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Australia Day Floods 1974 Brisbane

Brisbane River Floods Australia Day 1974

Ships in Port During the Floods

Canada Bear�Berthed at Dalgetys Whf No.2

Ludwik Solski.. .Berthed at Newstead No.1

Hyogo Maru�Berthed at Newstead Container terminal

Papuan Chief�Berthed at Bretts No. 3

Island Chief� Berthed at Bretts No. 2

Japarit�.Berthed at Bretts No. 1

Patris �(passenger ship)berthed at lay up berth Cairnscross Whf, broke away and

re=berted at BHP

Mundoora�Berthed at lay up Whf then moved to Abbators Whf then on to Gibson Island.

Robert Miller� Anchored off Kangaroo Point Dock

Hydra ...berthed At Mercantile Whf No.1

Canterbury Star Berthed at Hamilton Cold Stores.

Cape Moreton�Berthed at Kangaroo Point.

Cementco�berthed at Howard Smith Whf. Later to Hamilton No. 1

Darra�. Berthed at Howard Smith Whf later moved to Abbators Whf.

Howard Smith EX .Melbourne tug..Berthed at Patricks Whf later moved to Mercantile No. 2

Barge 77� Broke away during the night and berthed at Hamilton Whf.. by tug Eagar.

Barge 25 broke away and latter berthed at Hamilton Whf.

Army barges� attended by ,Harman,Naldham, later berthed at Mercantile Whf.

Oil barge �Broke away from Norris Point�later berthed at Riverside Whf by tug Eagar.

Neptune�.Berthed at Evans deakin Whf broke away and reported to be wedged between two

ships Hyogo Maru and Ludwik Solski at Newstead Whf. And was moved later to Hamilton Whf by tugs, Eagar, Naldham.

Robert Miller was at anchor and attended by tug Thornswaite then later changed over to

tug Carlock. On headline Wednesday she was taken to Cairnscross Dock lay up

berth by Tugs..Eagar.carlock,Naldham,Thornswaite,Crowther,Harman. as a dead ship.

Sea Devil rescued by tug Eagar at Evans Deakin rocks and was holed by log under water

line.during the floods then moved upstream to Berth at Patricks Whf.

Atalantia� was rescued by tug Harman at Pinkenba after she was loged under the wharf

and the cabin top ripped off, and berthed at Lower Ampol Whf. Mary Street

Wharf .City went under water around 11PM on saturday night after we had

just completed our normal shift,we was recalled at midnight to go rescue the Robert

Miller who broke away during that time she had completly spun her whole

length around in the river. We worked for 10 days during the floods while brisbane

suburbs were all going under meters of water.When the Partis broke her moorings she

broke 16 headlines at the bow that was holding her there,we had to rescue her

too she was a large Passenger Ship.She spun around like a cork and was abreast

of Colmslie Boat ramp down stream.

Brisbane River Floods Australia Day 1974

These are the Photos of the floods of Brisbane's worst floods in 50 years.

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