![]() ![]() Residents were left homeless, and the Victoria Bridge and Indooroopilly railwayīridge were washed away - hence the ascription, Black February. There were around 35 deaths, almost one third of Around 17įebruary, a third cyclone caused inundation which was almost as damaging as theīattering was profound. Was a brief respite until the following Sunday (11 February) when a secondĬyclone brought more rain but the flooding was minor in comparison with whatĪs the district set about recovering, the unbelievable happened. Sort of flood, and nearby houses were from four to 15 feet in water.Īll of their losses, Mrs Alice Wright especially lamented losing a caseĬontaining heirlooms from the day she and Henry married at Wickham Tce in 1877. Of the almost-complete CSR sugar refinery proved not to be high enough for this Off its stumps and was carried away in the current.įollowing day, it was clear New Farm had been seriously affected. Sunday 5 February, the Wrights watched in disbelief as their house was lifted ![]() On the other side of the river to sit out the deluge. ![]() The preparations complete, Mr and Mrs Wright and their children joined friends Including a piano which had recently arrived from England, three feet higher Having experiencedįlooding three years earlier, Mr Wright moved all of the family furniture, Wright, a prominent figure in the Brisbane hotel scene. On Norris’s Point (now the Powerhouse site) in a high-set home was Harry On 1 February 1893, a tropical cyclone crossed the Queensland coast near Yeppoon and within days Brisbane felt the effects. ![]()
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