Show melbo oral has a tidal wile SAN au aug 6 auckland S ivicek advices by steamer ate alleca we to the effect exact that a great flood and something like a tidal wave prevailed at it melbourne july t the he waters in the harbor rose abone the level of the surrounding towns and nil beveral severa I 1 email small vessels were wrecked the floods were the most severe binco since 1862 and a n d tho the ot of the yarra river presented pre dented a scene 0 of desolation tor for rall milea es ire Ric herlond a another nother burb of melbourne whole streets were submerged and people were rendered liquie log business Basi nees was almost expended eu la in the city ci 1 y and efforts were a be being in made fado to tel relieve evo tho the ant anta of the ugar sufferers ere the 1080 of life it is I 1 believed bel ivd i did nit rint eased ten A ach schooner goner name u unknown 11 i die appeared off sorrento and d ig is believed to have been lost with all fill handa hands OJ on a the plateau of the dine dejong range a avalanche of earth fifty acrea acres in extent swept down the mountainside mountain side engulfing residences there Thein the inmates maes escaped the railroads are partly washed out for twenty mile miles anil and a great many sheep were drowned I 1 it t i ia estimated that the total loss will reach half a million milion I 1 pounds at last advices advises the murray was rising and floods in albury aluch district were feared 31 much uch sickness is prevalent at melbourne attributable to exposure and the de posits of slime left by the floods |