Disastrous Floods in Australia

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 77, 3 January 1889, Page 2

Disastrous Floods in Australia

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright Tfbk united pjibss association.! Sydney. January 1. Four inches of ram have fallen in the southorn districts. The ; price of stock hai risen and that of produce fallen. Mhlbouknk. .Imuary 2... The most disastrous, floods which have been experienced since 1 854 took place at Castlemaine yesterday afternoon ahd night. A portion of the bridge swept through the town, and all the railway bridges from Castlemaine to Chewton have been destroyed, and the damage to property is enormous. Mrs Matthews, who was endeavoring to avoid a rush of water, got on a table witb her youngest child, over balanced, and both were drowned. Two miners, named O'Connor and Dennis, were drowned, owing to the Francis Ormond mine flooding. Later. — It is still raining generally in the colony, and heavy floods have been experienced in some places. In Maldon the main street was wrecked by the water pouring down upon it, and at Sandhurst a man named Bundle was drowned. Received January 3, 12.30 p.m. Melbourne, This Day. Floods have been very^ heavy throughout most of the country districts.., Castlemaine is a picture of desolation.' At the digging township, Vaughan, about 12 miles from Castlemaine, a Chinese camp was swept away, and 8 Chinese drowned, and 2 are missing. At Guildford (agricultural and mining districts) the loss is estimated at. £150,000. A block of buildings were entirely demolished by a gale. It is still raining heavily. Adelaide, This Day. Sixty miles of railway line in course of construction to connect this city with Broken Hill mines, are extensively damaged by floods, Great damage is _Ibo done to the overland Telegraph- line. The wire in many places is under water.