HEAVY FLOOD AT TAKAKA.
THE TOWNSHIP UNDER WATER, (Eronf Ouv Own Correspondent.) TAKAK A, This Day. Heavy and incessant rain has fallen since Saturday c-vening, and tho river overflowed last night with a perfect avalanche of water, inundating the whole of Lower Takaka. There were sevoral feefc of water in the township from I lp.m. till 1 a.m., scouring the roads, and leaving thein like river beds. Considerable damage has been done to the protective works near the Takaka-Collingwood bridge. The Tain storm last night was accompanied by a heavy northerly gale. The flood water caine into several houses in the township.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 139, 19 June 1901, Page 2
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102HEAVY FLOOD AT TAKAKA. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 139, 19 June 1901, Page 2
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