VIGOROUS CYCLONE
FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA. SHIPPING BUFFETED. SYDNEY, Sept. 3. A cyclone swept the New South Wales seaboard during the week-end, shipping being unmercifully pounded. Many vessels are sheltering, while the continued heavy rain presented serious flood danger. The Montoro, en route from Brisbane to Sydney, ran into a heavy gale and put back to Brisbane with a decided list. All other vessels from northern ports arrived up to 24 hours late. At Tamworth houses were flooded when the Peel River overflowed. The Namoi River broke its banks at Gunnidah. causing severe flooding. A number of families were forced to leave their homes. The centre of the cyclone is now nearing Sydney. With the exception of a few football games, all sporting fixtures dlring the week-end were abandoned. The Easts-Wosts Rugby League final was postponed. It is the first time in history that any League match has been postponed in Sidney.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 209, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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151VIGOROUS CYCLONE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 209, 4 September 1934, Page 5
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