QUEENSLAND FLOODS
A PESTILENCE FEARED
<A.—N.Z Cable Assn. and Reuter.) [ Uw.oived Last Nisrht. 5.5 o'clock.) BRISBANE, February 3. Owing to the insanitary conditions as a result of the flood a pestilence is feared in- Maekay. Every building along cstlie waterIVmnt is damaged beyond repair. Every veSsel on the river at tho time of tlie tidal wave, excepting one,, was wrecked orcarrietl over the banks and deposited in the scrub. flic water is full of dead animals and birds, and the stonch s » »"ibJe. Roekhampton is crowded vil'j refugees, \\*lioni th.e police are still bringing in or relieving.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 4 February 1918, Page 4
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97QUEENSLAND FLOODS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 4 February 1918, Page 4
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