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f (Fer United Press A arm. —By Elencrk a Telegraph—Copyright.) Torrid Heat in N.S. Wales ' 112 Degree* Recorded b Two Men Succumb to Heat j Reed 10 55 a.m. 3 Sydney, This day New South Wales received the t full force of the heat >vave yosfcerj day. The maximum reading in r Sydney was 103.4, while some country towns recorded up to 112 degress. Two men died in the metropolis 1 from the heat, and many aria being * treated in the hospitals and 1 ambulance stations. I Bush Fire* Fight to Save Homes Bush fires broke out fn nearly i every suburb, where there are bush L and long grass. The Fira Brigade ' had a particularly torrid da.y. Men, women and children fought for hours at Penshurst to save their I homes from the flames. Eden, on the south coast, is sur- . rounded by fires. j Last night, motorists on the j Prince’s Highway were driven back : by the blazing timbers. Floods in Queensland Reed. 10 55 a.m. Brisbane, This d*y Heavy rains continue-to fall in North Queensland. Railway traffic in the north from Townsville is disorganised. The flood waters are sixteen feet over the railway line at Herbert River Bridge. Seymour Fiver broke its banks, and the residents at Bemerside were forced to leave their homes. 1 David Woods, cane farm manager, I was drowned while crossing a flooded creek in the Innesfail Dis- . tistrict. Cardwell recorded twenty inches in one day. 1
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Inangahua Times, 25 January 1934, Page 3
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