FLOODS IN VICTORIA
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• WATERS SUBSDING PHENOMENAL ILUNS '.'■■• THE .MOUNTAINS. (Received September It'. ' ",L''J a.m.) MELBOURNE, September IS. The floods are mostly subsiding. Tho extreme north-west corner of the Malice alone escaped. Northcast along the valleys of the Murray, the tributaries' waters have left a track wider than ever before. There was phenomenal rain in the mountain's, Woodspoint getting nearly nine inches in five days. No further fatalities have been reported. There were many narrow escapes. Two men, tising a cattle-trough a:a canoe, rescued two refugees from the tops of trees on the banks of the Gotilburn river. LARGE AREA UNDER FLOOD. ENORMOUS DAMAGE. "(Received L.i-st Night, DUO o'clock.) MELBOURNE, September 18. Wide areas country tire flooded in the Murray Valley. Tn Southern Gipp«lnnd the damag" to crops and property is severe. The leases alone the valley of the Wimmera are estimated at £IOO.OOO.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 19 September 1912, Page 5
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151FLOODS IN VICTORIA Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 19 September 1912, Page 5
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