SYDNEY FLOODS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 June 1925, Page 1

SYDNEY FLOODS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. FLOODS IN N.S.W. SYDNEY, May 31. On Saturday telephonic, communication was established between Braidwood and Arabiion. information shows that, both these centres suffered severely. It is not possible to get through vet by road. On tlm Braidwood road the approach to the \\ ai’i’i bridge was washed away, and in its place is a deep inipass.ahie gorge, thirty loot wide. though which the river is rushing. R raid wood experienced the heaviest Hood in it’s history. The Shoalhaven river inundated an area over seven miles wide. Landslips blocked the road between Arabucn and Moruva. The rainfall at Arnbuen since last Sunday was 25 inches. So far no news of fatalities has been received, though there have been manv narrow escapes. MELBOURNE, May 31. Reports from Delegate state the Snowv River is very high and is iising rapidly.

A big Hood is coming down the Guimlong River, which empties into tlu* Snowy Jtivor. On the flat the dwellers have been warned. Already n large area is submerged. A lag washout occurred ai Prince s Highway, in Watt’s Gulch. AY AGO A DAMAGE £50,000. SYDNEY, May 31. Wagga reports that the water is subsiding''very slowly there. The people are getting hack to their homes, but there is still a considerable portion of the streets in the town under water. Everything is in a deplorable condition. A conservative estimate of the damage is fifty thousand sterling. "l. McDonald, a. station overseer in the Gundagai district, was drowned in (he flood. The waters from the higher reaches of the Murrumbidgee have now readied Xarrandera. and are expected to touch the maximum to-niglit nr Monday. The people likely to be effected are taking timely precautions. The Council are fortifying the bridges and protecting the public buildings with sandbag barricades. FLOOD DAMAGE. SYDNEY, May 30. F 1,,,,,! damage tit Mornya is estimated at 2~> to 30 thousand. Owing to the holding up of boats to Sydney there is a great shortage of many provisions and other necessaries. Two men were drowned at dunce. One was washed from the top of a corn shed and the other lost bis life while driving cattle to safety. At Gundagai the waters have fallen three feet, but no very big fall is expected for some days. The waters are receding at Wagga. The weather fortunately is mild. Hundreds are occupying temporary shelter in schools and halls and are not suffering from cold, though conveniences for cooking and feeding are primitive. At Hurriujuck the water fell thirteen feet in twenty-four hours.