CYCLONE SWEEPS N.S.W.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2713, 22 June 1925, Page 6

CYCLONE SWEEPS N.S.W.

NORTH COAST THREATENED. [By Electric Cable —Copyright] / [Ausf nnd N.Z. Cable Association.] ) (Received Sunday, 7 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 21. , The whole state Is being swept byV a cyclone and torrential rain. Flood j warnings have been* issued to North I Coast town.*, where serious damage Is I expected. , ( At Ei isbane, the residents have, been -warned to prepare for a flood, j Already, heavy damage has been i done, the whole of the New South i Wales Coast being swept by terrific seas, aIT small shipping is sheltering^ WHOLE COUNTRYSIDE UNDER , WATER. (Received Monday, 2 a.m.) SYDNEY. June 21. Hpavy continuous rain and cyclonic winds continued daring the week-end over the north and south coasts and southern tablelands. The result is that large tracts of country are under water and the whole countryside is flooded. Canberra. Braidwood and the whole catchment area are submerged and telegraphic communication with all the southern towns is seriously interrupted. The railway lines are under water and the police, with flood boats, have been despatched to Forbes, where apparently the Lachlan is Hooded. There is no news from the North coast ,but the gale’s severity has abated and the cyclone is moving south. Shipping circles state, that the gale was the heaviest for many years. A mail man at Qucnbeyan is missing, apparently having been drowned flood waters.