DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7062, 7 February 1893, Page 3

DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS.

' (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYKIOHT.) f {Per Press Association,) I (Received 10.50 a.m., Feb. 7th.) I Sydney, Feb. 7. All the northern rivers are in flood, and much damage has been done to the maize at Clarence, while at Tweed nearly all the early maize has been ruined. Rockhampton, Feb 7. Eleven miles of railway have been washed away near here. No loss of life is reported. At Toowoomba the flood is steadily decreasing. At Ipswich there are terrible scenes of desolation, and the streets are in a frightful mess, emitting a horrible stench. The Governor has reached Ipswich, but is unable to get to Brisbane. A fund for the relief of the sufferers has been started. The passengers by the Sydney train have been camped at Redbank since Friday, and provisions are being despatched to them by boat. A man named Heenan and his sister have been carried away in a boat at Goodna, and it is feared that they have perished. The Gilliac family are safe. Thorehole’a mine at Blackstone, and Lindsay’s mine at Bundama have collapsed. The water has reached the top of the Catholic Church in Goodna, and houses are floating about in all directions. It is surmised that the whole country between Woolstone and Brisbane is one sheet of water. (Received 3.15 p.m., Feb. 7th.) The train has arrived from Brisbane, and brings news that the city is in a deplorable condition. "Victoria Bridge connecting North and South Brisbane has been destroyed, and Oxley Creek bridge is also demolished. Several of the mines at Gympie are flooded, ,