N.S.W. DELUGE

Grey River Argus, 23 June 1925, Page 5

N.S.W. DELUGE

: NORTH AND SOUTH ! • | •' r.V" All Rivers High \\ HOLE STATE WORST DAMAGE FOR 25 YEARS. (Received June 22 at 8.50 ) n SYDNEY. .June 22. Practically the whole state s Hooded. The inundating is causing g’.ea.'.cr havoc than for the. past twent y-I ve There i:« enormous) damage over wide areas, but the waters air icw receding. Penrith is now out ' f ■*’ mger. Windsor and Richmond are cut trout Sydney by toad, the Hood waters in places being tweirty I vet deep. * The body of Mr. Davidson, m n a contractor and a well-known ginzier at Queanbeyan, was found pear Luira Greek. He was swept, from a sulky while crossing the. creek. Although the waters arc i\ cedingin many districts, the weacner bureau has issued a further flood warn ing, forecasting additional hv;n \ ram. FORBES MENACED. THRILLING RESCUES. (Received June 22 at 11 p.m.) SYDNEY. June 22. The river at Forbes continues to rise. It is feared that by to-morrow most of the town will be under water. Parts of (‘owra are already inundated. The residents are removing their goods to higher levels. A Chinaman attempting to cross a flooded area was drowned.Although there were many thrilling rescues in the flooded districts, so far only two fatalities have been reported. Canterbury Park races were abandon. SYDNEY June 22. Heavy continuous ram and cyclon e winds continued during the weck-ci over the north and south coasts and the southern tablelands, with the result. that large tracts of country are under water, and the whole country side is Hooded. FLOODS IN CENTRAL N.S.W. SYDNEY, June 22. The floods are greater than any experieuced hitjierto, and are sweeping across the low-lying country round the Nepean River a«nd at Goulburn. Seas aro still v<*ry rough, a.nd vessels’ are unable to leave shelter. At Goulburn, thp AVollondilly River is running a banker. The police were compelled to rescue isolated people in Hood-boats. The Nejiean River at Comben. is twelve feet above the bridge. The river is still rising in Miches an hour. All the lower reaches round the town are inundated. Rescue boats were kept busy all Sunday in rescuing unfortunate occupiers of homes there. Latest reports from Penrith state that the position there is ominous. The river is thirty feet above the satety level lend is rising at the rate of three fecH, an hour. The town is in danger of a, tremendous flood. Ihe cataract dam is overflowing four fept above th(» spillway into the Nepean. The Hawkesbury River is rising at the rate of three feet an hour. It is feared that the flood will be immeasurably worse than that of a month ago. The

bridge at Windsor is submerged to a depth of seven feet. Reports from up country state that the river is still rising. Windsor is entirely ent oil. The North Richmond br’dge is under eight feet of water at North Richmond and . Kurrajong is cut off. The police arc busily engaged warning residents on the lowlands and the river banks. Larc areas of the country arp submerged. Telegraphic. communication south of Goulburn is very shaky. I.he police w’ith flood boats were despatched to Forbes, where apparently the Lachlan is flooded. At Forbes the Lachlan River has risen seventeen feet. It is expected th'jt the flood will be equally as <T reat as that of 1923, when if rose to fortytwo feet. IN THE SOUTH. Canberra, Braidwood and the whole Catchment area are submerged. Telegraphic communication with all the southern towns is seriously interrupted. The railway lines .are under water. Queanbeyan, Bungendore ,and Targgo are also submerged .in parts. The railway line for three-quarters of a njile oyer the Breadalbane Plain is covered but traffic is not yet ■ affected. Tip* river at the waterworks, reached ; a greater height than a t any time during the last thirty years. The mailman at Queanbeyan is missing; apparently h e w r as drowned in the flood waters. ‘ ' THE NORTH COAST. .There is no news from the, north coast, but the gale’s severity has abated and the cyclone is moving southHhipping circles state that the gale was the heaviest for many years. fo.rcemcntSj returning to New Zealand in 1920» The funeral will take place to.morrow afternoon, leaving St. Patrick’s Church at two o'clock.