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expired so the mine was not in operation, but the men were removing rails and other mine equipment for use elsewhere. The colliery had two tunnels, and the flood waters had already reached the works. Thomas Wright, despite his father's advice against going down into the mine, arranged for seven men to go into the main tunnel and three men to go into the minor tunnel. Without warning, the roof collapsed over part of the main tunnel with air forced out of the mine in a great rush hurling wagons out of the way and trapping all seven men who entered the main tunnel. The men signaled the engine driver on the surface to pull them out but the collapse was major enough to prevent rescue. In minutes water had flooded the works and those not killed in the collapse would have drowned.
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burst its banks on three occasions in February 1893. It was the occurrence of three major floods in the same month that saw the period named "Black February". There was also a fourth flood later in the same year in June. The river runs through the centre of Brisbane with much of the population living
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were destroyed. The Victoria Bridge, which was an iron bridge with a turning span to allow traffic to go upriver, was partially destroyed on Monday 6 February, when the northern half of the bridge was washed away. It was not replaced until 1897. In the meantime, ferries were used to transport people
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and other areas were in danger. The inhabitants of Brisbane were not worried however due to the fine weather, as the days of heavy rain having ended, all threat of floods seemed to have disappeared. The Brisbane General Post Office only posted the warning on a single noticeboard, and it went almost
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of the Brisbane River. The seven miners killed included Thomas Wright (Mine Manager) and George Wright who were both sons of the owner. The other five miners were Andrew Smart, Patrick McQuade, John McQuade (son of Patrick), Charles Walker, and Mathew Cuthbertson. The lease over the mine was nearly
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Floods occur naturally, but now they had become a serious threat to people in this area. The clearing and developing of the land close to the water's edge essentially caused an increase in height and velocity of the rising water, and of the resulting damage. European thinking was the basis for the
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to drench the already saturated Brisbane River catchment. Somerset observed that the Brisbane River was flooded in similar levels to the first flood of the Stanley River. He knew that the telegraph lines were down between Esk and Brisbane, but he knew that there was a telegraph office at the small
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The second cyclone struck on 11 February, causing relatively minor flooding compared to the first flood. When the third cyclone came on 19 February, it was almost as devastating as the first, and it left up to one third of Brisbane's residents homeless. This time however the flood in the Brisbane
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In early February, after the heavy rains caused by Tropical Cyclone Buninyong, the weather had finally broken, and to his surprise, Somerset saw from his porch a great wall of water come down the Stanley River. This was especially concerning to Somerset, as the heavy rains caused by a tropical
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Whilst the warnings went unheeded, as a result of these heroic efforts, Caboonbah Station was made an official flood warning station, with a telegraph line to Esk. Somerset initially manned the station in its early years, having to use morse code for 12 years prior to the introduction of the
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The Indigenous people used to build their camps on higher ground along the rivers, aware of the dangers of floods. They had warned the free settlers of the potential threat of floods, but their advice was ignored and settlements were built closer to the banks of the rivers.
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cyclone Buninyong (informally named after the ship that first sighted it) had already caused the Stanley River to exceed the 1890 flood level. Somerset, realizing that people downriver where in great danger sent one of his workers, Henry (Harry) Winwood to
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The 1893 floods were preceded by two notable yet less severe floods in 1887 and 1890. Both were caused by high levels of summer rainfall; however the rainfall around this period (with the exception of the two summers) was described as "very low".
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belief that engineering a dam could tame a river system. By 1959, it was believed that the Brisbane River system was regulated. By the 1970s, the social memory of the 1893 floods had all but vanished.
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The great advances in technology associated with photography meant that there were many photos taken of the floods, some of which still exist today. A local businessman who would later become Premier,
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4 million (1893 figures), although no official figures exist. The southern regions of the city were most affected by the flood. The most flooded suburb of what was to become the
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In modern times, Caboonbah Homestead was restored and used as a museum. However, on Monday 11 May 2009, the homestead caught fire and burnt to the ground.
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recorded an all-time Australian record of 907 millimetres (35.7 in) of rain in a 24-hour period. The water surge was recorded on the Port Office
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was Mayor of Brisbane Municipal Council, which contained the City Centre, and was the most important of the local government authorities.
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Brisbane in 1891 had a population of 84,000 people. The area was under the jurisdiction of several local governments (the present
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The same day that the notice of Billy Mateer's death appeared in the newspaper, there was also a major announcement that the
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during the Black February period, although in March 1893 (shortly after the floods) he resigned in order to join the
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had approved the construction of Somerset Dam. The site had been identified in 1933, by the Bureau of Industry.
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The flooding was responsible for around 35 deaths. The floods also forced the hospitalisation of 190 residents.
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Trigonometrical survey of Queensland : illustrating extent of major triangulation to 31 December 1893
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in areas beside the river. It first flooded on February 6 due to a deluge associated with a
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had a photo album (a very expensive item at the time) of the floods, which survives today.
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Brisbane was established in 1825 as a convict settlement as part of the British colony of
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River was largely from waters from the upper reaches of Brisbane River, rather than the
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Floods in the Brisbane river, and system of predicting their heights and times
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On 17 February, another cyclone crossed the Queensland coast near
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to send a telegraph to warn them. The telegraph sent warned the
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The total damage caused by the flooding has been estimated at
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Deluge: the true story of the Great Brisbane Flood of 1893.
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Seven of the victims were workers at John Wright's Eclipse
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and goods across the busy river. This, however, led to the
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Destruction of the Victoria Bridge: 1893 Brisbane Flood
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disaster in 1896 with the loss of more than 40 lives.
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was formed, at which time Queensland became a State.
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Map from the Irrigation and Water Supply Commission.
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Results of Rainfall Observations made in Queensland
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History: Billy Mateer - the man who raced the flood
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Brisbane
Queensland
Brisbane River
tropical cyclone
Stanley River
Crohamhurst
gauge
January 1841 flood
New South Wales
Samuel Griffith
Premier of Queensland
Supreme Court of Queensland
Thomas McIlwraith
Commonwealth of Australia
City of Brisbane
John McMaster
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Rocklea
Victoria Bridge
Albert Bridge
Indooroopilly
capsize of the ferry Pearl
Robert Philp

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