FLOODS IN VICTORIA.
WATERS RECEDING!. ' (By ABioclßtlon.-Oopyrkhll i , Melbourne, August' 23. It is impossible yet to estimate tho daniiago done by tho floods in this State., > The lobscs of crops, stock,, and other property aro enormous. Many famihos havo practically lost their all.' Tho lailway washaways are being rapidly repaired. It is expected that tho running of trains will bo generally restored to-day.,. . Fuller details discloso many thrilling escapes and heroic cffoits on tho part of roscnors, In numerous ca'scs people ljad. to bo taken from tho roofs, after' occupying dangerous positions for many hours, ' At the height of the flood tho whole township of Rupanyup, 185 miles north-west of Melbourne, was submerged 4J feet, The water, rose so rapidly that people were caught jn bed, and were forced to make a hurried exit, Both the town reservoirs hurst, A hotel at Banyona, in tho.Rupanyup district, was completely washed away, A man named Ellis,' of Snake Vallpy, and an unknown man at Elnor were drowned. Tho floods in all parts are now reported to bo rapidly receding, - ,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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177FLOODS IN VICTORIA. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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