A FIERCE STORM
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RECORD RAINFALL. RIVERS IN HIGH FLOOD. Received This Morning, 12.25 o'clock. SYDNEY, June 30. A strong south-east gale with rough seas and a downpour of ra:i in the city were experienced this a? ternoon.
The storm is one of the hwniu. ever experienced. The streets were transformed it ' rivers and lowlying areas are floodl". 1 Record falls of rain are reported in th' _Cpast districte. Eleven inches of rain fell at Bega The rivers are in high flood. With occasional breaks wet weather has prevailed sine® Easter. Farmers aro despondent, being unable to work their land. The roads everywhere are kn a deplorable condition. LATER, The storm is unabated. Telegraphic communication is everywhere badly dislocated. . '
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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132A FIERCE STORM Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 July 1913, Page 5
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