CANTERBURY FLOODS
X WATER ENTERS HOUSES •' ■ , TORRENTIAL RAINFALL (Per Pr« 8» Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Another 24 hours ’ torrential rain has caused serious floods m various parts of Canterbury. The worst damage, apparently, is at Little River, on the road to Akaroa, where a stream running through the township burst its banks at 1 a.m. and flooded a large area. In some houses the water rose to the flooring and began running tlyrough the rooms. The position had improved slightly at 8 o ’clock. At Ataahua there is water in the Post Office deep enough to extinguish fires.
A dangerous situation developed at Peraki, also on Banks Peninsula, where Commander Haa s place is threatened. There is a creek on each side of the dwelling, with light bridges only. So quickly did the water rise that it is feared that the 'bridges will be swept away and the house isolated. The family got away in good time. Residents of Long Bay also spent an anxious night. The outbuildings of one farm were swept away.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18389, 5 May 1934, Page 5
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