PHENOMENAL RAINS
FIVE INOHES IN 20 MINUTES. RAILWAY WASHED AWAY. United Press fiisn.— Elec. Tel.—Copyright. SYDNEY, .March 8. A heavy cloudburst between Parkes and Condoblin resulted in a terrific downpour of rain, which washed away three miles of railway. Five inches of rain fell in 20 minutes. Five square miles of low country are under water. The banks of dams burst, fences were washed away, and homes flooded. RECORD FLOODS, IN NORTHERN TERRITORY, United Press Assn.—'Elec. Tel.— Copyright. SYDNEY, March 8A message from Darwin states that record floods are reported from various parts of the Northern Territory. There have been numerous washaways on the railway. Farms have been destroyed, and a portion of the telegraph line is down. Twenty-one inches of rain fell in ten hours. The police station at Daly is under water,
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17965, 10 March 1930, Page 7
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