RAIN IN GISBORNE
A RAILWAY WASHOUT. TROUBLE IX THE HARBOUR. (Per United Press Association.) GISBORNE. Marcli 24. 1( has been raining steadily for the past three days, and all rivers and creeks in the district are badly swollen. Owing to a wash-out on the railway today's train for the north could not progress beyond Otoko. a small country centre, and lady passengers had to lie accommodated in the railway camp, while the men of the party had to accommodate themselves in the railway ca fringes. The temporary railway bridge across the Waipoa river, on, the line to Napier, in course of construction, carried away to-night. The rain continues steadily and at Motu seven inches fell in 11 hours, while in Gisborne over three inches have fallen in two flays. The Turanganui river, on which the port is built, 'is running high, and till vessels have been double moored. A crisis is expected in the harbour when the tide conics in about mid-night. Two launches moored in the harbour were swept out to sea to-night.
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Southland Times, Issue 17609, 25 March 1914, Page 5
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174RAIN IN GISBORNE Southland Times, Issue 17609, 25 March 1914, Page 5
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