SERIOUS FLOODS
Anxious Time in Queensland HOMES INVADED BY WATER (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received 1, 11.20 a.m.) BRISBANE, Feb. 1. The flood position at Charleville is serious. People all along Edward street were forced to vacate their homes, in which the water is now two feet high. Numbers were rescued by the Council boats. A warning has been issued that a dam four miles from the town may burst at any moment. General rain is falling. Railway bridges in the north are still submerged. A big flood is being experienced at Riverview. The water in one hotel is up to the ceiling. Many homes are flooded and women and children have been rescued by boats. The water is three feet high in the Town Hall.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 43, 1 February 1934, Page 5
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