Tamparuli’s piece of history: the plaque located near the market & hanging bridge
February 14th, 2007It’s been there for more than 46 years. I took this pic last month.
You could surmise that there was a flood on or around 18th May 1960.
I stand to be corrected here, but I think the worst flood ever in Tamparuli was in January 1999. And the second worst is in
1960 (or was it 1962). Anyhow, the river must have been swollen, raging, whatever. Did you see the river a few days after 5th
January 1999? It’s absolutely frightening, it’s at least 10 feet above the bridge and so very swift. Nobody, I mean NOBODY,
not even the World and Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps or Ian Thorpe will ever be able to swim across.
Even if it’s not flooding, you should know that rivers are known to “eat” people once a year.
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Hi, I really want to know what happened then. Did these two guy saved the woman from drowning? Can someone tell?
I have no idea where to start asking. Perhaps you can start with the State Museum?