FLOODS IN CANTERBURY.
DABFOXD INUNDATED.
TELEGRAPH AXD RAILWAY C|OM-
irrjNICAXTON rNTEERUPTED.
(Ey Telegrapi.—Press Association.)
WELUNGTOK, this day.
Christehurch papers received to-day state that consequent on rain a.nl unusually high tides, the rirer Avon overflowed its banks as far as Barwood. Other rivers were flooded, and at Darfield water wa-s flowing into the township between Waddingion and Springfield. Twenty telegraph poles were down. and it was feared that further inland wires were very seriously damaged. Several trains had been delayed a considerable time through washouts and slips. Twelve inches of rain had fallen on Banks Peninsula since Saturday night.
At Oxford a foot of snow had fallen on tbe lower lands, and a heavier fall at higher altitudes.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 176, 26 July 1911, Page 5
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117FLOODS IN CANTERBURY. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 176, 26 July 1911, Page 5
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