Destructive Floods in Tasmania
The reports from the country district! aitd around Hobart show that a great deal of damage has been done by the recant heavy rams, which only ceased about 2 o'clock on Saturday. Orchards hare been swamped, gardens destroyed, hop poles carried away, and generally a great deal of loss has been incurred. At Hobart a number ef small houses near the wharf were flooded, and a great distress was occasioned thereby. The Union mails ware brought back this morning, as eight feet of the road had been washed away, and they will hare to be sent by sea. Two more lives are reported to be lost. The fall of rain amounted to 370 inches in 24 hours. CoTdinuation of reading matter on ithpage
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 80, 15 December 1885, Page 3
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