FLOODS ON EAST COAST
SETTLERS HAVE AN ANXIOUS TIME.
'7 'Ts^ni .TELBOR.IPB.—PRESSJASSOCUIiON.).: ; :;: . ■ ';-Iv^hAkATANE,;vTh^. Day! 't. I :■ The 'biggest 'floods;:occurred here yes-: tei'day "and.:to-day,."great"areas\bf the Eangitaiki; being. :undor.'water. *Heavy, 'loss, of .stbek,: especially; pigs: and sheep, ; are reported. ,' . '.-...'i .:..': v..TKe Whakatane; and. Eangitaiki."Riv-: ers:"overflowed, ;: and 'all communication I with, the town 'cut. off., 'No mails arriv-. ed-or left the town.; :. • . .'• -: : '-\ ,-'■'•; .'....At Ta-neatua Awo men.in a;milk;cart were swept off'the Toad,:. andi had'.,har-.;" rpw-'.^escapes,;, being;'rescued ..by '■ ropes with great -difficulty. ■' ■ ■■ " ;" v Settlers spent a,ri anxious time last', nighti; and., many; had to -leave their houses.; '^';-"!;::-'!''':r;';":' j;!.-'i:>.,": /;'. f ".-;-^ ;; Passengera: frorri/Kotorua had', to. spend ■ the;night at^Teteko: ./. -■'■;• ;..'>■;:- -The : weather is' fine'to-day, and the water is receding. .'.',"',..' . :'■'."■■ :;; ;"V ■,'■,( GISBORNE, J This Day. ;:. '". Reports from;: the ']■ Waioeka district, state, that.the;: .flood: has 'been, severe, and considerable - damage "has been... done to roads'.:.;;A; mbtor-loi'iy; got into;'diffi 7 . culties and;had/to be moored', with ropes and;left "in a stream.. ..Many .slips have come; down. •)■ .; ;/ -v," ■■'v.\'.-.'.;- ■■'.'"■''. ■'■'
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 6
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156FLOODS ON EAST COAST Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 148, 26 June 1925, Page 6
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