SERIOUS FLOODS IN N.S.W.
♦ SMALL SHIP WRECKED ; (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 12. .1 Disastrous floods are mounting along the north coast of ’New South Wales after record June rains. Several , towns are under water Lismore, with a population of about 12,000, has water five feet deep flowing through the streets. ': In many centres thousands are homeless, transport has been halted, and extensive damage has been done to roads, buildings, and crops. More than 900 rail passengers from Sydney to Brisbane were stranded on the way and tfcey are short of food. , ,4 Heavy seas along the coast hgv® driven We eeastel vessels ashore. * freighter wrecjced on the n| •rn coast was the coweambah. n°tth® • Koranji as had been reported, on® man' lost his life, Among the «* members of the crew rescued was a New Zealander, Mr Arthur George Salt, aged 57, of Auckland. In tW wreck the chief engineer losf £6OO » cash, his life’s savings. . The Coweambah was operating «» the United States. The crew of six from a second small vessel which wj* ; beached near Newcastle came pw . ashore.
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24591, 13 June 1945, Page 6
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