SERIOUS FLOODS.
BLENHEIM INUNDATED. (Per Press Association.) . Blenheim, July 25. What promises to be the biggest Hood experienced in Blenheim for many years is now pouring into the town. Many shops are inundated, and some houses arc flooded to a depth of several feet. The water has come both through and over the protective hanks, and is rapidly rising. The offices of Levin and Co. and the Union Co., on the'bank of the Omaka river, are in danger of collapsing, as the water is eating away the concrete orotective wall. Two trains are stuck up between Blenheim and Picton and one between Sodden and Ward. Blenheim, July 25. The flood waters are' still rising, and only a few of the highest business places are still dry. Rain continues with but slight intermission. Blenheim is a perfect sea, and it is impossible yet to estimate the amount of damage, hut it will he very considerable. It is expected it will he several days before the railway .service is reinstated.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 130, 25 July 1911, Page 6
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