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Floods

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Floods has 72 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 38 references, with 2 live disagreements.

72 facts·70 predicates·38 sources·2 in dispute

Mostly:affects multiple regions(2), drowned(2), implicates widespread impact(1)

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Inbound mentions (60)

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Other facts (72)

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72 facts
PredicateValueRef
Affects Multiple RegionsYuleba[8]
Affects Multiple RegionsThargomindah[8]
DrownedHorses[9]
DrownedWorking Bullocks[9]
Implicates Widespread ImpactMailmen Livestock[1]
Carried Forest Spoils to Seasnull[2]
Disrupt Travel and MailTrue[3]
Cause River RiseTrue[3]
Spatial ExtentWide Country[3]
Cause DamageTanks Dams[3]
Widespread in Queenslandimplied across towns[4]
PreventedGeorgina Mail Arrival at Boulia[2]
Presupposes Occurrencerecent floods[1]
Entails Damagenull[5]
Impacts Stock SupplyUnion Steam Shipping Company[5]
Exist As Natural Disasternull[5]
Affected Route BetweenThargomindah[5]
Caused Delay forSir T Mcilwraith[5]
Causes DelaysMails[6]
Implicates Business DisruptionWooroorooka Standstill[5]
Presupposes Rain NecessityDivisional Boards[7]
Caused Abandonment LossSub Inspector Merrit[8]
Entails Existential DamageLow Lying Areas[8]
Presupposes DestructionMaize Crop[8]
Recent and Significantnull[8]
Existential Commitmenttrue[8]
Causes Rail DisruptionsQueensland Railways[8]
Causes Sailing DelaysWm Howard Smith and Sons Limited[8]
Recurrent ThreatTrue[8]
Historical Occurrences1828, 1844[8]
Deontically Requires Rescue EffortsTrue[8]
Caused Hair Breadth EscapesSelectors[8]
Necessitated RoofsSettlers[8]
Causally DisruptiveMining[9]
Causes Delay inHorse Service[10]
Necessitated Renewals and Repairs{}[11]
Prevents Accessnull[12]
Cause Widespread Disruptiontravel, mining, sales[13]
Exist in Multiple LocationsQueensland Towns[14]
Widespread in Regionnull[13]
Presupposes Heavy Rains OccurredTrue[15]
Cause Damage to Cropsrecurrent[16]
Caused Losses toFlood Affected Farmers[17]
Essential Effectproperty destruction[18]
Are Fatalyes[18]
Devastate Housestrue[18]
Destroy Propertytrue[18]
Occurred Recently[19]
CausedGeorge E Cooper Insolvency[20]
Teleologically Destructivenull[21]
Went From Daintree Village to Barratts CreekBarratts Creek[22]
Presupposes River Crossings Hazardous{}[23]
Went FromDaintree Village to Barratts Creek[24]
Going to Be More Frequent Unfortunatelynull[24]
Ontological As Natural DisasterQueensland[25]
Widespread ImpactMultiple Rivers[26]
DamagedNorthern Tobacco Farms[27]
Ontologically Destructive to HousesWooden Cottages[28]
40 Feet Above RailsNormanby Crests[29]
Broken Dam Washed FencesDam Higher Creek[30]
Existentially CommittedSevere Floods in the North[31]
Essential Natural Force{}[32]
Assumes Destructive{}[32]
Reported inApril 1876[33]
Exist As Recurrent{}[34]
Destructive Essence{}[34]
Recurrently Washed Away SettlementsDaintree Settler Houses[35]
Framed As Recurrent Disastersnull[35]
Existentially Commits to High Watersmultiple rivers[36]
Rendered ImpassableCountry to Coen[37]
Hindered Recovery{}[37]
Broke Dam Washed FencesDam[38]

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implicatesWidespreadImpacttrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
ex:mailmen-livestock
carriedForestSpoilsToSeastrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
null
disruptTravelAndMailtrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:true
causeRiverRisetrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:true
spatialExtenttrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:wide-country
causeDamagetrove-cooktown/cingalese
ex:tanks-dams
widespreadInQueenslandtrove-cooktown/john-davis
implied across towns
preventedtrove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
ex:georgina-mail-arrival-at-boulia
presupposesOccurrencetrove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
recent floods
entailsDamagetrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
null
impactsStockSupplytrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:union-steam-shipping-company
existAsNaturalDisastertrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
null
affectedRouteBetweentrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:thargomindah
causedDelayFortrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:sir-t-mcilwraith
causesDelaystrove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
ex:mails
implicatesBusinessDisruptiontrove-cooktown/coloured-persons
ex:wooroorooka-standstill
presupposesRainNecessitytrove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
ex:divisional-boards
causedAbandonmentLosstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:sub-inspector-merrit
entailsExistentialDamagetrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:low-lying-areas
presupposesDestructiontrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:maize-crop
recentAndSignificanttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
null
affectsMultipleRegionstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:yuleba
affectsMultipleRegionstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:thargomindah
existentialCommitmenttrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
true
causesRailDisruptionstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:queensland-railways
causesSailingDelaystrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:wm-howard-smith-and-sons-limited
recurrentThreattrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:true
historicalOccurrencestrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
1828, 1844
deonticallyRequiresRescueEffortstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:true
causedHairBreadthEscapestrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:selectors
necessitatedRoofstrove-cooktown/north-shore-full
ex:settlers
drownedlaura-corridor
ex:horses
causallyDisruptivelaura-corridor
ex:mining
drownedlaura-corridor
ex:working-bullocks
causesDelayInlaura-corridor/loop3-network
ex:horse-service
necessitatedRenewalsAndRepairslaura-corridor/loop7-court-records
{}
preventsAccesslaura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
null
causeWidespreadDisruptionlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson
travel, mining, sales
existInMultipleLocationslaura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield
ex:queensland-towns
widespreadInRegionlaura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson
null
presupposesHeavyRainsOccurredlaura-corridor/loop12-annan-cape-bedford
ex:true
causeDamageToCropsbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/21630858_Saturday-13-April-1895-epitome
recurrent
causedLossesTobrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/21447745_Saturday-16-April-1898-country-news
ex:flood-affected-farmers
essentialEffectbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/216440767_Wednesday-10-April-1895-fatal-floods-houses-devastated-property-destroyed-by-telegra
property destruction
areFatalbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/216440767_Wednesday-10-April-1895-fatal-floods-houses-devastated-property-destroyed-by-telegra
yes
devastateHousesbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/216440767_Wednesday-10-April-1895-fatal-floods-houses-devastated-property-destroyed-by-telegra
true
destroyPropertybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/216440767_Wednesday-10-April-1895-fatal-floods-houses-devastated-property-destroyed-by-telegra
true
occurredRecentlybrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3499041_Tuesday-23-July-1889-summary-of-news
(no value)
causedbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3577006_Friday-30-March-1894-the-postal-conference
ex:george-e-cooper-insolvency
teleologicallyDestructivebrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985373_Friday-23-January-1880-gold-found-behind-reynolds-family-hotel
null
wentFromDaintreeVillageToBarrattsCreekrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-036
ex:barratts-creek
presupposesRiverCrossingsHazardousrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-059
{}
wentFromrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-040
ex:daintree-village-to-barratts-creek
goingToBeMoreFrequentUnfortunatelyrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-040
null
ontologicalAsNaturalDisasterbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/163326015_Saturday-14-April-1894_Gales-and-Floods-in-Queensland-Railway-Traffic-Stopped-Highest-Flood-ever-known-at-Geraldton-BRISBANE-SUNDAY
ex:queensland
widespreadImpactbrackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168902608_Thursday-18-August-1887_From-Our-Exchanges-BRISBANE-August-16
ex:multiple-rivers
damagedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0086
ex:northern-tobacco-farms
ontologicallyDestructiveToHousesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/08-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-21630870-2d69d9e582fd
ex:wooden-cottages
40FeetAboveRailsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439
ex:normanby-crests
brokenDamWashedFencesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-archival-classic-sl-nsw-gov-au-transcript-2017-d26018-a9880-html-9606f022348f
ex:damHigherCreek
existentiallyCommittedrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article292746040
ex:severe-floods-in-the-north
essentialNaturalForcerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article21630870
{}
assumesDestructiverosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article21630870
{}
reportedInrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study
April 1876
existAsRecurrentrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-crosscheck-qsa-target-mossman-daintree-native-police-isley
{}
destructiveEssencerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-crosscheck-qsa-target-mossman-daintree-native-police-isley
{}
recurrentlyWashedAwaySettlementsrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-district-douglas-shire-historical-society
ex:daintree-settler-houses
framedAsRecurrentDisastersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-district-douglas-shire-historical-society
null
existentiallyCommitsToHighWatersrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-3578299
multiple rivers
renderedImpassablerosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-183698258
ex:country-to-coen
hinderedRecoveryrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-183698258
{}
brokeDamWashedFencesrosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-44a50102b18c
ex:dam

References (38)

38 references
  1. [1]Beche De Mer2 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/beche-de-mer
  2. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/mauritius-queensland
  3. [3]Cingalese4 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/cingalese
  4. [4]John Davis1 fact
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/john-davis
  5. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/coloured-persons
  6. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-cooktown
  7. ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/aboriginal-exploitation
  8. [8]North Shore Full14 facts
    ctx:genes/trove-cooktown/north-shore-full
  9. [9]Laura Corridor3 facts
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor
  10. [10]Loop3 Network1 fact
    ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop3-network
  11. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop7-court-records
  12. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop10-goldfield-towns
  13. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop11-hodgkinson
  14. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop11-bloomfield
  15. ctx:genes/laura-corridor/loop12-annan-cape-bedford
  16. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/21630858_Saturday-13-April-1895-epitome
  17. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/21447745_Saturday-16-April-1898-country-news
  18. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/216440767_Wednesday-10-April-1895-fatal-floods-houses-devastated-property-destroyed-by-telegra
  19. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3499041_Tuesday-23-July-1889-summary-of-news
  20. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/3577006_Friday-30-March-1894-the-postal-conference
  21. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/51985373_Friday-23-January-1880-gold-found-behind-reynolds-family-hotel
  22. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-036
  23. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-059
  24. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/catchup-archive-downloads-batch-040
  25. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/163326015_Saturday-14-April-1894_Gales-and-Floods-in-Queensland-Railway-Traffic-Stopped-Highest-Flood-ever-known-at-Geraldton-BRISBANE-SUNDAY
  26. ctx:genes/brackenridge-cairns-1880-1900/trove-new/168902608_Thursday-18-August-1887_From-Our-Exchanges-BRISBANE-August-16
  27. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/full-archive-reingestion-2026-05-06-batch-0086
  28. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/08-trove-nla-gov-au-newspaper-article-21630870-2d69d9e582fd
  29. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-www-chapelhill-homeip-net-familyhistory-other-queenslandhistory-palmerdayschap3-htm-htm-extracted-3d8dd7cd0439
  30. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/metadata-reingest/001-archival-classic-sl-nsw-gov-au-transcript-2017-d26018-a9880-html-9606f022348f
  31. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article292746040
  32. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-nla-news-article21630870
  33. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/douglas-heritage-study
  34. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-crosscheck-qsa-target-mossman-daintree-native-police-isley
  35. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/daintree-district-douglas-shire-historical-society
  36. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-hartley-sykes-oconnor-cape-bedford-3578299
  37. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/trove-peer-carriers-packers-blackboy-native-guide-183698258
  38. ctx:genes/rosie-reynolds-massacre-connection/downloaded-archives-2026-05-05-2026-05-06-batch-44a50102b18c

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