PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN YESTERDAY, WHEN THE WAIMAKARIRI RIVER BROKE ITS BANKS—(I) A goods train at Chaneys being slowly pushed through to Kaiapoi as water from the Waimakariri river laps against the built-up track. (2) The river in high flood, with the water nearly reaching the top of the line of piers for the new: railway bridge. (3) The flooded crossing at Chaneys. (4) A barrier of sandbags being built at Stewart’s Gully.
WHERE THE WAIMAKARIRI RIVER BROKE ITS BANKS AT CHANEYS: A VIEW OF FLOODED FARMLANDS, WITH THE MAIN NORTH ROAD SHOWING AT BACK.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28471, 28 December 1957, Page 10
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93PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN YESTERDAY, WHEN THE WAIMAKARIRI RIVER BROKE ITS BANKS—(I) A goods train at Chaneys being slowly pushed through to Kaiapoi as water from the Waimakariri river laps against the built-up track. (2) The river in high flood, with the water nearly reaching the top of the line of piers for the new: railway bridge. (3) The flooded crossing at Chaneys. (4) A barrier of sandbags being built at Stewart’s Gully. WHERE THE WAIMAKARIRI RIVER BROKE ITS BANKS AT CHANEYS: A VIEW OF FLOODED FARMLANDS, WITH THE MAIN NORTH ROAD SHOWING AT BACK. Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28471, 28 December 1957, Page 10
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