INUNDATION IN CANVASTOWN DISTRICT.
[FROM OITB COBRESPONBENT.] ;\' ' "OANVASTpWN. July 24. ' , Tho. heaviest flood for 12 years wasexperienced in this district on Satnr—.. day and Sunday.. ;■ .The heavy rain yiti Friday caused, the Pelorus r»jid Vfaka/narina rivers to overflow tbeir banksi: oa Saturday morning, and a con■sjaerable area of the rivw flats was. inundated. The mail, car ;/rot • through to GanvastbTOQ,'. irpiti' kelson, nut tho tyater Was 'over two leetideep on the main road, and it was^ found ' impossible, to prdce*yT further. The flood subsided itorinp;"Sunday, and nou- practically all the wator hasdisappeared. A number of cattle^ were washed.' down the ri'vor. and:several fences were carried away; -bufi o fchenv ise no serious dam a <re was-' done. '■•■■.- ' J
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 174, 25 July 1916, Page 4
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118INUNDATION IN CANVASTOWN DISTRICT. Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 174, 25 July 1916, Page 4
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