FLOODS IN VICTORIA
Five Hundred Families Homeless. Saxaaje la Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (United Press Association.) Melbourne, July 13. Tremendous rains have fallen throughout the cotony, and considerable damage is reported. The water rose rapidly at Toorak and South Yarra, and in some instances families had to be rescued from the houses in boats. Over 150 families have been rendered homeless and 860 persons were drivenfrom their residences at Toovak Flemington Racecourse is under water, and an extensive portion of the Adelaide railway line has been washed away. M'Culloch's foundry in the city was undermined by flood water, and the building collapsed. The damage is estimated at £SOOO. j Four and a half inches oi rain fell in the city since 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. A heavy sea is running along the coast. The sehooner Narra was wrecked at Sorrento, and Captain Lancaster and a sailor named Robertson were drowned; The schooner Unity was driven ashore near Cape Schanck, but the crew reached the land safely.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3857, 14 July 1891, Page 2
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166FLOODS IN VICTORIA Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3857, 14 July 1891, Page 2
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