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Show HEAVY FLOODS PREVAILING IN THE ANTIPODES Victoria, B. C, Feb. 11. Heavy floods prevailed In Australia when the steamer Makura. which arrived yesterday, yes-terday, left the Antipodes At Tarn-worth Tarn-worth ten feet of water Hooded tho town. Several houses were swept away and four men were drowned. Thousands of sheep and large numbers num-bers of horses '.and cattle .were dorwned. Heavy, debris was' swept through the' town, smashing doors and windows and mining the stocks in the stores. When the water subsided the streets wero littered with furniture and debris. |