WORST IN THE STATE'S HISTORY.
SEVER M> PEOPLE DROWNED
(Roc-3tv«jd. Sept.' 2(1 U .10" a.m.)
Melbourne; Sept. 26.' 1 The flood was the worst in tin 1 history of the' State. A hoy of 11 fell iuto a drain and was drowned. ' i
Largo passenger boats on the Maribyryong Hirer were wrecked, and telegraphic communication is seriously interrupted. ' , At Werriboo aui old ma.ii was delivering: milk. His waggon-was ■ capsized,' hut ho hum; on to a fence for, an hour, with only his hwul above water, and finally ho sank. Tho Worribw llivor overflowed, submerging all tho low-lying landAt Soyniour, tho wift; and four children of a man ir.iir>e<l Chinnick wore sheltering on the? roof of their house when it cotfupswl. The faihoi' and children wero itrownr t stnd his ..wife -.va's rorscuod unoonsci;>u:<, with a dead body cla&ped in. her su-ms. Sovoral boatr. lsulon with rescued peoplo ca.pfUFod, 'mI the occupaDts were saved.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3564, 26 September 1916, Page 5
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153WORST IN THE STATE'S HISTORY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3564, 26 September 1916, Page 5
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