THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 January 1917, Page 5

THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS.

fII'ARTRENDIXG SCENES. HOUSES SWEPT AWAY. A URL']',SOME SPECTACLE. j Australian-N.Z, Cable Association. \ ! Brisbane, January 41 I The illicit telegrams concerning ths Clermont disaster state that 57 bodied have been identified aiul oO people ftT6j missing. l?elief parties report deplorable damage and heartrending scenes# It is impossible to estimate the stockj losses, tin only aniinal survivors being native bears which swarmed into thfl tops of trees. , Received Jan. 4, 10.5 p.m. :j Brisbane, Jail. 4. 1 Many houses, ■on the roofs of which families had taken refuge, were swept away and ovwturned. Most of tha women and children were drowned 'A' number of men managed to swim ttf safety. ' Mr. Crawford, an ex-member of 'Pat- ■ liament, and his wife fled to the roof of their hou.se. The house drifted away, Crawford being drowned, tint his wife, after being swept for miles, was rescued There is much destitution, but there are sufficient food supplies now| available. The devastated country pre*, sents a gruesome spectacle, dead stock being strewn everywhere. Bodies ofi horses, cattle, and sheep arc hanging in trees, and piled in heaps on the live? banks. " . * Hughenden is flooded, a number ot ih<iresidents being Yesciied by the police in boats. There are also sev.ere floods M ilie Cairns district. ~ A RIVER RISES 45 FEET. Received Jan. 4, 11.55 p.m. - Brisbane, Jan. 4. j The flood at Hughenden was the big* gest experienced for twenty-five years* The whole of the outlying country la inundated, but, so far, no loss of life has been reported. At Rockhampton thj .river has risen forty-five feet and is still rising. TJjg wharves are flooded.