FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11449, 31 January 1918, Page 5

FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

TOWNS CUT OFF. United Press Association—Bj* Electric Telegraph—Copyright. > Brisbane, Jan. 30. The flood continues to rise at Rockhampton, and is claiming further victims. Rescue parties saved many families, ell attempts to communicate with Marlborough and St. Lawrence have failed. THE DAMAGE AT MACKAY. 120 CASUALTIES. Received Jan. 31, 10 a.m. Brisbane, Jan. 31. The damage at Mackay is estimated at £I,OOO, 00. The total casualties are 120, including twenty' deaths. At least 12,000 tors of sugar was lost.