HAVELOCK FLOODS
Waiau Family’s Plight. (Per I’ress Association). BLENHEIM, May 10. A southerly buster treated Havelock and suburbs to 905 points of rain. The result was the heaviest flood since October 24th, 1900. Old residents declare it was the highest flood in their memory. Considerable dnmag-o occurred to fences on the low-lying flats adjoining the river, but there was not much loss of stock. There have been many slips along the hillsides. This morning it was still impossible to get anywhere within reasonable distance of Dillon’s Point, the whole of the area being in-
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19230511.2.35
Bibliographic details
Grey River Argus, 11 May 1923, Page 5
Word Count
94HAVELOCK FLOODS Grey River Argus, 11 May 1923, Page 5
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in