RIVER RISES SWIFTLY
QUEENSLAND FLOODS MAN SWEPT TO DEATH Reed. 10.35 a.m. BRISBANE, To-day. The Burdekin River commenced to rise without any warning at a rate o sft an hour, until it was within 3ft Ol the railway lines. The rapid rate of rising then slackened, but at 7 o’clock last night the water was over the rails, and was titill rising. . . . All railway traffic has been stopped, as the bridges are under water. A train from Cairns to Townsville passed over the Herbert River bridge, but the water then came down from the ranges, and the train was held up at Cardwell. While endeavouring to cross a bridge over the Herbert River, Henry Zeike was swept away and drowned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 9
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120RIVER RISES SWIFTLY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 9
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