LIFE LOST.
Man Drowned In Swimming Swollen Creek. DAMAGE BY FLOODS. (Received 11..T0 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The floods on the north coast are abating rapidly. William Corrigan was drowned \vhile attempting to swim a swollen creek near Casico. Serious stock losses occurred on the Wilson and Maria rivers, and on the Lower Hastings, horses, still alive, were observed fighting desperately as they were swept out to sea. Gravel Island, a pleasure resort in Hastings, lias almost disappeared and railway services on the northern lin2 are dislocated.
As a result of a cloud burst near Tainworth ten inches of rain fell in less than half an hour. A huge wall of water many feet deep and half a mile wide swept down 011 the township of Duri.
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Auckland Star, Issue 38, 14 February 1929, Page 7
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127LIFE LOST. Auckland Star, Issue 38, 14 February 1929, Page 7
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