Staff of Rowes and The National Hotel left on cleaning detail
First it was a freak hailstorm and now flood water from a nearby creek that has left staff of two Toowoomba stores cleaning up.
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FOR staff at Rowes Furniture and Bedding, the store’s second flooding in less than a month had one positive aspect.
Rowes copped a drenching during the freak storm that his the city on January 11, leaving flooring and some furniture damaged.
Though the flooring had been ripped up, the new floors hadn’t been laid yet before the store was flooded with water from the swollen creek across the road on Friday.
“The carpet was supposed to go down tomorrow (Sunday) and the timber floors on Friday,” Rowes retail manager John Wright said.
“Some of the furniture was damaged.
“At this stage I can’t really tell what it would be worth, probably in the tens of thousands (of dollars).
“We just about had the floors done and ready but now we’re back to the start again.
“Never mind! These things are sent to test us,” he smiled philosophically.
Mr Wright said the flood water had entered the store from the Russell St doors and the Keefe St doors at the rear of the store.
Meanwhile, across Russell St at the National Hotel, staff were busy mopping up the mud that was left after the pub was flooded on Friday.
“It was worse than last time,” explained bar manager Tessi Mackay-Quinn.
“When the storm hit the ice (hail) banked up against the doors but this time the water went right through the pub floor.
“We didn’t have sandbags but we do now.”
It is hoped the pub will be open for business again early in the week,” she said.
“We’re cleaning up today (Saturday) and it depends on the carpets but we hope to open again early next week.”
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