HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODS
GREAT LOSS OF LAMBS IN NORTH CANTERBURY. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, 'September 41. A telegram from ICaikoura state 3 that a flood of unprecedented height occurred last night. Lyall Creek overflowed'its hanks, and the bridge in the mam street ■was submerged,to a depth of 18 mohea. Business premises on the lower side of the street were flooded to a considerable depth, and low-lying lands everywhere were under water. ' " ■ , , Heavy, floods are reported from the Wtiiau district. There are three washouts on the Cheviot railway luie. Ihe rain in North Canterbury was the heaviest experienced for years. At Wendip Hills six inches Ml in twelve hours. There has been great loss m eariy lambs throughout the district. Boads aro eern ou6ly damaged in all directions, and the roads from Parnassus to . Kaikoura are impassable, and the coaok service has stopped' running. ■ .
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3188, 12 September 1917, Page 6
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