BLENHEIM FLOODS.
A SERIOUS POSITION. (Per Press Association.) Nelson, July 25. Nows which has filtered through from Blenheim'shows that the position in consequence of the floods is very serious. Many people have vacated their homes, and the damage is imported to be heavy. A train carrying forty school children was derailed at Para last night. The passengers were compelled to remain in the train all night. Food and blankets were procured for the children. The distribution of food supplies is at a standstill, causing great inconvenience. It is still raining heavily. In many of the shops the water is above the counters, and the embankment has broken down in many places.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 131, 26 July 1911, Page 5
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111BLENHEIM FLOODS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 131, 26 July 1911, Page 5
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