Not twenty or thirty, but seventy years ago! This photograph shows the Provincial Council buildings during the flood of February 4, 1868. The water came up to the flooring of the Gloucester street footbridge, which normally had eight or nine feet of clearance.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22593, 24 December 1938, Page 21
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43Not twenty or thirty, but seventy years ago! This photograph shows the Provincial Council buildings during the flood of February 4, 1868. The water came up to the flooring of the Gloucester street foot- bridge, which normally had eight or nine feet of clearance. Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22593, 24 December 1938, Page 21
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