Australian Gold Fields.
♦ FAILURE OF THE CLYDE RIVER RUSH. THE WATER SUPPLY GIVES OUT AT KULNALPI. MANY OF THE MINERS STARTING RICH GOLD FINDS AT LYNCHFORD. 2uw OF GOLD TO A DISH. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION). Sydnkt, This Dny. The Clyde river rush has proved * duffer and is nearly deserted. Much destitution is prevalent. The diggers are eatiug corn in cobs and the majority are begging passages back to town. Hob art, This Dny. A splendid lode lias been found in the King River Tributary Mine at Lynch Fora. Ono dish gave two pounds weight of gold, including one piece a pound in weight. Perth, This Day. Bad news lias been received from Kulnalpi, where two thousand diggers have been compelled to leave owing to the failure of the water supply. A great many of the men are in a state of nemistarvatiou. People are warned against flocking there until the rainy season sets in. Provisions are also running short at Coolgardic;, and any big inrush will make a famine inevitable.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 290, 17 April 1894, Page 2
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170Australian Gold Fields. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 290, 17 April 1894, Page 2
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