THE STORMS IN AUSTRALIA.
RESCUE OF SHIPWRECKED [ MARINERS. - ■■-■■■ 1 FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND. i ■ __ . . . [united press association.] Sidney, Jane 10. The heavy weather appears to be passing towards New Zealand. ' : In the second attempt the pilot crew were successful m rescuing the crew of the schooner Venus. "•■■' ';.-," - . " ■"■"". - ■ June 11. ' The crews of the coasters which .went ashore during the gale were rescued. ! The schooner Bertha and 'ketches Jessie Sinclair and Sea Nymph, which are ashore I at Trial Bay, are likely to be got off when the weather moderates, but no hopes- of floating the Georgina Davis are entertained. : ! ..; ■ ;■..- * . . .:'■■;.:' / Brisbane," June 10. ... A gale of unprecedented violence swept over the city yesterday, causing considerable 1 damage. The sea swept over the Esplanade at Sandgate, flooding, the houses to the depth of a foot. Heavy rain has ocourred [ over the colony generally. The Glanmuir and Great Eastern mines at Gyinpie are flooded, and 800 men are rendered idle. ;
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 126, 11 June 1891, Page 2
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