AUSTRALIAN RAINS
CAUSE DAMAGE BY FLOOD'S
Australian Press Association.)
(Received Dec. 20th. at 11.15 a.m.)
PERTH, December £O.
Following very heavy rams parts of tli e East Kimberley, Gaecoyno, and Murchison districts were flooded, andi numerous washaways occurred. A train was derailed near Meeketliarra where the water ran four feet high over the line. The engine sank into th e mud until the water entered the fire boxes. Traffic was -disorganised. A man wa« drowned when attempting to cross a flooded creek.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1932, Page 6
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82AUSTRALIAN RAINS Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1932, Page 6
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