HEAVY FLOODS IN N.S.W. AND Q’LAND: HOMES EVACUATED
SYDNEY, Mar. 28,
Heavy flooding continues in northwestern New South Wales and southwest Queensland and huge tracts of country, usually consisting of desert and semi arid land, have been covered by several feet of water. Floods have swept away and drowned thousands of sheep and have forced many people from their homes to higher ground. Some homesteads are completely cut off and the emergency air lift operating from Broken Hill and Tibooburra has been extended to drop emergency supplies to districts well inside the Queensland border.
Flood levels are high in all riVers in south-west Queensland. In New South Wales conditions are improving but Tibooburra will be isolated by road for some weeks yet. The Richmond River has risen 18ft., threatening the business section of Lismore.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22907, 29 March 1949, Page 5
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134HEAVY FLOODS IN N.S.W. AND Q’LAND: HOMES EVACUATED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22907, 29 March 1949, Page 5
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