AUSTRALIAN RIVERS IN FLOOD
RIVERS STILL RISING. -. MANX’": SENSATIONAL ESCAPES. United Press Association—Copyright SYDNEY, June 26. Latest reports from the Hooded districts state that the rivers are still rising slowly. Immense areas ar» wilder water. Vehicular traffic is blocked. Rescue boats have been sent.' The flood in the Tumut river is the highest for GO years. ■ _ / . A man .was drowned ki the flood waters at Tumburumba. * There have been several sensational escapes. - MELBOURNE, June 26; Alany miles of the Murray flat are in-, undated. The townships all along the; higher reaches of the river were isolated. Great damage has been done to hridgo and other property. ■ Stockowners have been warned to remove their stock. Other rivers are in high flood. The country round Wangaratta is under water. THE LATEST REPORTS. THE FLOODS”EXTENDINCL .(Received Jurfo 28, 1.10 p.m.)’ •• ■' V . SYDNEY, June 27. ■ Latest reports from Riverina States ; that the rivers are still rising, and that; the flooded area is extending.,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2539, 28 June 1909, Page 5
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159AUSTRALIAN RIVERS IN FLOOD Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2539, 28 June 1909, Page 5
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