FLOOD AFTERMATH
WANGANUI RIVER ROAD (By Telegrapn.—Press Association) WANGANUI, Thursday It will be a fortnight before a horse track is opened through the road between Raetihi and Pipiriki, according to advice received by engineers of the Public Works Department, Wanganui. There are ten large slips between Raetihi and Half-Moon Bridge, and a big washout three miles in from Pipiriki. Mr Frank Hermans, engineer in charge of road construction in the Wanganui district, who has returned to Wanganui after having inspected the damage on the Wanganui River road, states that this mainly consists of wash-outs. The low level bridge near the old flourmill at Pipiriki is still covered with water, and the road is heavily silted. The new cutting north of Jerusalem has been blocked with silt. The river left six feet or more of silt in some low-lying parts, and metal also has been washed away. During the flood a large woolshed on the river flat, near Matahiwi landing was swept away. The Ruapirau swing bridge, which spans a deep gorge, narrowly escaped being washed away. Much driftwood was swept down in the torrent from the higher country. A Public Works Department gang worked during the peak of the flood clearing wood from the bridge.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21051, 1 March 1940, Page 9
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