HEAVY RAINS.
LOSSES OF STOCK CONSIDERABLE, CHRISTCHUROH, September 11. Heavy rain throughout Canterbury is melting the snow on the ranges and oaus 7 nig- floods. All the rivers are high, and still rising. A telegram from Kaikoura states that a flood of an unprecedented height occurred last night Lyall Creek overflowed ita hunks, and the bridge in the main street was submerged to a depth of 18 inches, business premises on the lower side of the street being under water of a considerable depth. The "low-lying lands everywhere are under water. Heavy floods are reported from the-Waiau district, and there are three washouts on the Cheviot railway lino. The rain in North. Canterbury is the heaviest experienced for years. At Mendip Hills 6in fell in 12 hours. There has been a great less in early lamba throughout the district. • The roads have been seriously damaged in all directions. The roads from Parnassus to Kaikoura are impassable, and the co:ich service has stopped running.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3314, 19 September 1917, Page 19
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163HEAVY RAINS. Otago Witness, Issue 3314, 19 September 1917, Page 19
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