HOMES FLOODED BY SEA
QUEENSLAND COAST BATTERED BRISBANE, March 24. The first cyclone of the season is battering about 150 miles of the Queensland coast, and gigantic sea? are sweeping away beaches and sea walls and flooding homes. In the Coulangatta area waves are sweeping across the promenade into the main business section of the town. At Nambour, north of Brisbane, 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The 80-foot launch Ruena, last reported in a sinking condition off Double Island, a point north of Brisbane, with much of her superstructure gone and two feet of water in the engine-room, is likely to become a total loss. No anxiety is felt for the 11 men aboard, as the vessel is near the shore
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 140, 25 March 1948, Page 3
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