NORTHERN FLOODS
A MARKED IMPROVEMENT. TRAINS GET THROUGH. Reports yesterday showed that the flood on the northern lines was an event of the past. The train from Invercargill had no difficulty in getting through. The train for Invercargill from Dunedin was an exceptionally large one, leaving the former station with eleven cars and four other vehicles. The other trains were uninterrupted by the water, although the 12.30 p.m. train from Invercargill for Clinton was held up for about one hour and a-half at Woodlands owing to troubles in the engine, and a locomotive had to be despatched from Invercargill to take it to its destination. The New River had subsided greatly by yesterday morning and the motor car from the Southland Times office was able to cross the Iron Bridge for the first time in three days. It is stated that there is now very little water lying round the Western District.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19190822.2.44
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 18623, 22 August 1919, Page 5
Word Count
152NORTHERN FLOODS Southland Times, Issue 18623, 22 August 1919, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.