FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 592, 21 August 1909, Page 5

FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

4 SEVERAL DEATHS. WHOLESALE bAMAfiE TO PROPERTY. BOATS IN REQUISITION. (Br tolecraDb.'-I'rcis AneoclftUon-<soeyrlsht i Melbourno, August *20. Floods in Victoria havo caused numefoils railway wasihawaye, dislocating trSfßc. An unprecedented rain and wiiid storm hie boon experienced at Ballarat. The )owlyiag part* of 1 t]io town are sUhhiergod, and numerous buildings havo collapsed or are damaged. Tho boveton WoolleMi Mills were unroofed, damage being dorio to the amount of several hundred pounds. Threo Womon Lose Their Llvos. A houßo occupied by a family named Odgers was wrfeclsedi JffS. OtJgefs was crushed to death, and her husband alid dnughtef wero injar6d\ Aflother house, belonging to a Wan named Wormaitl, collapsed, Sirs, Worlnaid beihg Injilredi Numerous n&rfoir escapes fi-dtd dying debris are reported. , floavy floods aro roported in the Sendigo difettict. At Barwon Park, ifrs. Ferry, wife of tile manager of tlio estate, and h gift haimxl Surrie, tfere drowliod wliiib trying td escapO in a hoati Tho fnMi ill dlafgo of the boat hall a lmri6W csoape , . A tfeH-iflo thundefstofin bfol'6 over Thgle' Wood) Wllcrt tho rivef is flowihg in the tnhin iiltebb) aßtl frail? fesitleheds «fo ifilindatwl ' Many Places Under Water. ¥h& biggest Howl known fef foMy veat§ has ocodffetl ill tho AV6ca filVCi , . HoofOng Vftle is Hhder watef) abd Biaiiy people have kh thelt hfiuse-S; JtafybofdUgh, ■Wihclieisfea, 'WeddefhUrni Yatfaflfflilg&i ahd OaßtlC'inairte all report high &d6dS. Portions tif the t6*ii§lips afe iilidfet .watfir. It is feared that thgro,havb b&en gtbat losgoS ef 'jjoultfy ahd el*ok) and much damage ta crops. A violent tllUfidefstefni visited MelbdUfne. The SthdctS we're deluged, _&Ud several bf tße lOw=ljiag suburbs worß fiobded. l'hfi CiptfesS ffdffl Adelttldd was detaitidd at.tiallttfat 6rerHighty tli6 journey being Unsftf6 owing td wfisllawityg. Th 6 telegraphie sefvied is. disdrlailifiedi Accent td a OIKhM TfalH. ' hti% Idst FiigJit a bftdgo' between Cluriee ahd I'albdt wfig washed aWfty ( alid 6ri hhginc alld soVbhal trUfcltß toppled Over llito th« ereelt. Kbbody was klltcdi Ah aWbulttUcfl has beell dlejijtteligd td tlie seeilo. (R@6. AligUst SO, §,ii i).nli) The driver and the nfeman ef the dluaea train wero injured when the engine and trucks toppled into the crook. Tno pasleilgef car's were attached to the train, containing about thiity people, but tho piling up of tho trucks prtcodmg them provehtod tho carriages falling into the creek. The passengers suffered from shack. It Is reported that, a dredge containing four men, at Castlemame, was washed away Reports are coming to : hand from all, parts showing 'thiifc immense damage has bc»>n done by titorm and floods Jtally buildings liane booh ft recked Hotel Washod Away by Wator. 1 "" ' (Roc August 21, 035 a m.) 1 ' MolbiJUrho, Angtis't'2o All the rivors aro m a critidal condition, and it IB feared that there ha\e beeii great looses. Flonlihg'tbli raceteUrse is throe feet Under water. The floods at Geeidng are tho heaviest known for years Railway traffic is dis6rganisbd The ''Englishman's IWme" Cotripany") journeying to Sydney to catch the Sloalia for Wellington i was held up by the floodsj and the New Zealand tour has been postponed for the preseht. The township Of Nowste&a , , on the Loddon Riv«rj is flooded., The Loddorl rose with great rapidity, and the Nowstead wished into tho diddle of tho street arid wrecked. ilany of tho houses in Newst«ad have sdven feet of water in ihemi ' *