FIERCE STORM
DELUGE IN N.S.W SERIOUS DAMAGE DONE MOTORISTS MAROONED .'By Telegraph —Pre«» AsFociation—Coy.{SYDNEY, March 16. A fierce storm, yielding up to eight inches of rain in some localities, swept over a large area of the southern tablelands and the South Coast. Houses were flooded and residents used boats to enter and leave their homes in Dapto, where the water is several feet deep in the main streets. The main South Coast railway is seriously damaged and the Pacific Highway and the main roads to Melbourne are impassable, three bridges in the Nowra district having been washed away. Hundreds of motorists are marooned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 7
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103FIERCE STORM Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 7
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