The Mercury; Thursday June 19, 1947; p. 1 At Butler's Gorge, hydroelectric operations were completely washed out "Worst Flooding in 30 Years"; The Age; 17 June 1947, p. 1 and it was notable that without energy for heating in most homes during wet weather with maxima around 10 Coulomb no lives were lost, in part because Lake St. Clair stored enough water to reduce the level of the Derwent by four feet. "