AUSTRALIAN FLOODS.
, A. TOWN ISOLATED. W ' STREETS, UNDER WATER.; BY TELEGRAPH—PEESS ABSOCIATIOJJ-xCOPraiGHSi • «,.?;•"* Sydnoy, March' 19. . 1 Thq : river ..Namoi. at ,Gunne4ah is higher : than , was ; ever . known before. Wee Waa is . completely surrounded. V, ')•« lias ITjeeiT'-noXCommunication with world for;.three days. • Manj ' animals are' awap : . .. .At Narrabri, ,on ? a. .branch; qf, , the main'; stree'itpjs 'partially "under; water, and.>all the /surrounding, district, is i inun-' dated;'. .'"'V, 1 ;;;;/ .•.i ' : QUEENSLAND. ; ; •' • DAMAGE" TO' RAILWAY LINES. , ; , Brisbane, March 19. The rivers are subsiding at Rockhampton ' and Bundaberg. Some of the wharves and . low-lying'portions of tho towns-namejl were' - partially-submerged. . : Many other places report floods.MucK ' damage has" been' done to the. railway, ■ and ■maiitraffic is badly 'disorganized;.,:. ; SOUTH-AUSTRAUft. : ' ; STATION MANAGER UP A TREE. Adelaide, March 19. 'There have been heavy rains, resulting, in floods in . tho 'Far North. Much country • has been inundated. ' !>' ... ; The manager of a station at Narridy took refuge m a tree, and remained foodless foi two 'days : aiid tiv'o' nigl]ts.itill the flood sub- ; sided. . ,- v , . ' :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 7
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163AUSTRALIAN FLOODS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 151, 20 March 1908, Page 7
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