Lately water was discovered to be r -nU'ring the Thamts Tunnel in suci a quantity as tu necessitate the suspension of the entire traffic on the East London line between Wapping and Deptford-road station. Tlie inundation is attributed to a d feet in some ducks whic'i have recently been opened in the neighborhood of the latttr station, their foundation being, as allegid, hig'ier t':an fie level of the tunnel. As yet it has been impossible to rediue the water by t le permanent puiiipiii" apparatus and it is fearul that t.c d.Jcka will liavj to be emptied era the traffic can ue resumed. Tue inconveiiieiicj to the. pu..lic by tiie stoppajj of fAj tnx'3.2 I has beeu very great.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 239, 27 January 1877, Page 2
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119Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 239, 27 January 1877, Page 2
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