DESOLATING FLOODS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 720, 20 January 1910, Page 5

DESOLATING FLOODS.

>l^,;' - .DROWNING CASES;;/ / : FATALITIES 'REPORTED FROM' TWO ■■ :r.V;/^/> ; By.TelcKrapli—Prose ';■■«■':.'.. ..:■■•..:•.;■: '"Sydheyi:.January 19.. .Belated reports .which', aro coming-',to hand from the flobded.'districtS; show that in; many, cases/the water was. higher than had" ever! been.(previously,, known/. The devastation is widespread,, and is greater .than/was at : first anticipated.':;:. ■ ;:/:: , j'•'Later reports as to' , the. Weß'.Waa fatality/state' that 1 besides''the" : four name3:':al- : ready mentioned, ,a policeman '.and. two other inen-'who', woro' in the' capsized, boat were drowned.-.: Communication : .with'|Wee Waa is not yet established:/ , : ; '-/-.; '-|"'•■'■,' Deluge and Destruction Along thelNamdi. ,;.bpats;/haye jleft iGunnedah; onf'a- ; difficult■joufney,;.via:.; the .''Namoi; Wee',Waa.-v( Sd/far : they.;,hayp rekched Bbggabri,';a;''jonrney of/;4o:mileSi Tlie. boats still have a longp'prilcnis journey, to/make/before:reaphing'Web:Waa,;where' the,worst is : now,;.oVer.;'; ; ;rij v ,;/;vy.S; ; The partyin'Hhe .boats.fpund.'the whole courSß.'of,the'; : Namoi,a;SCcne;l_ of j jlevasta- • tion'.fi'Dead'sheep and .other, animals were .floating' about -'or.- , piled|iup -,oii ,all sides. ./.;-HCTe : 'an'd.nth'erV^pateHra r ;M-?WBH;.-.-;lBnd s'tandins:'" ; out;'of. the'/flooi/were, crowded with.;;still;.Uiviiig In-the;;area betiveeh/' Narrabri and; Boggabri' alone; it.', is - calculated that. 100,000 shiep/iperished.;; v Dbzeßs^oflhomesJvhalf/submerged:-and abandoned,/"are"/dotted along /both/^^sides of-' theZjNamb'i/;j'The isjfalling/ but : it;i^l;jieVsome''/daye:i^pre''-' , it/.!Ws';'snffi-. ciehtlyV;cleared''\td'enable/'the/fnll extent of ■■:. the damage/to be ascerta!ihed..■■-Many settlefs.:ahd homesteads /are 'still:isolated..

;i^fe;!:: ; Otr^he^Robfs'atlNarrabri.^^. -V: ■V : : ,; stbry': V buiidinp, ;;.the iwater: ! . invadiug V all business'•'"■places; and: ■residences. ■!.'.. Some: spent two "days' qrifthe'.'roofs- .with,a. short supply : ''.o£.";fbod.^.:; .i.-;;■..'(, : ii'i:'."v-'\j.'i"i "v-.v ; "-'i marrow; escapes. : a"re ; repprted. ■Many settlers .lost, .eyerything.,;.A ■ large niimW'.f of ?: people;Jaie j destitute. y£ The: :.GOTerhm6nl|''is«providing',;''pffi9'*''^ ,, : ;'- It; is S how;: reported.'.that: '.s.fcio.'j.'i'menv; named their .liyesv,a^Jloree.^H;'o ? :■::''&:'- ?:;Kf^persbns>lmTe:|beW r proT^ded; : wit)i' temporary''homes , '.and .relief ;Tam|;. ; w.orth. : {.|' Lv ; i'. .:k; ;'; ■v'.it; ; -;' ! --> *■!' -..J;"-'. ■S^ , :''' 1 !!'; ■;■^i^^%^antifieaV6f^ , ,debrM■ :^;fr■o'm■.•.::the; ' swoUen'riTersare' collecting; in^Newcastle,: /ffarbonr.'t;;'/-^'^^^-;-:^.;.'^;,;^;^ i (ji IN G .71N ■ THEt LOWER % EACH ES^-y^,.;-. V: Md P A: ;^ :i ; S^; ; ®4 : "^;"-;" :^Np^v^:;p't:vi-r''Kl^ i^"'i^c^January^l9,^itMi;p;m.) ;'.;!,,:; .flood;i was i that : .the; • rain ■; fell; uniformly; : heavyi ; over' fthe-: entire';; .J watershed, ; . : .the;: 'nT4rs'risingy6imnltanepusly.'.:" ;^'^T' v :;.':;'. ■'.

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