Great Hood at Nelson.
[by telegraph.] Nelson, August 9. A severe storm broke over the city about six o'clock this evening. The lightning was very vivid, and continued a long time, with hail and rain accompanying. Within an hour the town was flooded, and every street from the hills was converted into a river. Water was flowing through some of the business premises in Trafalgar-street, and near the station horses had to be got out of their stables, the water being up to their girths. The downpour was phenomenal, and the water could not escape. In some houses it was two feet deep. The damage must be considerable, but it is not ascertainable yet.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 6019, 10 August 1894, Page 1
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