DESTRUCTIVE STORM
FALLOW SOIL WASH El) OUT (Aust. and N.Z. Cable). (Received .Jan 7, noon) Sydney, Jail. 7. The railway services are seriously dislocated as the result, of the cloudburst arid storms in the Wagga Wagga district. Tliroo washouts oeimirfed on the southern line and one on the western, with considerable damage to the lines. Serious losses to farmers: are involved in the distraction of the surface over a large area which was lying fallow for next season’s crops. In some instances paddocks have been practically washed away with loss of fences and stock'. The great rush of water also burst many tanks in the paddocks, aiid should a dry spell follow there will be a, serious shortage of water.
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Feilding Star, Volume 4, Issue 676, 7 January 1926, Page 5
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