HEAVY FLOODS IN VAST AREAS OF WEST AUSTRALIA
PERTH, February 23
Cyclonic rain sweeping in from the Indian Ocean has flooded vast areas of Western Australia. The continental railway line has been washed away in several places and two trains are stranded. Drenched by 12 inches of rain over the week-end, Kalgoorlie today is partly flooded and its tram ‘service is at a standstill. Boulder (near Kalgoorlie) is as badly off after 13 inches of rain.
Wash-outs yesterday marooned the Perth-Kalgoorlie express 40 miles from Kalgoorlie and its 164 hungry passengers have been warned by radio to conserve then' food, as it may be three days before supplies can reach them.
The other stranded train is the west-bound express from Adelaide, which is held up at Zanthus. A food train from Rawlinna (103 miles from Zanthus) has been sent to the aid of these marooned passengers. The head of the cyclone by-passed Kalgoorlie today and is heading for Rawlinna, but it is weakening in intensity. Kalgoorlie reported this afternoon that the rain had ceased. Gales reaching more than 50 miles an hour lashed Darwin all the weekend. Trees were uprooted and fences blown down. Ships have been moved to sheltered anchorages.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 February 1948, Page 5
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