QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17385, 23 April 1928, Page 5

QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

SHIPPING AFFECTED. DEBRIS MENACES NAVIGATION. GREAT DAMAGE REPORTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (United Press Association.) BRISBANE,. April 21. Owing to the floods the South Brisbane wharves are devoid of shipping. The Espcrancc Bay and the Orama were a day late in leaving port as the result of flood waters, and the former was compelled to leave 17,000 boxes of butter on the wharf. Debris in large quantities is floating down the river menacing navigation. The shopkeepers are busy removing goods from the cellars in anticipation of further floods. It is expected the Brisbane river will reach its highest level to-night. • Reports from the country centres indicate that the flood waters are receding great damage has been caused, many farmers losing their entire crops besides extensive damage to roads and bridges. THIRTEEN INCHES OF RAIN. RIVERS’ ALARMING RISE. FLOATING BATHS DESTROYED. BRISBANE, April 22. When the downrushing flood waters in the Brisbane River met the incoming tide yesterday the stream rose 10ft 9in, practically four feet below the record height in 1908. The municipal floating baths broke from their moorings and struck the steamer Moreton Bay, and also the railway wharf at Kangaroo Point. They then carried a yacht away and fouled the hulk of the steamer Bingera. The baths were smashed and tile sections piled on the shore near the river mouth. Thirteen incdies of rain fell at Rockhampton in 24 hours. The Fitzroy River rose alarmingly, and Hie wharf is under water. William Weston was drowned in Frenchman’s Creek.