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THE FLOODS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

SYDNEY, January 28.

Further news from Grafton respecting the   floods in the Clarence River is to the effect that several houses were swept away at Ulmarra and Copmanhurst. The losses of stock in these

districts have been enormous, and nearly all the settlors and tradespeople will lose more or less. Numbers of small land slips have taken place, some involving the wreck of buildings of various kinds. Wharves and sheds at South Grafton were carried away, while several houses also disappeared from some places. From forty to fifty boats were engaged in rescuing those who were hemmed in by the flood= waters, and but for the vigorous efforts made, a large number of people would undoubtedly have lost their lives. Many were on the point of succumbing when taken out of their half- filled houses. A half-caste was drowned in trying to cross one of the streets in Grafton on the day after the flood. The waters have slowly receded, and everything is now left covered with mud. Many head of stock which at first were supposed to have been drowned were found all right after having been carried miles away by the flood. Some houses which   were swept away from South Grafton were found three miles further down the river. Tho losses of the storekeepers in South Graf- ton alone are estimated at £10,000, and it is impossible at present to form a reliable esti- mate of the losses in timber, stock, crops, and other property.

The weather throughout the colony is now clear, fine, and warm.

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