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  3. FORGING THROUGH A SEA OF FLOODWATERS IN THE DESERT WITH A PRECIOUS BURDEN

    A unique sight on the usually Waterless Nullarbor Plain, showing the trolleys used by gangers loaded heavily with mails, being pushed across a mile and a quarter of floods for transfer to the cast-bound train. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 87 words
  4. LOADING MAILS ON TO TROLLEYS FOR TRANSFERENCE ACROSS THE FLOODED TRACK

    Nearly three hundred mailbags were transferred from the train from Perth to the one for Port Augusta by means of gangers' trolleys, which conveyed them over more than a mile of flooded trucks. The picture shows the bogs being secured, before beginning their watery journey. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  5. BUILDING UP THE RAILS ON THE DAMAGED EAST-WEST RAILWAY TRACK

    Gangers on the East-West line near Forrest, shoring up the railway track with sleepers. The picture gives an idea to what extent the flood waters, which only now are beginning to subside, undermined the track. This photograph and those above were specially taken for The Register by Pilot Heath, of the East-West aerial mail. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 124 words
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