The Queensland Floods.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 April 1890, Page 2

The Queensland Floods.

SEROUS EFFiSCT OF THE STOftMS

mann's dam io the districts. A terrible storm ©scarred at Emu Plat, where a Government survey party were camped m the scrub just btf tile beach. The party dofldisW of itarry White aud two Ohinamen, naitled Leonard and Frank Lees. While IM latt«r' waS outlide cooking, the Other two men vfr£re ill thd te'ilt. A flash, of ligllteriiilg struck .Lefcs, Wacke'riirig Hint and siting fire ttf his pyjamas. Hie Honing «i ttcfc h's knee, and entered his body, com* ing out on the right side, and kill' ing him instantly. White was also struck, but was not muoh injured.

TWO MEN STRUCK BY LIGHTENING

(Evening Pott Correspondent.)

Shwet, 2nd April. The floods in Queensland have worked great devastation. A lat» telegram says that news from lu-jham via Townaville, states jthat the English church has bean levelled to the ground, and (that all the build, ings has suffered more or less. The country is flooded, and the Qourthquse anJ Divisional Board house have beenJhrown opeu for the reception of the homeless. The loss of property is enormous. At 'Oardwell only Jour J^puaes are left standing, all th« others being either wholly down, unroofed, or otherwise destroyed : in fact. Card we] I is a complete wreck. At Dunsreness the sea was so high that all th« people left Ithe plaoe at daylight for higher ground. The cyclone was {of terrific force, and all the sugar canes were levelled. At Mackmadethe house and part of the mi>l were swept away. It is reported that two Chinamen were killed np the river, and a South Sea Wander drowned at the Victoria mill. At Maebury, on Friday, the watera in the oreek had risen considerably during the day, but about 7 o'olook in the evening a terrific rush of j?ater came surging down the valley; 'and in its course it enveloped (the : whole town. Belief partis imvnefriateTy went out, and the gmto*' depatc'h was used by several residents of the plaoe in removing the 'liff./ont families to greater places of safety. With. in five minutes after the first indications of the water the wh^le township was flooded. It can scarcely be bolieved that this immense body of water is the outcome of the wins, heavy and blinding as they wer.\ and it is generally suppose! that H«g e >