CYCLONIC DISTURBANCES
, INTENSITY DECREASES
(Australian Press Association.)
(Reoeived this day at, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY. April 24
The intensity of the cyclonic disturbances decreased' yesterday but heavy ‘Tttin.. ..continues on the north toast increasing the danger of floods. The Hunter river threatens to over-run its banks any minute, Many Cessnock families have evacuated, the water being severa line-lies deep in the homes.
Some settlers in the Maitland district are cut off by deep water and railway lines are submerged. A constable at Cessnock waded chest high in the water and rescued a man suffering from pneumonia.
Yesterday’s rainfall in this district ranges to six inches.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1931, Page 5
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104CYCLONIC DISTURBANCES Hokitika Guardian, 24 April 1931, Page 5
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