N.S.W. STORMS
WATERS RECEDING
SHIPPING SEVERELY BUFFETED.
(Australian Press Association),
(Received this day at 9 a.m.) ibYDiNEY, July 27
Though river levels in most centres weie eaner stationary or receding last night, there is still danger of serious Hoods should more ram fall. At .iveinpsey many residents left their homes, tile water being two ieet- deep in some streets. The main north coast road was three feet under water at Macksville.
The cyclone is now passing south. All along the New South Wales coast shipping received a severe buffeting, and a number of vessels were forced to hove to on the north coast.
A number of small craft were swamped at Monterey. One vessel, which kept to schedule, provided a gallant sight as she iought her way out of the heads in the teeth of an easterly gale A number of families were forced to vacate their homes at Ballinger during the early hours of thig morning. Washaways occurred in the Dorrigo district. Mails were delayed in many centres, and telephonic and telegraphic services dislocated. A young mail was drowned in the Maeleay river when ho dived into tlieswollen stream to rooover a boat, li-iu
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1933, Page 5
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195N.S.W. STORMS Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1933, Page 5
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