QUEENSLAND FLOODS
(Press Assn.
CITY BfJSINESS PREMISES INUNDATED PHEN OMENAL RAINFALL
— By Telegraph — Copyright).
. BRISBANE, Wed.
Many of the Queensland rivers are now in high flood. Washouts on the railway have disorganised the seryices between Rpma and Injune. The train vwas fprced to return.. as . the water was three feet over. the rails. . .At Byrmont on this line 350 points of rain fell in 15 minutes. Four inches fell ip 45 .minutes at , T.ooyroomba,. . . The water cfiannels in the city ,were unable, to carry..,away the huge volume of water and the city was flopdgd. Business premises suffered severely, fences were washed down and gardens ruined. » • The, Brishq.ne-Too'WQomba railway line is blocked as the result of a serious landslide.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 93, 10 December 1931, Page 5
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