FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
RIVERS STELE RISING. RESIDENTS LEAvTnu THEIR HOMES (By Tok-_-aph.-rres? Association.) GORE, Friday. A report at 3 p.m. from Luinsden stated that the river was still rising, and « as then flowing through the lower part of the town, 'there w-as ,10 sicn of the I rain abating. " Horsemen, who managed to get I through from Mossburn, report several ! washout. 0.1 the Mossburn line, Great | osses ot stock are likely i„ the low-! lying country, Alr_wly U cad sheep arc coming down the river. A number of residences are partly submerged and the occupants arc leaving for drier ground. Telegraphic communication with Te Anmi is suspended, the wires being down. n The Waikaka train leaving (lore at 3.30 p.m. had to return, arriving at 6.45. Jt was impossible to got past. Maitland. I owing to the Hoods. There is some doubt whether the express from Dunedin can sot through tonight, tliere being washouts on the line between Core and T>ukerau. It is still raining, and the Mataura Livrr is rising. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 75, 29 March 1913, Page 9
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173FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 75, 29 March 1913, Page 9
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