TERRIBLE DAMAGE
VICTORIAN iSTORM DISASTER DEATH ROLL STILL MOUNTING (Australian Press Association), (Received-itliis day at 1.25 p.m.) MELBOURNE, December 4. The subsiding flood waters are revealing desolation and damage even greater than was expected. At Ya'lloimi, the damage i IL the state electricity commission’s open cut, land tjhe machinery imjay total £1,,,00,000. Between twenty and twenty-five bridges have been swept away, and it is estimated -their replacement will cost about £30,000, : I'The death roll is now thirty -five and five are still missing. ■ An alarming feature is the absence of news from several small craft which ■Were believed to have sheltered from the storms on Thursday and Friday. It is now feared these have shared the fate of the Ccraniunda. It i s estimated the cost of repairing fjhe public utilities will be at least £500,000, and the damage to private property is likely to exceed £1,500,000. ■
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1934, Page 6
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