QUEENSLAND.

Southland Times, Issue 1230, 29 March 1870, Page 3

QUEENSLAND.

Mabybobottgh, March 12. The rains in this district have been heavierthan anyone can remember to have seen before. The flood' has risen to an alarming extent; and is four feet above the highest point ever known to have been previously reached. Large numbers have been compelled to abandon their homes. The Mayor has been most active in relieving the most pressing cases. Bbisbaite, March 12. All the wharves are submerged with flood waters, and the shipping business has been suspended in consequence. . The rain continues to pour down. At Maryborough the water is four feet above the highest mark of 1864. An immense amount of damage has been done. ' : - :■ ■ /■■ 1 . March 14. ' I The rains have ceased, and the flood, waters are declining. The driver of the mail coach -was drowned while crossing the Oxley Creek. Gympie, March 14. i There have been six days successive rain, and the , whole district has. been visited by the severest. floods ever/ known here. One half of the town, extending for about a mile, is completely submerged,'

and the damage to property is very great; The churches, schools, local .cp.Urfc^*U<L other public buildings have been thrown open to the public, who have been com* pelled to leave their usual places sofcabode. All communication: by mail arid telegraph has been suspended for days." The Superintendent' of Police, Mr Floy^i, and his force have'"'mkde : ' : e*x^adrdmaii^ exertions, and have, succeeded *}h"\doing~ much good. For' miles aVodnd the country is- under y^ater,. „,,T%, r rleading^reefs are' flooded, and ithere is noknpwm^ what may be the issue, asthe rain is still;* falling. •■;.•■ ... .;; -, v Bntgßijns, Marches:- 1 ' The Executive Council have decided . that the -extreme penalty shall be.carried;) out in the case ofthe convict Prender^ast, found guilty at the 1 last. Criminal; Sessions of the murder of- -Patrick Hartneil in January last: - The execution- is fixed Alto • take place oh the* 28th inst.- ' . • - I . r .■.•*V-.-i :Ujj?A .-iUi -