WAIRAU RIVER IN FLOOD.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE FEARED. "WEAK SPOT IN THE PROTECTIVE' BANKS. [BY TELEGBAPH — PEBSS ASSOCIATION.] BLENHEIM, This Day. j The rain of the past week has caused a big flood in the Wairau River and tributaries. Tuamarina is inundated, and there are six feet of water on the road between that place and Para, the I next station on the Blenheim-Picton railway line. Para swamp is a sea, and as the water is still rising it is feared there will bo considerable damage and loss of stock, x Water has found a weak spot in the town banking at Blenheim behind theRoyal Hotel, and fears are entertained -that it will break through and flood the northern portion of the town. But for the overflow channels in Blenheim and vicinity, which are working well, the town would have been under water before now. The weather is still very unsettled, with occasional showers. j
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 3, 4 July 1910, Page 8
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154WAIRAU RIVER IN FLOOD. Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 3, 4 July 1910, Page 8
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