A QUEENSLAND FLOOD.
COUNTRY SUBMERGED. ONLY HOUSETOPS AND TREETOPS VISIBLE. I Brisbane, February 5. Innisfail reports a record flood. There is ten feet of water on the esplanade and Chinatown is submerged to the roofs, due to a cyclone overflowing the river. Tho country is covered for miles, only the housetops and trees being visible. Tiie losses are heavy. It is unknown how the residents of the country fared owing to there being no of communication. The wharf almost collapsed, the shed being broken in halves. Tons of driftwood, bananas, sugar cane, dead horses, cattle, and pigs floated down stream. No casualties are yet reported. The waters are receding, leaving a mass of debris on the river front and the streets. A subscription list has been opened by the Mayor of Brisbane.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 31, 5 February 1913, Page 6
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132A QUEENSLAND FLOOD. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 31, 5 February 1913, Page 6
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