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BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY. Per Press Association. THAMES, May 17 A heavy easterly gale was experienced during the night, causing the Kaueranga River to rise rapidly. The water overflowed the residential area at Parawai and brought down a lot of kauri logs. Either these or a metal punt •which broke loose fouled the main traffic bridge and carried the middle span away. The punt then fouled the new bridge in course of erection, breaking it in halves, one half oi which jammed, against the railway bridge, which is now threatened by the high water. No trains have arrived or departed. The racecourse is a sea of water. Two valuable punts and fishing launches were swept to sea and sunk.. Old residents state that it is the biggest flood in the history of the river. Thames is isolated from the distreits southward.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17352, 17 May 1924, Page 9
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