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TORRENTIAL FLOODS IN N.S.W
PLUCKY RESCUE OF TWO MEN
(Australian Press Association.)
(Received April 8 at 9.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 8.
Thousands' of pounds’ worth of damage: to farms and market gardens was done by the worst Hoods in th, e , Windsor district for years. About ten thousand acres under cultivation are now submerged to a dentil of two or three feet.
A sheet of water half a mile wide and four or five feet deep has blocked aijl traffic on the Sydney-Windsor road. It is certain that the cessation of tb.a rain on Thursday night saved the district from a disastrous flood. Two men were washed off the East Greek bridge near Riverstone, hut were pluekily rescued by Jack Huntingforcl, who live! warned the men not to attempt a crossing. The police* have made a report to the Royal Humane Sociotv, proposing that Huntingford lie fittingly rewarded for his heroic deed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1933, Page 5
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