AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.
THE EARTHQUAKE IN VICTORIA
SMALLPOX PATIENTS.
HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD
LOSSES.
Press -Association. Electric Telegraph. Copyright. Received July 17, 10.13 a.m. Melbourne, July 17. Heavy rains in the country have caused floods. Tho lower portion of Casterton is under water, and 150 sheep were drowned at one station. Professor Gregory attributes the earth tremors to gigantic slips on the floor of the sea. Launceston, July 17. It was intended to remove the remaining patients in the city to the isolation hospital, but they refused to
go. The President of the Board of Health states that unless they submit ho will have to isolate the whole city, Brisbane, July 17. Queensland is declared free from plague.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 168, 17 July 1903, Page 3
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