SLIPS ON MAIN TRUNK
LINE BLOCKED TAUMAEUNUI, May 22. Heavy rain commenced to fall again last evening and continued all day today, though the rain was easing off this evening. Both the Wanganui and the Ongarue Eivers rose rapidly, the Wanganui Elver being nearly five feet above normal. There arc'slips;on the railway line at Porootarao, Taringamotu and Piriaka, and- an extensive washout at Manunui. The line will probably be blocked for twelve hours. The train due at Taumarunui from the north at 2.53 p.m. .s not expected to- arrive till S p.m. Ihc Department sent motor cars to the Taringamotu slip to convey passengers to Taumarunui.
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Patea Mail, Volume XLVIII, 25 May 1925, Page 3
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106SLIPS ON MAIN TRUNK Patea Mail, Volume XLVIII, 25 May 1925, Page 3
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