WRECKED BY SLIP
HOUSE AT FRENCH PASS
(P.A.)
BLENHEIM, This Day,
A slip, which came down at the rear of the property of Mr. C. S. Jacobsen, Fennel Bay, French Pass, on Thursday evening struck his six-roomed dwelling and carried half of it away.
Exceptionally heavy rain was, experienced at French Pass and a large number of landslides were caused but so far as is known Mr. Jacobsen's is the only instance of actual damage to property. Mr. Jacobsen, who has a family of eight, had ample warning of the slip and they all shifted to a neighbouring homestead. . ' *.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 83, 4 October 1941, Page 10
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99WRECKED BY SLIP Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 83, 4 October 1941, Page 10
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