HEAVY RAIN
IN RIVERINA DISTRICT. AN INCH PER HOUR. TOWN OF GANMAIN FLOOIED. SY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Reteived 10.50 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY. Feb. 17. Terrific rainstorms are being experienced in the Riverina district, and many wash a ways on the railways are reported. The town of Ganmain is flooded, and trains between Sydney and Melbourne are unable to get through. Heavy rain is still falling over the whole of New South Wales. In the low-lying portion of Ganmain there is four feet of water. A number cf shops are flooded and the water is still rising. The railway yards at Junee are under water.
A message from Coolamon at an sarly hour this morning stated that rain was falling at the rate of an inch per hour and there were no signs of cessation. At Narrandra an inch and a half of rain fell in thirty-five minutes. Lt has been raining at Sydney continuously all night. •
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 February 1928, Page 5
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