HEAVY STORM
IN NEW SOUTH WALES MUCH DAMAGE TO RAILWAYS SERIOUS LOSS OF CROPS & STOCK (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The heaviest storm for 40 years has been raging on the North Coast of New South Wales. In some places 12 to 14 inches of rain fell in two hours. The north-south railway line was washed out and a train was derailed. Hundreds of passengers in subsequent trains were held up for 14 hours. Stock in some areas were drowned, while acres of potatoes almost ready for digging were washed away. Tomato crops were ruined and young maize was flattened. Townships in the Orara Valley were cut off from outside communication for a day and a half. Men had to wade neck deep to rescue old people and children from flooded homes in the valley.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1943, Page 4
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141HEAVY STORM Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 November 1943, Page 4
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