DISASTROUS FLOODS AT ECHUCA.
Sydney, September 12. Disastrous floods have taken place at Echuca, a border and borough towi of Victoria, situated on a peninsula formed by the Murray and Campaspe rivers, 15G miles north of Melbourne Many of the residents have been rendered homeless, their houses having either been swept away or rendered uninhabitable by the overflow of water. The inhabitants who have been flooded out are living in tents on high ground. Boats have been sent from Melbourne to rescue residents, who are at present under temporary shelter. Later. Deniliquin is surrounded by water. Floods have been caused by the melting of the snow in the high ranges, and have reached Albury, where the ltiver Murray is fifteen feet above the summer level. It is expected that Deniliquin will be submerged, and the inhabitants are making preparations to meet "the crisis.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9469, 13 September 1889, Page 5
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