THE N.S.W. FLOODS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XIX, Issue 6280, 26 July 1921, Page 3

THE N.S.W. FLOODS

WATERS QUICKLY RECEDING

'SIX LIVES LOST

HOUSES SWEPT AWAY BODILY

(Australian and N.R. Cable i

SYDNEY, this day.

T!i c Hood waters quickly' receded in most tn the affected areas, but the worst is not yet known in several districts. Winy thrilling experiences have been recoulod ami f ome houses were swept away hhdily. Police warnings caarded the residents in some of the low-lying country to escape. So tar iVs >s known live persons were drowttttd-. The-stuck losses were heavy, and some ianns were (iflcon feet under water.

IN THE NORTH-WEST

POSITION BECOMING WORSE. LATER. The floods on the north coast are diminishing, but ow.ng to the many places affected still being Uolatod information respecting the damage is in-

complete. There has been extensive damage at T.ismoro. where scores ot houses arc submerged to the robis.

Four persons wiorc drowned in (thte Richmond Hirer, namely. three adults ;ind one child. bringing; tbe total deaths to six. In the norrh-west and west the Ihiods are becoming worse, and it is feared they will be greater than ally in the past. The State meteorologist considers that the stretch of country from Boggatnitn to Pourke. a distance of 300 miles, wifl ho under water in a few dlays.