£4OO DAMAGE DONE
FLOOD AT HYDRO WORKS. BRIDGES DESTROYED. (By T«!eyrapn--rrasa Association.) OAMARU, Feb. 3. The engineer in charge of the Waitaki hydro-electric works reports the highest, flood for several years, which destroyed the temporary trestle bridges connecting the coffer dam on the Otago bank. The damage is estimated at £4OO. The permanent works are not affected. It is expected that it will be six weeks before Ihi' bridges are restored. The liver flow is estimated at half a million gallons per second.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 February 1931, Page 8
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83£400 DAMAGE DONE Hawera Star, Volume L, 5 February 1931, Page 8
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