N.S.W. STORMS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1930, Page 5

N.S.W. STORMS

TRAIN DERAILED,

(Australian Press Association)

SYDNEY, June 17

A tempestuous night with torrential rain in the coastal districts and outback caused the people in many centres, and especially in the north, to real' floods. Numbers of pen pile removed their household belongings to Higher quarters. I lie .tern,prey express train, carrying a large number of passengers, had ju.it emerged from a tunnel near Hawkesbnry River, when the locomotive struck a mass of fallen rock and earth. The engine left the rails. The following coach was damaged, but the or, upants were unhurt. The train services were partially dislocated for three hours.

FLOOD DAMAGE

WATER INVADES HOMES

(Received this dav at 10 a.mA SYDNEY, June 18

The cyclone continued to rage throughout the night, the wind reaching a velocity of sixty miles per hour. A]] along -the coast vessels are sheltering from the seas’ fury. Over one bund red and fifty families in Cessnock district have abandoned their homes, owing to Hood waters.

People in Patterson were also forced out of their houses, seeking safety on h icrlier grounds. Hunter river has swollen to 33 feet at Patterson, and is still rising. In Newcastle many homes were inundated and families at Conkle Creek have taken shelter in the railway sta-

tion. In the main street of Cessnock, the water is 10 feet high in the shops. Further heavy rain and strong winds are predicted along the eastern areas. Coastal shipping has been suspended