THE SYDNEY FLOODS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 305, 17 May 1913, Page 5

THE SYDNEY FLOODS.

SEVERE 'DOSSES. ; TRAFFIC IMPEDEDBy Cable—Press Association^Copyright.; Sydney, May 10. i. 'Considerable damage was,done'i>y the! «torm, and some low-lying suburbs weiv.i (flooded. The heavy sea continues. Itj fiwept away the bathing sheds at 'Mitnly! ;etnd-»t some other resorts. There are heavy floods in the Hawkes-i bury, Nepean and Hunter rivers, imdj large ;areas of low-lying lands are nmi-l dated. Serious damage has been caused] to i)rqpa, and there have been consider- j able losses of stock. Many people have] been compelled to leave their liome3; in j eome cases they were rescued in boats. ] There are numerous washaways and jl landslip?, and traffic is impeded. The, Brisbaoe express was blocked beyond. Singleton, and all northern traffic is; temporarily suspended. A. MAS DROWNED. ' '"" FLOODS SUBSIDING. Sydney, May 10. A man named Egan was crossing a creek in a sijiky. Both he and his horses were drowned. A second man who was with him was carried by the flood for a mile, but e«;aped. Maitland and other townships in the Hunter Valley are cut off and are in a serious position. The latest reports, however, state that the flood is in a stationary state. Most of the other rivers have commenced to subside.