HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE
RAILWAY TRAFFIC DISORGANISED. INNISFAIL MANAGER DROWNED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brisbane, Jan. 25-.-Heavy rains continue to fall in North Queensland, and railway traffic north from Townsville is disorganised. The flood waters are feet over the railway line at the Herbart River bridge. The Seymour River broke its banks, and residents at Bennerside were forced to leave their homes.
David Wooris. a cane-farm manager, was drowned while crossing a flooded creek in the Jnnisfail district. Cardwell recorded 20 inches in the day.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1934, Page 7
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