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QUEENSLAND FLOODS. BRISBANE:. April 21
When tin* down-racing Moods wate in the Brisbane River met the ineor ing tide on Saturday, the stream ro: ten feet !) inches, to prnetienlly foi feet below the 1!!!I8 record.
The muuii'ipal floating baths tiro] flora their moorings, and struck tl steamer Moreton. and also the Kai way wharf at Kangaroo Point, an then carried a yacht away and tonic the bulk of ihe steamer Hiiigora. The baths were then smashed int sections and piled on the shore liea the river’s mouth. Thirteen inches of rain fell at Rock ainptou in twenty-four hours.
The Filzrny liver rose alarmingly the wharf at Rockhampton being under water. William Wet on was drowned at Frenchman's Creek Heavy Ic-.ses ol stork are reported.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1928, Page 2
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