FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.
THE GREATEST FOR 25 YEARS. A CONSTABLE’S DEATH. United Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY, March 16. Taimvortli is under water. There is the greatest Hood for 25 years. It is feared stock have perished in large numbers on the low-lying paddocks. BRISBANE, March 16. Constable Murtngh was drowned at Fortitude Valley whilst trying to rescue his horse from tho flood waters. COMMUNICATION DISLOCATED, STOCK IN DANGER. Uuitod I’ross Association —Copyright (Received March 17, I.S p.m.) SYDNEY, March 16. Communication with Queensland is dislocated through the Hoods. Three miles of telegraph lines are washed away. Thousands of sheep and entile aro surrounded by flood waters -at- Boggabri, where the uownpour is tho heaviest for 60 years.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2141, 17 March 1908, Page 3
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