says that a tornado swept sections of Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday evening. The cyclone took at least 35 lives, injured…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Will Great Storm Burst in Unhappy China? Nearer to War Bluejackets Fight Chinese Attempt to Seize British Ship Hangchow Falls at Last Industrial Strike Paralyses Shanghai War Office Prepares for the Worst Peking
CHINESE at Ichang, on the Upper Yang Tse, boarded the British merchantman Kiang-wo, which was evacuating refugees from Szechwan Province, and endeavored to force the crew lo take the vessel up the river…
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A remarkable feature of the Queensland floods was the drowning of several aborigines. Such a happening to the clans of Murri was unknown in the old days, when the clans were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood. Another Body Found. Brisbane
A message from Ingham states that the fifteeth body was recovered yesterday when the body of Nellie Russo was found at Bemerside, and was later interred…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Use for Fire Hose Pumps Out Flooded Houses Hobart
Friday's torrential downpour did considerable damage to nearly all business premises in the city. The water rose so quickly that the gutters…
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