QUEENSLAND FLOODS.
HEAVY DEATH ROLL.
(Received this clay, 1.20 p.m.) BRISBANE, To-Day. The latest advices from the floodstricken areas show that the waters are receding rapidly disclosing appalling damage. At Ingham alone the death roll increased to 24 and it is feared that •when complete reports are received from other districts the number will be greatly increased. Special police have been sent to all stricken areas to assist in the burial of bodies as they are .recovered. The first news has been received from Stone River, which is one of the principle cane-growing districts. Herbert River reports enormous damage, but no loss of life. A report from Cairns states that a fishing party of five men left Green Island before the cyclone broke out, and has not since been heard of. It is believed they have perished.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 16 February 1927, Page 5
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137QUEENSLAND FLOODS. Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 16 February 1927, Page 5
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