THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.
i . ' ~ — • — ~ ».; CSSBECIAL TO PBESS AsSOCIATIOKJ LONDON, Feb. 23. The Eastern Extension Cable Company has subscribed .£IOO, and tbe Duke of York £10 to the fund for > sufferers by the Queensland floods. J *~ BEISBANE, Fhb. 23. ( The Government meteorologist predicts [ more rain. , Owing to the floods, the channels in the 1 river have eil ted, and several vessels have grounded. Until the river is re-surveyed, . vessels will be tendered off the bar. ' BEISBANE, Feb. 24. i The flood relief fund amounts to ' .616,000. Great distress is sure to prevail | in Gynspie, where 600 miners are thrown ' out of employment. It will be fully three [ months before the mines oan rename work. , Quite 200 honses are washed away. SYDNET, Feb. 23. » The damage by flood in the Maclean district is estimated at __.80.000, and j Government relief has been requested. j Many farmera have been ruined, and are ■ asking for employment on relief works.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4578, 24 February 1893, Page 3
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155THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4578, 24 February 1893, Page 3
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