HEAVY DAMAGE
RAIN IN QUEENSLAND (Rec. 11.10) BRISBANE, This Day. A wall of rain following a disastrous cyclone has waterlogged most of Queensland except a small part in the south-east. At Windorah, in the south-west 70,000 sheep valued at £25,000 were drowned.
The damage to Carmila township where every building will require repairs, is estimated at £50,000. A relief train from Mackay lias reached the township with \building materials, and work is proceeding at top speed. Roofing iron, timber and furniture have been scattered for miles. Half the sugarcane crop in the district has been lost, and immense damage to fences and farmhouses has occurred.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 126, 13 March 1950, Page 3
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