FLOOD WATERS FALLING

Evening Star, Issue 19798, 23 February 1928, Page 2

FLOOD WATERS FALLING

POSITION IN NEW SOUTH WALES GRAFTON WITHOUT WATER A PARADOX!CAL SITUATION. SYDNEY, February 22, All the flooded areas report fine weather, and the water is steadily falling. After being inundated for a week, Grafton is now in the paradoxical position of being without water for drinking and household purposes, the flood waters having broken the intake into the reservoir. In the meantime the residents are using the flood waters, which, owing to the amount of decaying debris and drowned animals, are not too sweet or palatable. The streets and many of the Hooded homos are in a, filthy condition, being covered with mud and slime. Cleaning operations are in full swing where practicable. Many dwellers on an island in the Clarence River and elsewhere, in outlying places are still marooned and suffering from lack of food, but emergency transport is being organised to relieve them. Nyngan reports that police boats laden with food supplies are having a hazardous time negotiating the flooded Bogan River and relieving isolated settlers, Vast stretches of pastoral country are under water, and the stock losses arc very heavy. The river has commenced to recede, but a lot of water has still to come down, and it is feared that worse things arc in store. QUEENSLAND NOT FREE YET. TWO MORE FATALITIES REPORTED. BRISBANE, February 22. Two more men are reported to have been, drowned in the Hoods. Maryborough is still in the grip of the invading water. The river is several feet over the wharves, and the tower portion of the town is flooded, many residents being compelled to leave their homes.