VICTORIAN FLOODS
WORST IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE. A FAMILY'S TRAGIC END. (Press Association-t^-Copyright.) (Eec. 11.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day.; The flood is the -worst in the history of the State. >. ' A boy of eleven fell in a drain .and was drowned. ■■..'..: Large passenger boats on the Maribyryong "river were wrecked. ■' ' \ ; Telegraphich communication is seriously intenrupted. At Werri'bee, an old man delivering milk had his waggon capsized. , Her hung on to a fence for an hour ■with, only his : head above water and finally sank. ; The. Werribee overflowed, submerging all the low-lying land. ' At Seymour, .Chin-nicks, liis -wife and four children* were >,sheltering on tJie roof of their 110X186', when it collapsed. The father: and, children ■were drowned,' and the wife Tescued unconscious; with a. dead baby clasped in her arms. .'"' Several boats- laden with sized.. The occupants were saved.. '•
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Nelson Evening Mail, 26 September 1916, Page 4
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141VICTORIAN FLOODS Nelson Evening Mail, 26 September 1916, Page 4
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