NAMBUCCA S PLIGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 109, 10 May 1934, Page 5

NAMBUCCA S PLIGHT

LASHED BY BIG SEAS HEAVY RAIN ALONG COAST (By Telegraph—Preas Association— Copyright) SYDNEY, May 9. Continually lasliod by heavy seas anil her holds half full of water, the plight of the Nambucca is serious. It is feared that tha_constant pounding will result in the vessel becoming a total loss. Torrential rain has fallen on the far North Coast and there is dar.%jr of serious floods in the Richmond and Beilingen rivers. In the Richmond, Tweed Head, Coffs Harbour, and Beilingen districts large areas of land are under water. VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS DANGEROUS FLOOD WATERS Received Mav 9, 10.5 p.m. SYDNEY, May 9. The crow of the Nambucca reached Sydney to-day and report that the vessel has broken her back and has become a total loss. The stranding occurred while the Nambucca was being towed by a tug across the bar of the Nambucca Rivar A huge wave lifted and dumped her on the sandbank, where she remained helpless at the mercy of the big seas, the crew spending a miserable night aboard. Three feet of water is swirl.ng through many homes in the low-lying parts of Lismore. About 50 families have quitted. The Richmond River is 24 feet above normal level. Tho entire coast of New South Wales is thoroughly drenched, as there has scarcely been a day without rai'i during the past fortnight.