QUEENSLAND FLOODS.
RAILWAYS INTERRUPTED. (BT CABLE—MESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (AtJSTfIALIAS AHD N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received January 20th, 9.40 p.m.) BRISBANE, January 20. . Floods have followed the torrential rains in the coastal districts of Northcm Queensland. At one place eleven inches fell in four hours. Trains were unable to complete their journeys owing to the lines being awash. The Brisbane-Townsville line at Howard was three feet under water and the Herbert river is nino feet above its banks and is still rising.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 11
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79QUEENSLAND FLOODS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 11
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