RAIN AND FLOODS.
PARTS OF ROCKHAMPTOrI V /INUNDATED. - / .RAILWAY, WASH-AWAYS. By. Teleeraph—Press AsEociatioiiT-Oopyrißlit , ; '■ ■;■'.;.'■ Brisbane, Harch.2l. '. ■ Heavy' rain has caused flpods'.';in, the . Bowen '.and .'•: Rockhampton districts; ' There; has. .been; a number, of -'"railway , wash-away 5.:......, ~;v,,;.■;.: - ; V". •"■ ; ' ■'■'■'"■ ■'■■'■''■'■- ""-V-^- : '"' '"';■■'• '■■- (Rec. March, 22,-0.30 a.m.) ::■ ■'•:■:■■.■"■■ ' Brisbane, March 21. /■ Tho Fitzroy River,, at Rockhampton; -is in . high .flood. .. Sixteen ; inches of "Tainhave fallen during ' the :present monthi'ahd the [ low-lying parts■ of the town are inundated. Residents are n> .■moving. : . . ," ;: : : . ■:' ■ .-'-. The : wharves are covered witlr mucb vtlamaged g00d5. v !,.,.;' ; ; .:. ..- , . I. The floods .can'sed great destruction /in the.-surrounding districts. Several■: mining dams have .been jMwept away and the train service ddsiorganised. ;.: ■ '■■'.">'.,:''■. ,:- r ; ■'■_ There are washaways in the River fWarrego at Augathella a mile. wide.. ■'{Ehe river, is. stifl/rising and the. town-, fship is largely under water.. . ; .' :■ At Mackay, ■ over a hundred pcies krf Tain: have fallen the beginning |of 'tie:.year.- ■'■■■....•:.•■:'.,': •'..',_■:■■'. '"':' .[■■. [■"
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 772, 22 March 1910, Page 7
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143RAIN AND FLOODS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 772, 22 March 1910, Page 7
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