STORM HAVOC
DELUGE ON NORFOLK ISLAND COMMUNICATIONS SUFFER « [ Per Press Automation J AUCKLAND. May 24. Wide destruction was caused on Norfolk Island when four inches of rain, which fell on Wednesday n.ght, was followed by a severe electrical storm with torrential ram on Thursday night, states a special cable sent from the island to tne Herald. A total of 15 J inches of rain fell between 9 o’clock on Thursday night and 7 on Friday morning. Cable communication with Auckland, Suva, and Southport on Queensland coast, which was interrupted when the cable hut on the island was washed away, was restored with Auckland at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday and with Southport at 2.30. The work of restoration was carried out under great difficulty. The cables were deeply buried and those engaged in the work were under constant risk of landslides. The road was washed completely away and slides occurred in all parts of the island. Small rivers are now running down the hillsides in several places. The golf links were strewn with household effects and large boulders and the cemeterv was inundated at the eastern end with flood waters, where the waves are now encroaching. The approach to Cascade Landing is impassable except by horse or on foot and th© road is practically washed away.
It is as yet impossible to estimate the damage but it is certain that people dwelling in the valleys, in particular, will be heaw losers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 122, 25 May 1936, Page 8
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240STORM HAVOC Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 122, 25 May 1936, Page 8
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