FLOODS IN N.S.W.
WENTWORTH INUNDATED EVACUATION OF HOSPITAL SYDNEY, Aug. 5. With the hospital, picture theatre and dwellings in Wentworth at the junction of the Darling and Murray ■ Rivers protected by embankments [holding back several feet of water, the I town resembles a series of islands in a vast expanse of flood waters. The hospital is in great danger and it has been decided to abandon it and remove the patients to Mildura. Residents have worked continuously for five days I and nights building levees to keep the rivers back. Many families are sheltering in the gaol. The waters are still rising.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19310806.2.49
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 184, 6 August 1931, Page 7
Word Count
102FLOODS IN N.S.W. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 184, 6 August 1931, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in