Capsize of the ferry Pearl
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The capsize of the ferry Pearl occurred on Thursday 13 February 1896 in the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. It was estimated that half of the 80–100 people on board the ferry died.
Pearl ferry capsizing
1893 Brisbane flood
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The 1893 Brisbane flood, occasionally referred to as the Great Flood of 1893 or the Black February flood, occurred in 1893 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Brisbane River burst its banks on thr
Capsize of the ferry Pearl
…temporary measure due to the loss of both bridges that crossed the river, the Victoria Bridge and the Albert Railway Bridge, at Indooroopilly after the floods of 1893. Steamers like Pearl were then commissioned to transfer traffic across the river between Brisbane's Queen's Wharf and Musgrave Wharf. The ferry was…
Queen Street, one of the major roads in Brisbane, after the 1893 floods. Residents are seen rowing boats to move about due to the flooding.
South Brisbane during the 1893 flood.
Albert Bridge
Construction of Somerset Dam, 1938.