SUDDEN FLOOD
DAMAGE AT RIVER WORKS (By Telegraph,—Press Association.) ' •' .'• ■•,.-; OAMAEU, This Day. . A sudden, rise in- the Waitaki. River at the site of ■ the hydro-electric works submerged two of the barges'above the trestles.built to .carry the railway across the-river. The barges; -subsequently broke, through the trestles, part- of which was. carried away. The repairs will occupy, about' a fortnight, but will not appreciably.delay ttidwork.. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 10
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64SUDDEN FLOOD Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1929, Page 10
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