HEAVY STORM DAMAGE
IN VICTORIA. (Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 11 a.m.) .MELBOURNE, IX*. 10. A storm did heavy damage in IVimm j.a and portions of the Mal.ee districts. Homes in Maryborough are under water and have been aoandonfcd. .Sheep and cattle were drowned in great numbers. The crops have boon destroyed and pastures inundated. Railway lines and bridges were washed away. Telephonic and telegraphic communicatioii are dislocated and numbers ol towns bare. been thrown into darkness.
A flood warning has been issued at Elmhurst. A flock of sheep in the racecourse reserve were drowned before they could be moved. ’Miles ol fencing have been washed away. Maryborough township was flooded in a few minutes. Hailstones of unusual size killed many sheep and poultry. At Gypsum seventeen trucks were derailed when sixty chains ol railway line 'weijr washed oift. Torreiituvl rain is still falling in Aid bourne.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1930, Page 5
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149HEAVY STORM DAMAGE Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1930, Page 5
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