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GREAT FLOOD-IN THE BREMER
AND BRISBANE. :
THERE has been a serious flood. Tho
Guardian of Tuesday says.,:-Tho flood ha»
como, and, that in rjfeht good earnest. It is
said by those who hEvo bagjo^nany years in
this country that there has not been such a
flood iu tho Bremer and Brisbane for at least
twenty years. Tho flood of 1857 was- a high
ono ; but yesterday morning the water cose
higher thau it rose at that period by about
three feet. AU the wharves are completely
underwater.: At the stores of Messrs J.and
G. Harris; whose wharf is quite submerged, a
largo number pf mea wore in this way em-
ployed .'during tho whole of Saturday -and;
Sunday,' working all night. : Ono of tho
storehouses of these gentlemen was'oh Sun-
day night partially under water, and in spite
of the exertions made, the destruction of pro-
perty must be considerable. All communi-'
cation by road and river with Ipswich, it is
scarcely necessary to say, is for a time in-
terrupted j and also that with the vessels in
the bay. Tho whàjçf of Messrs. Raff and Co.
is quito under watorV aud the rivor hos risen
up to tho stone storoa andNpartially flooded
thom. At an early'period; the wharf of
Newton, Brothors, was ontirely under water.
On Saturday, tho goods werpall removed and
placed ia the stonb buildingtwhôro thov wore
secure againstr'tho water. Still some damago
was done, although we believprit is compara-
tively trifling. At Breakfast Creek tho flood ;
was very heavy, and a largo portion of land,
some ot it under cultivation, was submerged.
Further up tho creek, in tho vicinity of Bo wen
Bridge, a considorablo amount of damage
was done, by thodrowuing of sheep and . tho
destruction of fences. On Sunday tho road
nt Bowen Bridge was for many yards under
wator, and all communication for several
hours was cut off. Largo logs pf enormous
weight have, in sevoral iustances, and liftod'
up hythe force of tho stream and left on the
elevated portions of tho road ; and one enor-
mous log is]luid right across tho fenco of an
nllotmont wnpro s'orne .industrious man has
expondod Ilia littlo'ftll in the cultivation of a
garden. In other portions of the suburbs of:
the city, aud iu various parts of tho city itself,'
numorouB houses woro floodod, and in some
instances j¡ho humble dwellers havo Buffered
severely, having boon compellod to ; remove
thoir all as host thoy could, and to rolyupon
tho hospitality of neighbours. Ono station*
in tho Rockhampton district lost noarly
one third of their sheep. Several deaths by /
drowning aro reported during thu piwt two.;
days.
v^n^sn IN THE IÍVNTER.-Tho river Hùn>
H»j?*s,: again ingall ;Vta colour is dirty, and
a cons'iaorablé.qÙRntitV afgrift woad is com-
ing Tfio rifoth\ timbihas boon muck,
moro,$földthan upon thVpreyious. occasion,
¿nd tho height tho wator^aS' attained above
tho ordinary high-wator lovel is greater than
it was in tho rocont fresh A Tho river was
first óbservod to riso on Sunday about midday,
Dur rig tho nftornoon of that day it continued
to raiso rapidly, as also it did throughout tho
night and tho wholo of Monday. From
two o'olook till Bayon o'clock the
river rose at-a uniform rato upwards
of a foot, and w\s\t\Qn ribing ;«t%
the Borno ta,\p, aa it badi bicnV all day, with.

rain/still fallîùg,' and every appearance of ita
continuancov . -Wc stato in our issuo of Tues-
day tliat, lite on 'Monday evouiiig, tlie river
was still rising, It continued to rise all
night, and on Tuesday 'morning, at ton o'clock
attainoditsmaximutn height, being at tho time
somofiftcon or Bixieon foot abovo its usual
lovel, andiin soino parts of the creeks, and of
the, river itself, tho water was ruuuing bank
high!, !' At tho period just' alluded to, con-
siderable anxiety was manifested by tho
townspeople generally as to tho probablo turn
tho river'would take. About ten a.m., on
Tuesday,' tho ' water commenced ' to recede,
and by six o'clock-at night had fallon'
somoi eighteen inches. Tho damage done as
it is, however, inconsiderable. - Our Clarence
Town ¡correspondent reports u frcBh in; ¡the
Williams»; Bain has an fallen at tho Wol
lombi-r-Jfritlmidmhxim/r~* ? ?. . ,i

DBOWNVO>-By a privafe. lotter, wo loara
that a'niau named Campboll whilst' attempt-
ing to cross tho : Falls neat1' Clarence Town,
Iluntor River, with a dray during: tho late
fresh, i* wost washed j down, i, and ¡his who;
drowned ; Campbell himself being' rescued1
byMichaol Eoach withgrqat difficulty. -

WoMONGONOirrrTlio rain has fallon ;in tor

rontso. during, .the« past..- twenty-four hours/.
The loose gluff iised; in jilling tho; extension of
the breakwater, is washed away, .the dock ".is1
filled with .wator, mid ¡a. portion of the Mount
Pleasant tramway injured.*-. r ; V ., . -,. ^, .

WiNBSon.T-TiioBday, 6 ...p.m.-Flood .on
the Hawksbury.-Tho river has risen twenty- ?
seven.feot.v-A'grcat .portion of the low land
is undecr-watcr. - Tho . river-has just- now
began to falk-On /Thursday, . a; disastrous
fire broke out Gteorgo-strcet resulting do tho .
total destr^uctiotf^f tho post olfico ^Priinróso
and CasWy^ /and .Milliugton's''.harnoss
making eiiablisbjneiits.-^iho - buildings in
iáoymour's Tannery -wore saved by strenuous
exertions on the part\f the townspeople.

The, mail and Jottors in tho. post-office''.wore.
Hived,' and most of tho furniture and goods in
other.pianos. Milliiigtq'n's' stock-is insured
ju tho? Pacific 'l<jre'* 'lnsnranco: Company,"
Primrose&udsÇassi'dv"s figuBo insured ; stock
uninsurecÇj Mî^li1 ùcWwKa fire, engine.

Thoro Imsboon a disastroiis Hood at Moruya.
lt has. occasionod great destruction «f. pro-
perly. .A/inau ^uamed Parsons was drowned

at Bodalla in attempting to reach hishutaftor
the par^l subsioenco oft^ho water. :

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