Flooded Botanical Gardens, 1873
Flooded Botanical Gardens, 1873
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Queensland Times
24 June 1873
THE FLOOD. BRISBANE
The Brisbane River reached its highest point about 6 o'clock on Thursday night, when it was upwards of six foot above the level it would have stood at the start of the tide if there had been no flood. The water was awash with the Queen's wharf then, and had entered Harris's lower store. The Ipswich morning coach started from Kangaroo Point, but on reaching the Locky Waterholes was obliged to turn back, as the water was too deep to ford. By nightfall the water had risen at this place considerably higher, and showed no signs of subsiding.
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