AUSTRALIAN FLOODS

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 67, 18 March 1908, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN FLOODS

WATERS STILL RISING FARMERS' HEAVY LOSSES. (By Cable—Press Associa_on.-Copyrlg_t) (Received 9.20 a-m.) SYDNEY, this day. The arrival of water from above "the town caused a renewal of the flood at (junnedah. Residents in the low-lying streets hav e beep compelled to leave their houses, whue many residents of the hamlets along the river are seeking refuge in the town. A church is being used to accommodate the homeless. The water extends as far as the eve can reach, and the flood is the since 1864. In some places the water is up to the eaves of the houses. Flood boats are out helping householders. Four hundred sheep were drowned on a common, and it is feared that the losses to crops and stock will prove exceedinalv heavy. r oJ Narrabri reports that the river is again rising, and is causing much anxiety. Numbers of stock are surrounded by water. A selector at Weewaa saved 400 sheep by dismantling some stockyards and building a raft whereon he placed the sheep. The damage by the floods in the Tamworth district is estimated at £40,000.

ISOLATED B&ISBANE.

SUBURBAN AREAS FLOODED. (Received 10.22 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Telegraphic communication with Queensland is still interrupted by the floods, and there is no immediate prospect of restoration. Messages for Brisbane are meantime being cabled via New Zealand. Brisbane newspapers to hand show that the flooding of the Brisbane river h'ls sub.r.erged wide suburban areas. The drowning of Constahle Murtagli is surrounded by pathetic circumstances. His companions did not give up attempts to rescue him until they ivcre cor.'ipletely exhausted.

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EXCITING EXPERIENCES. TAKING REFUGE ON HIGHLANDS. (Received 12.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The Narrabri River is now greatly in lood and still rising. The suburbs and all I he surrounding country are submerged. The people are taking refuge on the iigh lands, and many exciting experi:nces are reported ja rescuing stock.