RECEDING WATERS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 5

RECEDING WATERS.

SURVIVORS' SHARE /TREES WITH SNAKES. ' ' A BODY RECOVERED. By Tele'srrapt—Prosei Associatlon—CoDyrieht. .. Sydney, .January 20. . ■ The - oxeoutivo of tho . Public . Disaster, Relief Fund is appealing for assistance forsufferorsby the.floods. , A Common Refuge, for Man and Reptile. Ag the. waters subside outside - settlers are /arriving, in . tho - townshipsin a■' lialf6taryed;'.condition,: after spending a .couple of daya in. trees or on' tho roofs of 'houses.'.' :; • ' ' ■ ' '■■■,• : ; Not the least uncomfortable part of the .settlers'/experiences .was having to ; share their . resting-places .■ with hosts, of snakes, spiders,, andiother creeping .things. ... r 1 . Tho postaV services in the flooded areas are at a standstill. :• A mah at Boggabri hauled his. wife and family lip a tree,'where' they. ie:mamed, secured by;ropes; for'/a day and &• night without food. It .is estimated that thelosses .in - theyßoggabri; ; district amount/.to ; £10,000.:■■■:'.: j; Strange Scene In a .Hospital. . ;'v Patients in the Narrabri Hospital - had an': 'Uncomfortable time. The water reached; a .of: four feet. ' The .wardsmen,! extemporised/raised beds, and the nurses had to wiido: round, up to their waists. attending to the sick. ! .j j '•f At: Inverell the floods carried a/, horse into the fork of a treb,' :On .tho trcc being out.down;the:.animal"';wafted away • uninjured..;^ r'/Lat'est -reports ,from Wee 'Watt state that .thetody?; of "'one.hof,.'the'' : ,.yictims.. the .boating;'disaster .has',been , recovered. ■ Tho water has fallen four feet. '. ' :) There' is much; distress timOng -the homeioss 'people.' >'Eciief /hoa&/toyoTi)Mn''soht.; ■:'. COMMUNICATION BEING EE- • ; STORED By Telescraph—PreEß AEsociation—Qopyrieht. . (Rcc. January 21,, 1.5 a.m.) ' Sydney, January 20. ; r ': Telegraphio; from'mMi6atipn : '. is. i being: rapidly ■ restored: ill- t'ho l flooded districts;: