RESERVOIR BURSTS
MINOR FLOOD IN HOBART.
(United Press ' Association.—Copyright.)
(Received 29th March, 10 a.m.)
HOBAET, This Day.
The wall of a reservoir at West Hobart crumbled under tho pressuro. pi half a million gallons of water, which poured down the slopes of Mount Knocklofty, carrying with it huge stones and debris, and swept do»wn, finally expending itself in the basin of the city, flooding houses and doing a great deal of minor damage. There were no casualties, but many narrow escapes. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 75, 29 March 1926, Page 9
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