SERIOUS LOSSES
Flood Damage in N.S.W. Sydney, Jan. 25. Railway communication with the South Coast was resumed at midnight with the use of a single track in the sections damaged by the recent floods. Wash-outs are delaying traffic on tlieNorth Coast and other systems, and the Mossvale-Port Kqpbla line is still closed. Serious losses in sheep, cattle, pigs, and poultry are reported from country centres. A number of valuable horses were killed by lightning at Barellan. A terrifying hailstorm / and cyclonic wind at Narrabri smashed hundreds of windows. Huge hailstones also perforated water tanks. FLOODS AND DROUGHT Brisbane, Jan. 25. Though the Condamine River has fallen, water is still over the railway at Pampas. Pilot Brain, the Quantas airman, reports that he flew through storms from Alice ..Springs to Longreach, and much ground was covered with water. The dry spell has been broken by a heavy thunderstorm in tbe south-west districts, but further rains are needed to save the Winton farmers from a desperate plight.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 104, 26 January 1933, Page 9
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