AUSTRALIAN FLOODS
Big Inland I ike Formed FATAL TRAIN ACCIDENT Sydney, April 27. Further flooding in the Hunter River districts, has ceased, the river having fallen six feet. At Hexham the flat country resembled a huge inland lake. All roads in this area are impassable. An engine left the rails at Allyndale, and a shunter, Owen Smith, was crushed to death underneath. The river at Lismore rose 26 feet above normal. The lower parts of the town are under water. The river is now receding. Torrential rain fell on the South Coast district of Queensland. All creeks and rivers are in heavy flood. Forecasts indicate unsettled weather on the New South Wales coast, with more heavy falls and rough seas on the Tasman.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 180, 28 April 1931, Page 9
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123AUSTRALIAN FLOODS Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 180, 28 April 1931, Page 9
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