There is a family story that my G-grandparents, Christian Friedrich Wilhelm SCHMIDT (1952-1950) and his wife, Anna Wilhelmina Karolina BUHK (1869-1955) (married 1886) were swept away with their house and all their belongings in an earlier flood on the Logan River. Anna contracted a bad ear infection which left her partially deaf for the rest of her life. It must have been in 1886 or 1887 as they had moved to Beaudesert in 1887 where he started his wheelwright business. Christian had come to Australia as a 9yo in 1861, and Anna had come as a 2yo in 1871. Both came from the Uckermark region and both families had later settled in the Logan. If anyone has any information on the Logan floods, I would be interested to receive it. Margaret Szalay -----Original Message----- From: James Crighton [mailto:jcrigh@growzone.com.au] Sent: Sunday, 13 October 2002 12:51 PM To: AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Is there a reason? I think 1893 saw one of the biggest floods ever in South East Queensland ==== AUS-QLD-SE-Germans Mailing List ==== A List for the research of the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Margaret - here are a few items re the 1887 floods which affected the Logan/Albert Rivers. I have some material here - which I can't find, as usual - regarding various buildings which were demolished around the Waterford areas. However there is a mention of it in Burke's book "Gunyah, Grit and Gantry" which I had from our local library. I'll keep an eye out for more in the material I'm ploughing through right now. Bev 19-22/1/1887 Very heavy rain over Moreton and East Darling Downs divisions. Creeks in flood and low-lying ground submerged at Cryna (Beaudesert) and Fassifern. Goodna township flooded; houses under water. "The rain commenced on Wednesday January 19. During the 24 hours to 9am on Friday 21st, 2.63 inches was recorded. Between 9am and 4.30pm on the same day 6.83 inches was recorded." (From Queensland Times, 22 Jan 1887, Ref 1.) 22/1/1887 Railway traffic on the Southern and Western Railway suspended on account of floods. Bowen Bridge, Brisbane 5 feet under water at 5 pm, washed away at 6.30 pm 23/1/1887 Very high flood at Brisbane. Several lives lost by drowning and a great deal of property damaged 25/1/1887 The steamer 'Barrabool" ran aground in Brisbane River and two sailors were drowned by the flood waters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Szalay" <mszalay@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Logan River Floods - 1886-7 > There is a family story that my G-grandparents, Christian Friedrich > Wilhelm SCHMIDT (1952-1950) and his wife, Anna Wilhelmina Karolina BUHK > (1869-1955) (married 1886) were swept away with their house and all > their belongings in an earlier flood on the Logan River.