DAM BURSTS
IMMENSE DAMAGE
SEVEN PERSONS MISSING
Australian Press Assn.—United Service
(Received this day at 10 a.m.)
HOBART, April 5
One of the worst disasters oT recent years in Tasmania occurred, when Cascade Dam, containing seven hundred and fifty million gallons of water hurst under the pressure of excessive rains. An immense wall of water gushed down the valley. Several houses .were washed away and seven persons are
missing. Briseis tin mine office and electrical plant workings were Hooded. Low lying parts of the township are under water. Enormous damage was done. The dam is about four miles from Derby.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19290405.2.33
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1929, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
100DAM BURSTS Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1929, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in