Many Feared Drowned , Hundreds Homeless In Australian Floods . Roads And Bridges Wrecked . Roads , bridges and all other communications broke down near Bairnsdale in the Eastern Gippsland district of Victoria , Australia , as the result of serious floods . Hundreds of families lost their homes and thousands of cattle died . Many people were forced to seek safety on the roofs of buildings and 23 persons were rescued from the roof of one house near Bairnsdale . Police feared , however , that numbers of farmers and members of their families had been trapped and drowned . The floods were caused by
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Many Feared Drowned , Hundreds Homeless In Australian Floods . Roads And Bridges Wrecked . Roads , bridges and all other communications broke down near Bairnsdale in the Eastern Gippsland district of Victoria , Australia , as the result of serious floods . Hundreds of families lost their homes and thousands of cattle died . Many people were forced to seek safety on the roofs of buildings and 23 persons were rescued from the roof of one house near Bairnsdale . Police feared , however , that numbers of farmers and members of their families had been trapped and drowned . The floods were caused by terrific rains , 15 1/2 inches being recorded in three days at one place . Photo shows : A lorry trying to reach dangerously flooded areas on the Prince ' s Highway near Bairnsdale . 14 Jul 1936