THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9098, 18 March 1908, Page 5

THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

Press Association —Copyright. Sydney, March 17. Communication witJi Queensland is dislocated through floods. Three miles of telegraph lines have been washed away, and thousands of sheep and cattle are surrounded by flood waters at Boggabri, where the downpour was the heaviest for 60 years. SHEEP SAVED ON A RAFT. Received March 18, 9.20 a.m. Sydney, March 18, The arrival of water from above the town caused a renewal of the flood at Gunnedah. Residents in low-lying streets were ’compelled to leave their houses while many residents in Hamlets along the river 'are seeking refuge in the town. The church is used to accommodate the homeless.

The water extends as far as eye can reach.

The flood is the biggest since 1864. In some places the water is up to the eaves of houses. Flood boats are out. Four hundred sheep were drowned on the Common. It is feared the losses of crops and stock are exceedingly heavy. Narrahri reports that the river is again rising causing much anxiety. Numbers of stock are surrounded by water.

A selector at Weewaa saved 400 sheep by dismantling his stockyard and building a raft whereon he' placed sheep. The damage by floods in Tamworth district is estimated at £40,000.