SYDNEY FLOODS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1925, Page 3

SYDNEY FLOODS.

GYCLONK- CONDITIONS. | Australia .V N.Z. (able Association.] SYDNEY, .lime 20. Cyclonic comlit ions arc ruling on lhe East ('oast, ticcardiug to the meteorologist-. The cyclone is of an extensive nature and is nne of the worst ever experienced. THt'RSDAY ISLAND. June 2:t. Passed. Hermes, bound for Auckland. CYCLONE AND FLOODS. SYDNEY, .Inm. 21. The whole Stale of New South Wales is being swept by a cyclone. Torrent ia I ra ins are fall i ng. jElooil warnings have been issued in the North Coast towns, where serious damage is expected, lhe Meteorologists say- the cyclone is one ol the worst for years. It has Ivon fuming south. t)ii Endav it was cenfrcil around Rockhampton in Queensland. Shipping is .'ilfectcd all along ll" con.-I. On Sal unlay in Brisbane torrential lain began. The cyclone unroofed homes and did much damage in Smith Queen-land. At Brisbane the residents have I■ ■t> warned to prepare for a Hood. Already heavy damage ha- bell done there. The whole New Smith Wale- coa-l is iieitiy swept by terrific seas. All tin- small shipping is sheltering. The storm has caused s-iinii- telegraphic. and cable delays. ■LARGE TR At TS INUNDATED. (Received this Hay at 10.25 a.m.] SArDNEA' Julie 22. Heavy < ont innoils rain and eyi'lo.’ite winds continued for the week end over j the north and south coast- and smi--11-'alula,ids and its a result large tracts of country are under water and the whole count rv'ide is Hooded. Canzoi'ra. lJraidwood and lie whole catchment area i,s submersed ami telegraphic eiiiiiuitinieatiiin with all .southern t twits i- seriously irit 'rruplcff. I fie railwav lines are under water. Police with 110 id limits were despatched to Forbes where apparently the Lachlan is 110 ided. There is no news from the north coast, but the gales severity has abated, and the cyclone is moving south. Shipping circles state the gale Was the Ileavie-t lor niaiiv years. The mail man at Quenheyan is missing, being a; patently drowned in the flood

FLOODS EXTENDING. RECORD ! M'XD.VI’iON. SYDNEY. June 22. Floods greater than any experienced hitherto arc sweeting across the lowIving country round the Nepean river and at Goidbiirn. The -cas arc -till verv rough and vessels arc unable to leave shelter. A i (ioiill.uni tbe Wollondillv river is running a bunker. The police were compelled to rescue, from an island, people in flood boats. Quean hey an. Bnngondore and Tarago are also submerged in part. The railway lino for three-quarters e| a mile over Breail.ulbune Plain is covered, but traffic bas not yet been affected. The 1-ivcr at the waterworks reached a greater height than at. any time during the last thirty years. J. Davidson, mailman of Burra, lei t Queaiibeyan for the mail, but later hia horse and sulky were found in a creek. Davidson is missing and i- believed to have been drowned. At Forbes the Lachlan river has risen seventeen feet and it is expected the iiood will be equally as great as that of |!)2J when it rose to lorty-two feet. The Nepean at Camheii is twelve feet above lbe bridge and the river i- still rising at. inches per Lour. All the lower reaches round the town are inundated. Rescue boats were kept busy all Sunday le.-euing unfurl limit e occupiers of homes. The latest reports In m IVnrith states the position there is ominous. The river i- fifty feet about the safety level and is rising at llie rate of three feet an hour. The town is in darkness and the river in tremendous Hood. The cataract dam is overflowing four feet above the spillway into the Nepean. Hawkesburv river is rising at the rate of three feet an hour. Tt is feared the Hood will he immeasurably worse than that of a month ago. Ihe bridge at Windsor was submerged to a depth of seven feet. Reports from up country state that the river is still rising. Windsor is entirely cut off north. Richmond Bridge is under eight feet of water at North Richmond and Kurrajong is cut off. The police are busily engaged warning residents on tbe lowlands and river banks. Large areas of count!) are submerged. Telegraphic communication south of Gnu I hurn is very slinky. The meteoroligst forecasts further heavy falls and says the prospects of Hood in the north eastern districts are very pronounced.