Oamaru.
! . THE RAILWAT. : Bain hat? fallen here almost without iaI termißsion since Friday, causing heavy. ; floods. The lowly ing lands are covered with j Bheets of water, and much damage has- ; been done to the lately sown grain" while- : on the sidings potatoes have been washed" I out. A large extent of country will have to -rbe re-sown.- Considerable- mortalityamongst young-lambs is Teporte'd. There isnosign at present of the weather breaking. A heavy sea* is rolling in, and several vessels are unable to leave port, though within the breakwater they are lyin"' | snugly. ° j Eaiiway communication with Dunedin is , entirely suspended, owing to a slip south jof Palmersfcon. The authorities here j despatched a spaeial train to Chriafcchurch, in place of the usual express. Communication on the Ngapara and Kurow branch lines is still open, though the water is I reported up to the rails in several places. It is still raining heavily. The express train, which left for the South at 3.20, could not reach Palmeraton, having been stopped by a landslip near Shag Point, and has not yet returned to Oamaru.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5701, 19 August 1886, Page 3
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183Oamaru. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5701, 19 August 1886, Page 3
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