FLOODS AT WHAKATANE.
FAMILIES RESCUED .BY BOATS.
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
(Per Press Assbclafckta.) WHAKATANE, this day. Rain continued heavily yesterday and last night. Tlift rivers again rird rising and all communication by road has been cut off. Large areas are completely under water, and many homesteads are marooned, the families having to he' rescued by boats.
The road and railway lines have been damaged. Waimana settlement is in a bad position, the river threatening to eat. a fresh course across tho farms. A boat is stationed at Whakatano bridge to ferry people across.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16768, 29 June 1925, Page 11
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93FLOODS AT WHAKATANE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16768, 29 June 1925, Page 11
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