FEARSOME FLOODS
DAMAGE IN QUEENSLAND.
YOUTH MISSING,
(Australian Press Association.) (Beceived 12.3 p.m.) BRISBANE, This Day.
It is feared that the floods in the north have claimed one victim, a youth named Fainweather, who left Abercorn three days ago to take food to; his father, who was working in the bush. He has not been seen and it is feared he has been drowned.
At Bunderberg, the Water is covering the wharves to a depth of nine feet and has entered many dwellings. Bridges have been submerged at Proserpine, where an exceptionally severe flood is feared. The weather Bureau has issued , a warning that a cyclone is developing between Cardwell, Willis Island and Bowen.
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Northern Advocate, 23 January 1929, Page 4
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