STORM AND FLOOD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 8 February 1911, Page 5

STORM AND FLOOD.

THE RIVERS STILL RISING IN QUEENSLAND. j railway; TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED \ TWO LIVES LOST. . j By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, Brisbane, February 7. ; The floods in Central Queensland continue to increase. At Bundaberg,' on the Burnett River, ; tlie water lias risen to the roofs of the - \ wharf sheds. \ The Dawson, one of. the head, waters of j the l'ilzroy Hirer, is 42 feet high, while ; tho Fitzroy at liockhampton is still ris- • ing at the rate of two in"hes an hour. Railway communication vritk Stockall is cut off, the creek waters being 22 feet over the rails. Tinknell, a mailman; and Lowe, a. boy, were crossing a flooded creek near Cawndali, when the buggy tlie'y were in cap- ] sized, and both were drownwl. HEAVY EAIN". . j ■ - Melbourne, l'ebruiry 7. , Two inches and a half of[ rain fell at Prahran in twenty-fire minutes. BLIZZAKD IN CAN'ADA.. Ottawa, I'ebruaiy (j. A blizzard is sweeping over the midd!< west, and lake regions and blocking til# ; traffic. 1 /• ~ GALE ON SPANISH COAST. ! Madrid, Tebruarj-ff. "j Eleven additional fatalities occurred al .. j Pcnistola, on the Spanish coast, during j th® gale. IHrl'y-seven at Benicarlo, and' : ■ nine at Vinaroz. ~ , ;