Floods on the West Coast.
? |Bt Tbucgkaph.] ; [unitid pbxBb association. | ) Gextmodth, 9th March. 5 Very heavy r»in fell last night, and this • morning the rirer was bank high. News from Ahanra reports a likelihood of a stiff > flood there, bnt the weather is breaking. The tramway manager at Teremakau wires : — "A heavy flood in the Teremakau Biver ; no cage traffic." Scott Bros., the contractors, lost 30ft of a oylinder, a pair ot locks, a donkey engine and monkey, and 160 ft of staging and all the loose gear. This Dat. ' Dnric? Friday ni?ht la>-t 4* inohob of ra ; n 1 f;il in six hours. '»'il- r.i co"sl many year1 has .\ frimilar hcv; f.llijfjnl. o-ac. 1 V,'i,n. uKi, Ti'it l>i"i . • [ H"a - .j rshi .'oil anl ;.U tlio ri-'«ra ««« j flooded on Friday and Saturday. No damage is reported. It was fine yesterday. j
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Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1889, Page 2
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142Floods on the West Coast. Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1889, Page 2
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