THE RAINSTORM IN OTAGO.
[by telegraph.—press ASSOCIATION.] Dunedi.v, Wednesday. Railway communication with Dunedin, both north and south, is now stopped. The southern express only came as far as C'larkesville, just south of Milton, and had to stop there as there was four feet of water on the line. The Outram branch lines are also under water, and trains have ceased running on it. All efforts to get the northern lines clear by dark failed, and the railway is blocked. Arrangements have been made to send the mails by coach to Waitote and connect with tram there. In town the damage done by the persistent rainfall is very slight, but as it still continues, although not so heavy, there is serious danger of slips occurring as the ground becomes saturated. In the Northeast Valley the lower portions had about two feet or so of water.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9104, 12 July 1888, Page 5
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