TERRIFIC SEAS
ON AUSTRALIAN COAST SHIPPING FORCED TO SHELTER INLAND CENTRES FLOODED /United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph-Copyright) (Received 4th September, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Terrific seas continue along the New South Wales and Queensland coastline, delaying shipping and forcing many small vessels to shelter.
Flooding is reported from a number of inland centres, and rivers in the coastal and inland areas are running bank high. The damage in Sydney was mostly of a minor character.
COLDEST FOR TEN YEARS
WEATHER IN SYDNEY (Received 4th September, 1.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Tlie cyclone lias now passed and the weather is showing distinct signs of brightening. Yesterday was the coldest day in Sydney for ten years.
THE MONTORO
SIX FEET OF WATER IN HOLD TEMPORARY REPAIRS INADEQUATE SYDNEY, This Day. It is learned that when the Montoro put into Brisbane on Sunday night she had six feet of water in her forward hold. The temporary repairs made in New Guinea after the vessel ran aground at Fortification Point proved inadequate when the Montoro struck the full force of the cyclone on her way down the coast and a serious leak developed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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190TERRIFIC SEAS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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