THE WEATHER.
r rP*a Paisa Association.] i, OAMARU, Fkb. 10. I■■ Detailß of the damage caused by th< s floods are coming to hand. The first mai ? through from Kurow reports ternbh 9 ravages in that district. Tons of graii b are destroyed. The bridges at Wharekun x Awakino, Otiake, and Otekaike are down i aa well as thoße at Kurow and Dun ; i troon. The railway is badly aamageo b in several places on the Kurow line r Many farms are bubmerged. The i Maerewhenua river is still rising I At dark last night several settlers had I narrow escapes from drowning, being t rescued from their houses by ropes. It it I reported that a man is lost on the ranges I above Kurow ; the police are enquiring. • ' The man reported to have been drowned at l Kakanui has turned up. The weather is '. now fine with a brisk breeze. , ! Our Bangiora correspondent telei ' graphs :— Heavy rain has again set in ' throughout the northern district, com- . pletely neutrali6ing the benefit derived by the crops from the past two days' fine weather. The damage to the crops cannot now be otherwise than very serious.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7202, 10 February 1892, Page 3
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195THE WEATHER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7202, 10 February 1892, Page 3
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