ONE THOUSAND MAROONED
FLOOD REPLACES DROUGHT THREE DROWNED IN QUEENSLAND TOWN ISOLATED FOR. FORTNIGHT. By Telegraph-—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brisbane, Jan. 30. Many parts of northern and western Queensland that have been dry for years are now inland seas, and in some parts railway passengers have been marooned in the railway carriages for a fortnight. Two horsemen in different parts were drowned when their horses plunged into th© surging waters, and a third man was drowned at Cunnamulla. There is now a complete stoppage of the railway services in the north and west. Approximately 1000 passengers are stranded at different points. The supplied of foodstuffs at Mount Isa are running short as the town has been isolated for a fortnight.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1930, Page 11
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