SERIOUS FLOODING
QUEENSLAND DISTRICTS % STORM SWEEPS CAPITAL CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE BRISBANE, Feb. 6 A cyclonic storm swept the city of Brisbane and suburbs last night and caused considerable damage. Railway and tramway traffic was seriously dislocated by wash-outs. The wind reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour. Torrential rain resulted in all lowlying land being flooded. Rain in the south-west districts of Queensland caused the stoppage of train services. Railway lines and bridges are submerged, and some' towns are isolated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23574, 7 February 1940, Page 11
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80SERIOUS FLOODING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23574, 7 February 1940, Page 11
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