FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.
CABLE NEWS.
GREAT LOSS OF PKOPERTY,
A BOY LOSES HIS LIFE. Received March 17, 10.30 a.m. SYDNEY, March 17. The latest reports from the flooded districts show that the water is receding in Tamworth. The main street was waist deep in water, and much damage was done to business premises. The caretaker of the Showground, with his family, was rescued from the ruof of his house. A you Hi at Ponsonby was drowned while attempting to swim the river. Round Boggabri, Narrabri, Gunnedah, and Wawa wide areas of crops have been submerged. It is feared there has i been much damage and serious losses of stock. The Narrabri cemetery is under water, and a funeral was blocked. The railway for miles is flooded, and there have been many washaways. The service is dislocated. Farmers along the Lower Manning River will lose heavily. The Stanford Mertuyr colliery at Kurrikurri is flooded, and work hag been stopped.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 18 March 1908, Page 5
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160FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9042, 18 March 1908, Page 5
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