BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY BY HEAVY CANTERBURY FLOODS Bursting its banks in,high flood after torrential rain the Ashley River devastated thousands of acres of wheat crops, drowned stock and ruined pastures. This picture shows where the lower Ashley Bridge was swept Fifty relief workers were marooned on an island near the bridge and for some time were in a position of considerable danger.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22351, 24 February 1936, Page 6
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62BRIDGE SWEPT AWAY BY HEAVY CANTERBURY FLOODS Bursting its banks in,high flood after torrential rain the Ashley River devastated thousands of acres of wheat crops, drowned stock and ruined pastures. This picture shows where the lower Ashley Bridge was swept Fifty relief workers were marooned on an island near the bridge and for some time were in a position of considerable danger. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22351, 24 February 1936, Page 6
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