REMARKABLE CLOUDBURST
NEW FOFTII WALES TOWN HI
A cloudburst. remarkable .for Hs in tonsilv ami small area, affected ami swamped the township of Penrith, New South Wales, on March 5.
Pain fell in torrents for two ami a-half hours. In the main street the water reached a height of four feet, shops wore flooded, traffic was disorganised, and hundreds of cars were stranded. The main mountain road was impassaWe.
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Patea Mail, Volume LII, 9 March 1931, Page 4
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69REMARKABLE CLOUDBURST Patea Mail, Volume LII, 9 March 1931, Page 4
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