FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 16, 20 January 1910, Page 2

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 19. The reason of the magnitude of the flood was that rain fell uniformly heavy over the entire watershed, the rivers rising simultaneously. Streets and houses in the towns where the floods have receded are in a terrible state from slush, debris, and dead animals. Gangs of men are employed in clearing them. The Namoi and Barwon rivers are rising rapidly still. Enormous bodies of water "are coming down. Walgett and other towns along the lower reaches are preparing for big floods. Stock and property is being removed to places of safety. The. extent of the damage to the railways may be gathered from the fact that there are forty washaways between Inverell and Bclungra, a distance of 25 miles. Many of the smaller bridges have collapsed but none of the larger ones have gone. _ Big gangs of men are engaged in repairing the lines. Amongst many sensational experiences a blackfellow was rescued after floating for two days on a log. A widow and four children were rescued when the water was up to the woman's armpits as she stood on a table. At Gunnedah, Alderman Brooker found a man sitting on a niano. The flood waters had carried him in and ho had spent a night on the ton of the piano as the only place of safety. A man named Huxley was drowned at Bingara.