Sydnjsy, February 23. J The damage by the floods in the McLean district is estimated at £80,000, and Government relief has been requested. Many farmers have been ruined, and are asking for employment on relief works. Brisbane, February 23. J Owing to the floods the channels in the rivers have silted, and several vessels have grounded. Until the river is re-surveyed vessels will be tendered off the bar. (Received February 24, 11 35 a.m.) Brisbane, February 24. The flood relief fund amounts to £16,000. , Great distress is sure to prevail in Gympie, where six hundred miners have been thrown out of employment. It will be fully three months before the mines can resume work. Quite two hundred houses were washed away.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2907, 24 February 1893, Page 2
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121Untitled Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2907, 24 February 1893, Page 2
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