LATER PARTICULARS FROM THE TOWN OF BOURKE.
Stonby, This Bay. At 3 o'clock the works gave way. iL scene ofthe wildest exoitement followed^ Men, women, and children could be seen rushing about the streets in the wildest; confusion. Soon everybody set to work to, save property and get the- women and children away by steamer* toNorth Bourke. Brave follows made a gallant effort to block tke water,, and as a last resource the men actually •iood shoulder to shoulder wrth. their backs to the water right along- tho gap, while others shovelled up* tbe- earth, as quickly as they could. Tarpaulins were .stretched across th» breach,, and sand bags piled up against them, but the force of the water canted them away *-
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 127, 19 April 1890, Page 2
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122LATER PARTICULARS FROM THE TOWN OF BOURKE. Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 127, 19 April 1890, Page 2
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