DELUGE IN QUEENSLAND.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. TEN INCHES IN THIRTY HOURS, .United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 2 p.m. to-day. BRISBANE, Jan. 24. Weather conditions on the North Co-a-sit have moderated, and the flood! waiters are now receding. Heavy -rain, howeevr, is falling in the Townsville district, and most of the lines are flooded. ’['lie Pmser Pin© River is in liii-gh flood as the result of torrential rain. Ten inches were registered in, 33 hours. All bridges are submerged and the surrounding country is flooded and the lower parts of the town are under water.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 January 1929, Page 9
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98DELUGE IN QUEENSLAND. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 January 1929, Page 9
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