NEW SOUTH WALES FLOOD
-SOME RESCUES; ; BY TELEGRAPH —MtESS ASSOCIATION —COPnUGHT. Sydney, February 25. Splendid,. monsoonal fains aro general. 'All tho northern rivers 'iar,e in flood, . causing considerable damage. ' i. '.; ■, ; !7, ■ ■ - Polico • boats . rescued many peoplo from tho-roofs 'of houses in tlie inundated " area round Newcastle. ■ - ;■ • round i, which'... the water , was ten feet , deep, 16 persons were rcscucd.- ■-i... , iatestiYreports' ; ffom Maitlarid '. show, that the. flood, 'after rising to 30 feet, is. falling. ; Many'farms'-'were'inundated, : but a timely warning prevented the loss.of stock. _ . At Bawravillo there were 10 inches of rain, .10 inches falling in 2-1 hours.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 7
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