A FLOOD IN TIME.
SAVES AMERICAN MONEY. RIVER RIGHTLY DIVERTED. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. * ; ; New York, November 21. - The Skagit River, in the ."State of Washington suddenly changed its course •■ owing to floods, and- cut a new channel almost along 'the identical line: of surveys-made for a new channel contemplated by the United States Government. An, expenditure of some ,£200,000 has been saved to the Treasury by ,the intervention of the flooded river;'.'; ■; - , .-'■ ■;/.' *•""■ ; .'■■.■■■"■. ' .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14845, 23 November 1911, Page 7
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72A FLOOD IN TIME. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14845, 23 November 1911, Page 7
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