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IN NEW SOUTH WALES TlilUOl'lC DOWNPOUR Kl\ K INCH MS IN TWENTY MINUTES (Dniloit Press Association—By Kleetrie Tilegrapli—Copyright) (Received Bth .March. 10.50 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. A heavy cloudburst between Parkes ami Condoblin resulted iii a, terrific downpour of rain, which washed away three miles of railway, Five inches fell in Iwents' minute's.
Five square miles of low country is under water. Banks of dams hurst, fences were washed away, and homes flooded. A message from Darwin states that record llouds are reported from various parts of the Northern Territory. There have been numerous washaways on the railway. Partus have been destroyed and. a portion of the telegraph line is down. Twenty-one inches fell in ten hours.
The police station at Da>y is under water.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 8 March 1930, Page 7
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