THE FLOODS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 7

THE FLOODS.

::•■>; STATE AID FOR SUFFERERS, ; >,' -: N ; V/:: WATER-LOGGED HOMES;: •:';/ ByToleßraphjPre'ssAssociation-Oopyrlßht.; ///'''i; "'>'[' ' ."'--V SyJn'ey, Jainuary. J8: : : r Though;,the floods are, receding,.'wido areas arei still> under.;water;' and -many outlying- places..are:out: off.'- :. • • ' ■'■''.:•'. '.'Tho;. losses .of .'stock -are very.- heavy; Round;,Gunnedah. it is: estimated.'.that twenty;, thousand sheep•.perished,.ihesides .'many.:cattle.';• ";;:' ; '//;,- s , .'.;'■':!'.'-:j.'^;;'.!' ■'.'•': The stench from .the "decaying .'animals forms ! .a "< irieriace. to-', the. health of .tho town.'.:.;Hundreds;;of; other : :caitie, after swimming 'for/miles,'/'managed '..to" escape'.. /■People ..returning, to;; their/homes -after two found '.them in/a = terlible/, state./ They; were .feet '.. deep/ with filth,/and '■ in'/ some cases /blocked kwrtb.; ;3ead;animals!'/,.;'¥/,:: /;; .••';•,'. '-'■■' ■■'•'.. '/'/ .'■"'.: Among, other .heavy/losses,;; the ..North Western-''Grain' .Company;;'had :i .twentj ; ' thousarid ; .'bngs of wheat ruined.' //: ; :'- /,'. /|As;;d/result/'pf/the;;/damago:/.;t6; ith'e■waterworks/and electric, plant, Tamworth .willvibo/without' ligh!t ■days.'/;:;/ /■/ /;/•/-./'! : : :^'.•':.'.-•'.•"' / /The>New;. South ■;Wales/ Goveriiment. is: affording/ help; /to ?, distressed" iamilies in' flooded, : districts;//;?/// ;,i.':;:;//'■'•,-:

': ; 'k '. -{Eio/, Janudfy 10,, 0.30 a.m.) -■.'' v^ •!;'..'■■'''•'■ ■ '?>:■. '•■'.'< 'A ' Sydney, ;'January^lß.:'". ;';Tlia; flMd;"at;Barraba; wasi the; higliest for : 'ds, jears. *U';o : '"'.vc-' ';;Tho: flooding of: theYmines': at JnvereU' .and-Bingara ,■;caused'-'..'serious ''damage. l ;Sovoral'iminirig, dredges -Tyere sunk.'; ':;■■■•.. |-!Tha^Bt9rs".'irpmAWgW;-\ti'p : -;the-,riTOr' ;i'aTeXrett^ed^,Walgett:'(iSt.;the-jiiiictioi-{pf^the'Barwon-and ;the Namoi); arid '■'>& 'flood; is jexp'e'ctedY \'J>l. '■'.'";■'•.' ;2i ;,: : :\; : -'' 'is.'still-interrupted^ ;p'No'further^details.are;'to;tiandvof-the' rrep|orted : drowning 'disastorV;,Vvi!!■'.'.■ n : :,^± : .