FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.
"HUGHKNDEX ISOLATED. WIDE DISTRICTS STILL SUBY | MERGED. 'ifciec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assh.'i BRISBANE, January 7. Htighcnden is isolated and a large part of the northern section* of the town is under ivater. The floods there and at Longreach are records. * The water at Clermont has subsided, but wide districts elsewhere are still submerged. (Received January 8, 9.55 a.m'.) 'BRISBANE, January 8. * Delayed reports of fatalities in the flooded areas continue to arrive. The Jenlcinson family at Hughendon .Avere forced on to tlie roof of their bouse, which avhs swept away. Two werei rescued from a tree and five were droAvned. TIiCTe was one fatality' at "Croydon ahd others at Cloncarry.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14191, 8 January 1917, Page 5
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114FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14191, 8 January 1917, Page 5
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