Crossing from the North Quay to South Brisbane the sight which meets the eye is appalling. The streets themselves covered to a depth of inches by a thick foul smelling mud were on Tuesday partially blocked by half-demolished houses, telegraph poles and posts with the wires (forming a trap for those who were not sufficiently careful in getting about), crockery-ware, dead animals, and articles of broken furniture. It was of course impossible to obtain anything like an accurate estimate of the number of houses destroyed, but it is safe to assert that quite two-thirds of the houses between Montague-road and the river has been carried away.
