TORRENTIAL RAINS
SAMPLE OF QUEENSLAND WEATHER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Brisbane, December 15. [ During a terrific storm at Karara five inches of rain fell in thirty minutes. A creek rose twenty-five feet in twentyfive minutes. A heavy gale accompanied the rain, uprooting large trees and tearing branches from others. The railway line was badly damaged, many hundreds of sheep drowned, and crops destroyed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 212, 16 December 1910, Page 5
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62TORRENTIAL RAINS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 212, 16 December 1910, Page 5
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