THE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2022, 20 March 1890, Page 1

THE FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA.

Sydney, March 17. The details of the floods show they have been most disastrous, and many farmers are totally rained. The Government] is making special grants to municipalities for road repairs, A| man named Chalmers, engaged in rescue work on the Hawkegbury, was drowned. The damage l along the valley of the Clarence is estimated at half a million. Jhe maize crop is almost wholly destroyed, The river in places was forty miles wide, Ac , Maitland in low-lying places houses were submerged to the eaves. An auctioneer of Narrabri, named Lee, was drowned while trying to rescue his .'children, A doctor, also named Lee, is missing. Notwithstanding that diligent search has . been made for the Clarence River dredge, which broke loose during the floods, no sign of it can be found, and it is believed that it foundered in crossing the | bar. Brisbane, March 17. The Government is distributing blankets and food to sufferers by flood, Bread is up to a shilling a loaf. Several more bodies have been found, March 18. . At a public meeting held last night it was decided to open a relief fund tor the benefit of the sufferers by the recent floods, and over £IOOO was subscribed in the room.