HEAVY RAINS

Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1930, Page 5

HEAVY RAINS

CAUSE FLOOD DAMAGE

but mean millions

(Australian Press Association.)

(Received this dnv at 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, .June 2,

A cloudburst over Kangaroo Valiev on the south coast caused widespread damage. Long stretches of the permanent wav have been washed out, due to flood water and land sides. Rail traffic lias been dhor r ainV , (l and crons, have suffered heavily. Several settlers had narrow escapes. Serious floods are feared. Telegraph po'cs were carried away and

cattle sent hurtling down gorges, by the force of the storm waters. - The homes of two fanners were cut off \by eight feet of waiter and as it was ‘dill rising they took a desperate chance and swam with the womenfolk to safety.

Two feet of water flooded Pieton and Warwick farm. Three hundred cars were trapped in three feet of water and motorists were carried off in boats.

There is a brighter side of the storm, however, as the soaking rains inland will mean millions of pounds to the primary producers, The State has been waiting Tor many months for such rain, wheh covers the whole of New South Wales. The north coast received very heavy falls and floods are likely in the far northern rivers.

John James, aged 17, was swept from a horse when crossing a covered bridge on the Tweed and was drowned.

Sydney experienced a particularly wild night, a cyclone raging off the coast.