FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1917, Page 4

FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

j DISASTROUS FLOODS IN ijUffis. LAND. iu (Kac^yjaUjU Aiwtrauaii-XZ. C 'ile .issoeiatlbh. Tirisbane, ,T»n. 1„ r eagri> details hi.ve been received ol t». 'ood disaster at. Clarcmont. Heavy; ram mused the overflow of the Sandw Creek -d a great body of water nweptf! the 'i„ee parts of the main street' being wm • away. All the homes in, the low-lyiK 'ts <• e been (jemoHin. Hashed only ( o^ munica , tion is by telephoiu - ha ,; rst ~ H stated hat a hundre. , o pl t had been drowned or were mnY ■ i, ut ] fct 7j police reports indicated i ' '(» e ntv-«v« liad been drowned and n/t<. -u, •.;_,. ing. Included in the mhs.% VX '"'inwf'vil. ex-member of Pal'liau • - 0 1 Mount Moreau. The stock ins. . r Mr. Young, states the food suppi t short, and relief is being ucut. * Brisbane. January 2, • Other reports of the flood state tA, 52 bodies have been recovered, and hundred are still missing. Many fwnj. lies are marooned in trees. At Clareinont 15 inches of rain fell in one night, and there are indication!! that more is to come. Flood condition!' also prevail in the Mackay and Low* ctach districts. » f CAtTGHT IN A TRAP. ' WATER RISKS lUPIDLtJ Brisbane, Jan. 2, Latest reports sliow that the floofl oe.-iiire.l on Wednesday night. Clareinont is situated on a liat, bounded on, oneside by a lagoon, and on the other by a creek- which encircle? the town. Tht water rose Hi feet over the bridge crossing the lagoon, preventing escape. 1% appears the residents were caught in a trap between the lagoon and creek, A SERIOUS SITUATION. . , Received Jan. 2, D.50 p.m. Brisbane, Jan. 5. Then- are vast areas of water between Townsville and the western border. Other townships are isolated. The Government is making strenuous efforts to relieve the situation, which is serious, owing to the food shortage. A rough. estimate shows that the damage Js Clareinont was .€130,000. J%