FLOODS AT KAIAPOI
FAMILIES MAROONED BY RAPID RISE OF WATER.
BOATS CONVEY FOOD TO HOUSES WITH UPPER STOREYS.
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES
(Per Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, this day
The floods at Kaiapoi became serio”? this morning, owing to the rapid rise nf the water in the night, and a number of families in the centre of the town Ivid to be removed.. The hotels and boarding bouses are full, and! several families bavd taken refuge in the teclini<al schnoL and) malt house, which are surrounded by water. Boats are conveying food from house to house where the occupants have taken refuge upstairs. The water is up to the mantelpieces in some
cases. Rain is still falling heavily in Christ church as well as the country.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16120, 8 May 1923, Page 6
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124FLOODS AT KAIAPOI Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16120, 8 May 1923, Page 6
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