ISOLATION OF PUHOI
TOWNSHIP UNDER WATER
RAPID RISE OF FLOOD
(Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, this day
Swept completely by floods until, after two hours of torrential rain from 3ft. to sft. of water lay within buildings of the township, Puhoi was one of the districts of the north of Auckland which suffered severely in last night's storm. Early in the evening the level of the water rose with amazing rapidity and shortly after 7 o'clock not only was the settlement inundated, but all means of access were blocked by swollen streams.
Several delegates who were to attend a National Party meeting at Albany were unable to get through on account of blockages on the road from the north. Timber and rubble were strewn across the road and there was evidence of slips in several places. Kaitaia reports torrential rain with much flooding on the roads.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19693, 27 July 1938, Page 5
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