THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.
TownsviMjE, February 2. The weather has moderated, and the floodwater is falling. During the cyclone the wind blew over 100 miles an hour. The face of the country has completely changed. Trees have been uprooted in ail directions, and thousands of tons of sand carried over pasture lands. At Ross Island (a suburb of Townsville) on Monday, six lives wore lost through the capsizing of a boao which was engaged in rescue work. The latest reports from Rockhampton state that the Danson and Comet Rivers are in high flood. Thirty-three miles of the Clermont railway, a branch of the central line, are under water.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1249, 6 February 1896, Page 29
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107THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1249, 6 February 1896, Page 29
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