RIVER’S RAPID RISE.
BRIDGES UNDER WATER
RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUSPENDED
i United Press Association —By Electno Telegraph
. Copyright. )*, (Australian Press Association.) Received 11.30 a.m. to-day. BRISBANE, Jan. 15. The Burdeliin River commenced to rise without any warning at the rate of five feet per hour, until it was within three feet of the railway lines. The rapid rate then slackened, but at seven o’clock last night the water was over the rails and was still rising. All railway traffic has been stopped, as the bridges are under water. The train from Cairns to Townsville passed over the Herbert River bridge, hut the water then came down from the ranges and the train was held up at Gardwell. *
While endeaY’ouring to cross a bridge over the Herbert River, Henry Zeike was swept away and drowned.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 January 1929, Page 7
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