STORM ON WEST COAST
HOUSE BLOWN DOWN ROADS AND BRIDGES DAMAGED. , Per Press Association. GREYMOUTH, September 23. Heavy rain was general last night, and all the rivers are in high flood. The weather improved . to-day, and probably averted a serious disaster.' A house'at Baxter’s (Arnold river) was blown down last night, and the occupants (man, wife, and child) had to sit on the wreckage until morning when they were rescued by. neighbours. Telegraph communications . are seriously interrupted, and damage to roads and bridges is reported.
WESTPORT ISOLATED BULLER RIVER IN FLOOD. Per Press Association. WESTPORT, September 23. Two weeks of rain, hail and snow cub minated in the second’biggest flood in the Buller river on record. Much stock has been lost. Westport is isolated. The water is now receding.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12251, 24 September 1925, Page 8
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