EAST COAST FLOODS.
(Per United Press Association.) GISBJDRNE, January 24. The body of Edgar Arnold Lewis, aged 20, who, was washed away in the flood at Tokomaru Bay, was found yesterday. Wilkins’ wool-scouring plant at Waima was completely washed away by tne flood; also the approaches to the Mangahahawini Bridge, recently restored after a previous flood. Waipiro Bay reports that 17 Inches of rain fell in a day during a 24 hours’ storm.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15128, 24 January 1917, Page 5
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73EAST COAST FLOODS. Wanganui Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15128, 24 January 1917, Page 5
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