THE FLOODS IN GISBORNE.
ALARMING EXPERIENCES. . . AsaoqiAwoN.] Gisborne, May 19. The storm continues. The night was very boisterous. The rain, however, is now lighter. The flood waters have subsided about 12 inches, but water still covers Poverty Bay flats, and has entered many, houses. Last night flood reached within a few yards of the Makoraka Hotel, where a number of famiies had taken refuge. At Nelson’s freezing works the water rose within 12 inches of the 1910 record, and the stokehold was kneedeep in water.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 24, 20 May 1914, Page 5
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85THE FLOODS IN GISBORNE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 24, 20 May 1914, Page 5
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