PREPARED FOR SIEGE.
■'; THE .WATEBS.,■ TWO SWOLLEN.EWEES AIIVANCINa; , .' '- ; on walgett,; ■ ;■•;">' .'3,j;-;;3 : By Telegraph—Press .'■■'■' ■~' : ■:■-. .". '■!:,• %' ;;' Sydney,'January' 24..;;;■;■;/; • Owing to the made.'.to'.'.reH. j';p : - sist the'. floodi; Walgett /presents ;the' a>-; ■'.'-j^ v pearMce , .of-a-fortifip'dytp^.^The''sf^ta > r'" :, i , tY have 1-. been- ploughed : v up i to. - furnish.': 4 : material for embankmeitov;-' , ;^^'v> >>
■1 yater 'is now; all.;: round ;;the town, and on the flats ;ife is Rising rapidly.'
A formidable volume of ■water-is wiUun; a day's, journey; of;the;: . .Bespits" the precautions must bo heavy;loss. : . Stock has been:': moved tpSvhat little high; land there ia about: ; the jplace. - •';.' ~,"r'' : .l. ' ■ Walgett is being .ossailed by tiro;flooSebV' ; rivers—the:; ;Barw6n; : '' arid' ', the:j Nampi,"whose, /confluence';.'-is ihere. ■.' in 'past es:-" perienebs only one river has been-flooded, at a time; ■-'■.■'■':■■.'.■-■ ■■■'. >■■/■'''..:' i} .•■■'.'!,■''..•. ...
.;; Farmers' houses;round;Wee-Waa.-haTO. .five or six feet' of .water in- them.; 1 . Not a." Eingley.roof ; is .left on many" of'.thr. .farm's.;'.■;"■■ :,; -: ■'■':' "■.O'.-.v , '-.---a ; V-:. ': : I:':■..(::■■■■ fs\
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 7
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146PREPARED FOR SIEGE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 7
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