STORM AT WAIHI
RAILWAY LINE BADLY DAMAGED. (Pib United Pbess Associatioh.) WAIIII, Juno 13. An oW.tr\eal storm burst over tho town N-ight, «ux:ompanio<l by a (talugo of niin. 'J he floor] wutor mus«vi a collapse of tin* embankment carrying t.lio railway lino, l'ollowod by a washout 12ft deep and 40ft long about two miles from tho Waihi station, lfc is oxpccf*Hi that it will take tx>twoon two and i.hroo davs to effect repairs and resfcoro tho ufwal tniific. J*ho oxpr<?ss did not run this morning, but a special train ran to points on either side of tho breaks, and the passengers were transferred from one to tho other.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17341, 14 June 1918, Page 3
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