FLOOD DEATHS.
RESCUERS' SACRIFICE.
Torrential Rains Force Settlers From Homes. THREE LIVES LOST. (Australian and N.Z. I'ress Association.) iKoevlvrd 12 noon.l SYDXKY, this clay. Torrential rains, on the nortli coast caused heavy Hoods over the week-end in the Manning. Macleay. Nambucca and Bellinger rivers. Th<two iirst-named overflowed their bank* and caused enormous damage to farm lands and maize crops. The water rose fro rapidly in soire towns that hundred-* of people were trapped and sonic on isolated farms had to lie rescued by police. r J"wo men won 1 drowned at Gloucester in attempting to rescue other people, wlien they were swept away. Railway services to Gloucester are conipletelv disorganised and practically every Vhop ami ofliee in Gloucester is inundated. The damage is estimated at £40.00(1. (Jreat dumafro was done to roads in the Newcastle district, and it is estimated that £100.000 will lie required to restore them to their former condition. The bad state of the roads \va« responsible for a fatal accident to John Piir.-oiis, H»ed 20, who was killed when liis lon v overturned at Cook's Hill. Four iithel's were injured. The Hunter River is risinj: rapidly and there is a possibility thai there will ho floods in Newcastle. Many farms in the Taree district are covered to a depth of twelve feet. The forecast is for more rain and heaw falls, thus aggravating the flood conditions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 35, 11 February 1929, Page 7
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