Heavy Floods in Victoria. MILES OF COUNTRY INUNDATED.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 216, 20 August 1887, Page 2

Heavy Floods in Victoria. MILES OF COUNTRY INUNDATED.

Heavy floods are reported in the Goulbuvu Valley. The river is within a few feefc of the great flood of 1870, and now registers 3Ht. above summer level. The town of Yea is inundated, many people having taken refuge in the trees on account of the water surrounding their hou^e.-. The whole country between Mooioopna find Shepparton is entirely submerged, all traffic being stopped. The river is about 4 mileo in width. A large number of people lwve been reseu'ed by means of boats irom their perilous positions. The Numcrkah and Toeiunwal coach i^ still unable to ciosr, the river, and the mails were taken in a boat, which was rowed to the landing place on the Kew South Wales &ide. The low-lying country and Red (*um Swamps along the Murray are under several leet of water. The latest repoits state that the livei i* rising at ►Seymour. The Gou llium Ki\er had risen considerably this morning, and poitious of the town v/eie sulnn<M«u-d at midday. Several families lett, their homes to-night, and took .shelter on the higher ground. Theic aro 4ft. ot water running acro?s Tallaiook-street. The whole country for a mile in width i* inundated. All the low country round Tallangatha i& undei Mate). The Mitta Mitta River is running a banker. The Government survey camp wa.s tlooded out, and the party wero brought into tow n on horseback, having to swim many place*. The Campaspe is in flood, and has oxerflowed its banks at Rochester, uojw v. hich it is a mile in width. At Waugaratta the Chens and Ring Rheis are^eiy high, and fears of destructive iioods aiv entertained on account of the snow milting on the rangerf. Ko loss of life ha-* been reported horn place-? inundated, but. so\eral nanow escapes fioin diowning inclined. The damage done to piopeity is \ery serious.