Homes Abandoned

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1001, 18 June 1930, Page 11

Homes Abandoned

STORM AND FLOODS IN N.S.W. Express Thrown From Rails BIG SEAS DRIVE SHIPS TO SHELTER FAMILIES have abandoned their homes in many districts of New South Wales, where a cyclone raged throughout the. night, and where in some parts water is 10 feet deep in houses and shops. An express train emerged from a.tunnel and was thrown from the rails by rocks and debris which the storm had dislodged. Shipping has scampered to shelter. United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright 33 feet as Patterson, and is still ris Reed. 10.50 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. ins-

A tempestuous night with torrential rain was experienced in the coastal districts and out-back.

People in many centres, especially in the north, fearing floods in consequence, removed their household belongings to higher land. . The cyclone raged throughout the night, the wiud reaching a velocity of 60 miles an hour.

All along the coasts vessels are sheltering from the sea's fury. Over 150 families in the Cessnoek district have abandoned their homes owing to the flood waters.

The people in Patterson were also forced out of their houses and are seeking safety on higher ground. The Hunter River has swollen to

In Newcastle many homes were inundated and families at Cockle Creek have taken shelter in the railway station. In the main street of Cessnoek the water is 10 feet high in the shops. Further heavy rain and strong winds are predicted. Along the eastern areas coastal shipping has been suspended. A Kempsey express train carrying a large number of passengers had just emerged from a tunnel near the Hawkesbury River when the locomotive struck a mass of fallen rocks and earth and left the metals. The following coach was damaged, but the occupants were not hurt. The services were partially dislocated for three hours.