DISASTROUS FLOODS .
RESCUE BOATS ROW 150 MILES. Sydney, July 5As the result of thc floods, the country from Narrabri to Wcrris Creek is one vast sheet of water, rescue boats in some instances rowing 100 miles. The water on thc Brceza pla.ns for many miles is thirty feet deep. It » estimated that thc stock losses amoun to £50,000. The greatest disaster however, will occur to the w ea •farmers, for apparently the whole oi the 200.000 acres planted will be ruined. The waters are now subsiding quickly, but it is estimated that it wi be two weeks before the railway traffic is fully restored. ■ Following on thc heavy ram, most of thc northern Tasmanian rivers arc. flooded.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 7 July 1920, Page 3
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117DISASTROUS FLOODS. Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 7 July 1920, Page 3
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