HEAVY RAINS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 45, 22 February 1934, Page 7

HEAVY RAINS.

OUTLOOK IS SERIOUS. Floods Follow " Preliminary" Deluges in N.S.W. RIVERS RISE RAPIDLY. (United r.A.-Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Described as "preliminary" rains by the State meteorologist, the falls in all parts of: New South \\ ales are likely to become more serious in the next few days. Flood and shipping warnings have been issued. A storm raged fiercely in Sydney throughout the night, the wind reaching a velocity of 00 miles an hour. \ erv heavy seas are running along the coast. The Tweed River is running bank high, and tlio Castlereagh River is rising rapidly. A number of people were rescued from the flood waters by the police at Coonanible. Othe" rivers, both inland and on the. coast, arc reported to be rising steadily. The mail 'planes of New England Airways cancelled their flights owing to the poor visibility. An earlier report stated that monsoonal rain was falling in the eastern portion of the State.

During the Kensington races yesterday a deluge flooded the paddock as the seventh race was starting. The rain washed the bookmakers out. The race was run in a blinding downpour and the horses were invisible. The last three events on the programme were abandoned. As the result of heavy rain in Brisbane Breakfast Creek overflowed and the Swan Hill and Bowen Bridge areas were flooded. Police in boats assisted to remove residents to safety. Tram traffic in these suburbs was suspended. Following heavy rain two men tried to cross Martin's Creek, a tributary of Daintree River. Alee Nyall reached tlio other side, but liis companion, Herman Nofv, is missing. Nyall said Nofy was cither drowned or taken by crocodiles. He heard no cry for help.