ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE BY FLOODS.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 32, 11 February 1929, Page 5

ENORMOUS DAMAGE DONE BY FLOODS.

ISOLATED SETTLERS TRAPPED BY WATER. RAPID RISE IN SEVERAL RIVERS. TWO MEN DROWNED WHILE ATTEMPTING RESCUES. (Received 10.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Torrential rain on the north Coast canted heavy floods over the week-end in the, Maiming-, Maelay, Nambnttta and .Bellringer rivers. The two first- named overflowed their banks audi caused enormous damage to flirmlandls and maize crops. The wiatjer rose so rapidly in some towns that hundreds of people were trapped, and some on isolated forms had Do hje> resenqd hy the police. '_•>.,

Two men were drowned at Gloucester while! attempting (to rescue other people, when they were swept away. The railway services ar»und Gloucester are completely disorganised and practically every shop and office in Gloucester is inundated. The damage is estimated at £40,000 sterling. DAMAGE TO ROADS. Great damage was done to roads in the Newcastle district, and it is estimated £IOO,OOO will be required tfoj .restore) tjhem |to Hhefer |Sorm)ei| condition. The bad state of the

roads was responsible for a fatal accident t'o John Parsons, aged twenty, who was killed when his lorry overturned at Cook's Hill. Four others were injured. NEWCASTLE THREATENED. The Hunter River is rising rapidly, and there is a possibility of floods in Newcastle. Many farms in the Taree district are covered to a depth of twelve feet.

. The forecast is for Impre ram. Further heavy falls are aggravating the flood conditions.—-Australian Press Assn.