HEAVY RAINFALL
Floods in New South Wales FAMILIES LEAVE HOMES (Received .May 9, 8.40 p.m.) Sydney, .May 9. Torrential rain has fallen on the far North Coast and there is a danger of serious floods on the Richmond and Beilingen Rivers. In the Richmond, Tweed Heads, Coft’s Harbour, and Beilingen districts large areas are under water. Three feet of water is swirling through many homes in low-lying parts of Lismore. About 50 families have left their liomes. The Richmond River is 24 feet above its normal level. The entire coast of New South Wales has been thoroughly drenched, there having been scarcely a day without rain in the past fortnight.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 190, 10 May 1934, Page 9
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110HEAVY RAINFALL Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 190, 10 May 1934, Page 9
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