ENORMOUS DISASTER
THE BURST DAM. CAUSES A .MILLION DAMAGE. (Australian Press Association) .'Received this day at 9. a.in.) HOBART. April 9 Eiirthcr graphic details of the bursting of Cas ade dam are given by Charles Lucas, of Derby. He is afraid Derby is wiped out. There is no chance of reopening the mines. About five hundred people are deprived of their livelihood. The losses of stock aim damage to property is greater than feared. He indicated more than a million will be inclined in making good the flood devastation. The essential services are now almost hack to normal, hut four thousand arc homeless.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1929, Page 5
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103ENORMOUS DISASTER Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1929, Page 5
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