TASMANIAN FLOODS
ESTIMATE OF DAMAGE , Dominion Special Service. Auckland, April 19. “As far as I am able to judge the damage done by the disastrous floods in Tasmania is in the neighbourhood of a million pounds sterling,” said Sir Walter H. Lee, Tasmanian Minister of Public Works, before leaving by ’ the Ulimaroa to-day on his hurried return journey. The Minister is anxious to assist in arranging for the reconstruction works which , will be carried out by the Public Works Department “No such disaster has ever been known in Tasmania,” said Sir Walter. “The news which has come by mall absolutely amazes me. For instance, I find it hard to realise that the electric power-house above the Cataract Gorge at Launceston has been wrecked: also that the solid stone bridge, which was built in the early days over the Esk River at Perth has been literally washed away. lam informed that hardly any bridges remain in Northern Tasmania.
“The worst of all,” added the Minister, “is the news that 30 deaths have been caused by floods. The citizens of Launceston have had a particularly trying experience through the overflowing of the Tamar, and large numbers are homeless. The Government and citizens are doing all that is possible in giving relief.”
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 175, 20 April 1929, Page 8
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