RAIN AND FLOOD.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN -NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, February :M. yplondid uionsoonal miiw are falling generally. _ . All the northern rivers arc m Hood. The floods are causing considerable damage. Police boats rescued many people! from the roofs of houses in the inuiidater area around Newcastle. From one residence round when the water was ten feet deep, sixteen \vere_ rescued. The latest reports frein Maitland is that the flood, after rising to !10 feet, is now falling. Many farms are inundated.
A timely warning prevented losses of stock.
At Bowraville sixteen inches of rain has fallen—ten in 24 hours.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 57, 26 February 1908, Page 2
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100RAIN AND FLOOD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 57, 26 February 1908, Page 2
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