FLOODS IN FIJI.
DAMAGE yo CANE LANDS. • SUViy March 1. : Exceptionally heavy rains at the beginning of February resulted in the flooding of the Ba river. .The. cane lands were under water, considerable . damage being dbne. In "the Rarawai miU the -water Was 12ft deep. Marks and Co.'s store, raised on piles 3ft above the road, which is 30ft above the normal creek level, was washed by 2ft of water. Five Indianswere drowned. The fall was l9in. in 24 hours. — Auckland Herald correspondent.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14550, 11 March 1918, Page 3
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83FLOODS IN FIJI. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14550, 11 March 1918, Page 3
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