THE FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

Evening Star, Issue 8554, 29 June 1891, Page 2

THE FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

TWO MEN DROWNED. SHOCKING INHUMANITY. [By; Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] [Peb Press Association.] "SYDNEY, June 29. The flood in the Murrumbidgee is within two feet of the height of the memorable flood in 1852, when the old township of Gundagai was washed away and eighty-one of the inhabitants drowned. Although the water iu now falling, there is a current running with fearful rapidity, and several houses haye been washed away. Goodin and Worland are the names of the men drowned at Gundagai, A relief party went out to rescue the men, who were perched in trees, and took off four of them. On the return journey the boat capsized, and the men clung to snags for nearly seven hours. Out of a crowd of forty people who had collected on dry ground only one named True volunteered to endeavor to rescue the unfortunate men. He Btarted in a boat by himself, and, after two attempts, succeeded in rescuing all except Worland and Goodin. The town of Wagga Wagga is in a bad state. Telegraphic communication with Sydney is interrupted, but meagre news is to hand via Melbourne. Late last night matters were in a serious condition. The town was being gradually flooded, arid the gasworks were submerged. One man has been drowned. Boats are badly wanted in the township of East Queanbeyan, which is flooded to a depth of pffc, and Terrawa to a depth of 3ft. Stock and produce are being swept down the Murrumbidgee. MELBOURNE, JONE 20. There are great floods in Gippsland. Snow Valley is completely under water and relief parties are out. Two men are missing. The farmers are almost ruined.