Church Wrecked. Storm at Eureka. Lismore
During a storm at Eureka the Methodist Church was wreckec. The vestry and schoolroom collapsed, and the main building was twisied on its blocks and is in a very…
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Floods in Queensland Cairns
Floods are still preventing the mall trains running between Cairns and Townsville. Another attempt to get through will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood to Follow Beetle Plague? Longreach
THE town and district are suffering from an invasion of green beetles, which have an obnoxious smell. Thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cyclone
IN Punka Punka land they have terrible cyclones--frightful ones You Just can't Imagine how really bad they are and how very much they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain in Queensland. Brisbane
A Cairns message says that heavy rain fell there on Saturday night, and again to-day, but it did not extend far enough inland seriously to affect rivers crossed by railways…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →350 Miles Tow Steamer Adrift in Atlantic Storm London
AFTER having drifted helplessly in the Atlantic for 29 days, the now Nor[?]egian str[?]mer Ole Aarvold, which is not fitted with wireless, has been towed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anchors Hold Byrd's Ship in Storm Fears for House Bay of Whales
A severe snowstorm is raging, and it is with much difficulty that the ship is prevented from being blown away from the icefield to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Floods
A message from Cardwell on Saturday stated that a ba[?]last train crossed the Tully River bridge at 4 p.m., and a light engine had crossed the Herbert River bridge. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Floods Hold Up Trains for 12 Days
CAIRNS, Sunday.--For the first time in twelve days train traffic between Townsville and Cairns was established to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Sack the Lot" Storm at Forbes Power House Control Forbes
SERIOUS allegations regarding the conduct of employees at the [?] power-house and pumping station were made at a meeting of Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stadiums Storm the Centres of Stoush Lean Leaves for London Out to Establish Boxing Circuit After the Albert Hall
A MOVE of the utmost importance to boxing is the departure of Dick Lean, general manager of Stadiums, Ltd., for England and America…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gas and Flood London Alarms I Dead: 15 Poisoned London
"WHAT is the matter with underground London?" That question came to the forefront last month, when the Holborn gas…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Floods Cause Disorganisation in Northern Queensland Cairns Man Drowned Trains Blocked by Waters Motor Boat Ferry at River Cairne
THE floods in Northern Queensland have disorganised railway traffic, and interrupted telegraphic communication. Henry Zielke, a railway employee, of Cairns, was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Flood Waters. Over the Bridges. Queensland Rivers. BRISBANE
A report from Home Hill says that, without any warning, the Burdekin River commenced to rise at 1 o'clock on Sunday, and continued to rise at the rate of 4 to 6 feet an hour till at 3…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Abate Cairns' Watery New Year Trains Get Away Cairns
A mail train from the south, with passengers, who had been ferried across the Herbert River, at Ingham, arrived at Cairns at 3 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Heavy Rains and Floods North Q'land Inundated Townsville
Further heavy falls of ruin have been experienced on the North Queensland costal areas, some districts recording 5 to 6 inches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Floods Claim Victim Feverish Race to Restore Communications
BRISBANE, Monday.--The northern floods claimed their first victim today, when Henry Zeike, in attempting to Cross Herbert River railway bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales in Torres Straits. Brisbane
A message from Thursday Island states that the heaviest gales experienced for many years are raging in Torres Straits, and apprehension le felt for vessels that are making for the Straits…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Moree Deluge Huge Water Fall Follows Cloudburst Moree
AN extraordinary cloudburst on the slopes of Cap and Bonnett Mountain caused a huge wall of water to roar down the hillside,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vessels Held Up Torres Straits' Gale Cairns
THE steams Kallatina has been forced by the severest gale experienced in Torres [?] for years to [?]pone her departure from Thursday Island for Gulf…
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