AUSTRALIAN FLOODS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN FLOODS.

.By.Teleeriph—jpem.'AsßopliUonTrpopyyiitlit.', ;As a ■.result i,of. the; continued ■:■ rain , theriversjare; rising;'rapidly;;'; '.;V';:.-y?.. Pi;\f ■J-i'indodS?^ye,(.qi»uned. i at}Tamw9rth|:.(6ii; , tie..Peel and Cockburn Eivers) '. and Monce' (on; thexlfelii);-,iri\tnejnortlii;of.tie: .State,' 1 and; ■: numerous ;'■ .railway; i.washaways'' are ■ reported.M\W.:J;i:'V,-,;;;«i ;: '^';V':..;i : rainfallVj'in'- jy hich ■three-ioarths '.-"of.'; the continent je;.participatingiiv:?-,'j-;J :i i';'!' : .<'ti

■- 'GREAT?DAMAGE;; :i :MM>:-;;;::N.evv;:^^ :tRAINS ; SEEK $/&'_ y.(Reb. January" 16, 5.5j ; I : ;.v"!/. ; : s'y'';'.^:;^;-Sydney, /January fl6S:.', CjThe weather: cleared ..yesterday,; and to-.-day;\it is- bright ; - sunny; '■■;•[ :'■>;;'; i'- .■;■ V ■EJeyen';inches "of rain.'fell in..Tamwbrth; . eince: Tuesday.. 'The..riyer overflowed and inundated; a", portion .'-of. the'.town,including..tlieVmain.^stieefa,; ,' ■'.;.'•: '■>},?■:.''•). '4ft./to' ioft. : '.deep. :: ?-.Great", damage) was dope, 1 \; Alii;,the:.low-lying. lands along ,the ;river''are' 'under'" water. ;-..>|i;;( 5; Ai; : ;- : ,■ ; ';'-. 1 !;■ •;'■'Some \ settlers'.'- houses' have; been ■ swept : away.. mother/ settlers".'T7erei compelle'd'.' to ;seek';refuge : .in.;staclcsi.:.Me'latest; reports state, that >thevwater is -falling.-■V^-.'.,' ■'■■.. f.V'Narrabri: arid;. Quirindi,;(both ;'o'n'■! tribn;|aries-; of :theyNamoi);, report vhighiifloods; causingVgreat'.ldamage :to;.'crops and.co'nBt6cfc;'' l -"i" : !"' , : : ,i;.-.;'-V.'V''.'.v

j v >The mail. trains . frbm. : Brisbane; and .SydneyoTrere '•delayed', for 'fifteen,' hours owing: to: washaways' bcWeeii' ;'Moree .ind '.lamwb'rth'/rJf' s ■:■)-.■' ■■ '.'■':--, ■o'^"'r ; :'- ''.' ; i ' :;

i .-.Telegraphio;. J'corQmunicatibn' / : hois .been' /greatly:"disorganised ''during j the last; few- Says, by■' rain.-- ; ',; ; '■■;•!!.-: vV -.v.iy •.■'■'.;■.-".

r;( : ,vV:i|vLiyES";Lost.;^v;::B ; ;.'^; ; ;;;;'iMMENSB '.DAMAGE ;/,v: ::;(Eec.;;January' .•i7,;.1.i.15-->.m.iA i ' ; '■; : ;V;:;^/;(-jj:^i: ;; >;;;Sydney;; Jannary' > ie.;y j : ;.ielegraphio :■? communication • ■ throiign:butVthe; flooded districts, is being restored and-reports slowly coming ; t6' hakd. show;. .that;imteense:''damage'■■'■■'has', been, caused and ; :Eeyeral: lives:.lost..*.-.-v : i>••';.;-.; .:> ';!:;/} ..•' ■ V ceived a message, from Moree stating" that Mile four men.wbre:taking'a:boat alongside,'al ballast train 'surrounded by floods, '■ it 'capsized; ■ and ali >ere drbymed;; .No. de ; : tails: ;;>■,.''■■ /_■:".:• : ; : :i-w^l ■. A B-ide{area'round-Gunnedah,is under water. ■. people from:ithe tops-1 of-': stacks;.ahd ? houses, :;'whiere.; they, ■ had' sought, refuge.'.'Numbers' of narrow '. escapes,' are. reported,.; and • a ■ rescue-boat .oapsized,■ and■'.avman ,is i missing'.''■• 'The damage;;at' Tamworth; : is estimated '-'''at J330,000.A -Narrabri -and: : other v-dantree' suffered/ Beverely, ■' many ..people',: being flooded':qUt.:, Thongh'.as , -far as! possible stock was removed '. to:.'high : ground,' the losses are,heavy.^.f, 1 ;', / .... ■',;' : .: './-. reports stow that the'flood9 are subsiding.'' The railway service..'is" badly disorganised. ; Numerous, washawaye : oc-'. oiired/i.'";.'■ '.•'', ;;;■'>.'■'■;; '>'::] ■>.'''■'■• '■'"» '-v ■"• ''•• : ' , ::