BIG FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.
Follow Torrential Rain.
eleven inches in four HOURS. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received January 20, 9.40 p.m.) BRISBANE, January 20. Floods followed torrential rains in the coastal districts of Northern Queensland. At one place, eleven inches fell in four hours. the trains were unable to complete their journeys owing to the. lines being awash. The Brisbaue-Townsville line, at Howard, was three feet under water, and the Herbert river is 9ft above its hanks, and is still rising. TRAFFIC DISORGANISED. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assnuatio,;. BR IS BAN E, Jami ary 20. Floods in the far north disorganised railway traffic and caused extensive damage.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 January 1927, Page 9
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118BIG FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 21 January 1927, Page 9
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