It appears, as we have learned since writing the above, that the Waipaoa river broke through m two places. At one point near Mr Hardy's place which inundated nearly the whole of his land. At the other, nearly opposite the' Chandos Hotel, at Ormond. The hotel had four and. a half feet of water m it, while the' stabling and outbuildings were. much injured. The residents on the Makauri have suffered most, the country here lying low. The number of sheep lost is estimated at from eight hundred to a thousand, together with some forty head of cattle, and about the same number of calves. The waters rose to within two feet of the great flood four years back. The deposit of silt* is considerable and will have destroyed a large area of grass.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 804, 9 June 1879, Page 2
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