FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.
i.Bv Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] Per Press Association. (Australian and X,Z. Cable A«sn..i Received January 9, at p.m. Brisbane. January 0. Iho liood at Hugheiulen washed away the house of a settler named Jenkinson. Nine members of the family were cliuging to the roof, when the house struck a tree and oapized. Two sons and two daughters managed to cling to the tree and were rescued niter jii hours' exposure. I'ive others—Mr .Jenkinson, senr., and his wife, Mr Jenkinson. junr.. and his wife and child—were drowned.
A number of individual eases of drowning continue to be reported from various parts of the flooded country. Many people who were marooned were rescued after sensational escapes and severe sufferings. some being; almost demented. •
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue 13047, 10 January 1917, Page 3
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122FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND. Oamaru Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue 13047, 10 January 1917, Page 3
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