GRAHAMSTOWNELOODED.-SERIOUS DAMAGE FEARED.
(is. - TELISCSBATJI. OWN" CORKF.SPOKDKST.] Thames, Friday evening, It has rained steadily here for thirty-six hours. As is usual when heavy rain falls, tne lower portion of Grahamstown is flooded. Albert-street, from the wharf to Queen-street, is under water, and a large portion of Brownstreet. The Waiotahi and Karaka creek viaducts threaten to burst the banks, in fact m many places the water is running over the itter. As yet there is no sign of the rain ceasing. Serious damage is feared.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 21 January 1882, Page 5
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84GRAHAMSTOWNELOODED.-SERIOUS DAMAGE FEARED. New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6296, 21 January 1882, Page 5
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