Latest Paris Craze for Sensation

Evening Star, Issue 19796, 21 February 1928, Page 4

Latest Paris Craze for Sensation

Britisher Establishes World Motor Speed Record

IPmss Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

SYDNEY, February 20. The weather in the city is unsettled fend showery, and many country parts report further rain. At Grafton this morning the river was np 22ft, and swirling through the .main streets. Much water 13 still to como down stream, and it is feared that many houses which have so far escaped will bo submerged. Residences and public buildings are already crowded with refugees, and numbers cf people since Wednesday have been going about in bathing suits only. A pathetic feature of the visitation is the isolation of many dairy herds on islands in the Clarence Valley. All that can be seen of these islands are high spots, with the homes surrounded by 1 clustering cattle. Thousands of gallons of milk produced by these herds are being poured into tbs river and wasted. It is estimated that 21,000 acres of maize and several hundreds of acres of sugar cano have been destroyed along the Clarence Valley, and extensive damage has been done to bridges and culverts, while a wide acreage of pasture has been rendered unavailable for months.

The town of Kempsey is in a bad way. The waters from the flooded Macleay River invaded the town to a depth of 6ft in the lower streets. Patients were removed from the hospitals to safer ground. Xher> is devastation all along the Maoloa, Valley, and over 100_ families were compelled to abandon their homes and take refuge in the townships. It is estimated that 10,000 acres of maize have been destroyed. At Lithgow the waters broke into the Cobar mine tunnel, and completely flooded _ the mine. M Arundale a number of residents were (forced to leave their homes.

A man named Holmes was washed from a bridge at Bunbarra and drowned, while another man engaged in repair work at Marrina was caught in the flood and drowned. , Stories of flood damage and railway 'destruction are coming in from all parts, north and south. Wash-aways on both main and branch lines are numerous, and traffic generally is very seriously held up.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED

RIVER SHIPPING HAMPERED.

SYDNEY, February 20. Railway passengers from Melbourne lire reaching Sydney many tours late, as they have to be boated across washaways or utilise hastily-constructed deviations. On some country lines, boAi north and south, traffic is entirely suspended, and many travellers are marooned. Even when the floods subside it will be days before normal conditions can be restored Sixty dairy cows on an island in the Clarence River, maddened by hunger, were daringly rescued by men in a motor launch. Shipping plying on the northern rivers is seriously hampered by large quantities of floating debris, including drowned stock. OUTLOOK MORE HOPEFUL, BYDIJEY, February 20. '(Received February 21, at 1.30 a.m.) The weather bureau report to-night states that rain inland is clearing, but more is expected on the north coast. As the rivers, however, have still to discharge immense quantities of water from their upper reaches and widespread inundated areas, the flood conditions in the townships on the lower reaches are still dubious. In most cases the water is beginning to recede. The outlook generally is more hopeful. Two additional drowning fatalities are reported.