IN THE WAIRARAPA.
THE LAKE IN FLOOD. (By Tck'Kr»iih--l'!'C'«n ',--viation.l Masterton, July 20. Information has been received in Masterton that the weather on the twist Coast lias been very rough. From Castlopoint to Cane Tarakv.i (I'alliser Hay) ii.i soas have been the heaviest experienced for many years. Wairarojiii lxikc is in flood and hundreds, nt acres of low-lying country in thi! vicinity are muter water, Sore<» of the mountain streams in the Western Luke, and Martinborough districts linvo .scoured away a considerable'area of land, which had )>ceu denuded of trees and had nothing to hold the soil together. , Several householders in .Mn.storton havo had » trying time during the, storm this week on account of tho surface water flowing into their dwellings. In tliree or four instances the houses wcro com)>l«tcJy surrounded by water. Ono family in order to roach their abode dry-footed had to climb alrtug a fence, tho water in fw'it and at the. sides of tho building boing several inches deep.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1190, 27 July 1911, Page 6
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163IN THE WAIRARAPA. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1190, 27 July 1911, Page 6
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