THE QUEENS LAND FLOODS.
♦ ALABMING 111-; PORTS FKOM GKEALDTON. DEATH OF A KI-SCTEK. loNlTa;> Pl.Jtttii ASSOCIATION. I (Received April 12, 11.-15 a.m.) Br sbane. This Day Alarming reports aro coining in as to the disastrous effects of tlio floods in to Geraldton district. The river rose 41 feot abovo its ordinary level. The lower parts of the town were submerged, and the inhabitants fled to the higher ground. A man named Thomson was drowned while engaged in rcrcue work. Large quantities of bat. anas which were lyiug ready for shipment were washed away. At Townsvillo tho western on-t of the breakwater was demolished by <hn aotion of heavy seas, and tbo eastern end was also considerably damaged.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 86, 12 April 1894, Page 2
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117THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 86, 12 April 1894, Page 2
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