FLOODS IN HAWKE'S BAY.
HEAVY LOSS OF STOCK LN WAIROA DISTRICT. ROADS AND BRIDGES WASHED AWAY. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TF.LEGRAIC ) WAIROA, May 1». Reports from the country state that there has been a very heavy loss of stock. Roads and bridges have been swept away in all directions. At Waihua the river rose over. CO feet: Tho Wairoa river is still rising, and it is raining heavily; / ,. The river is over all the walls, and the town wharf at tho Harbour Board shed has dropped six inches. Several piles have been washed away. The Mohaka river rose to an enormous height JaM night, and the post.•nistress had to Jeaw tho office and take shelter at the hotel, as the flood water was running through the omee.
At noon to-day tho Mohnka bridge was safe, but great fears arc expressed for its safety.
The harbour works are still holding, but the contractor will bo a heavy loser owing to part of the inner training wali and tramline- being washed away. The main works, as far as can be ascertained, are intact.
Tho tug Kiiia, which broke adrift .yesterday, has Ixhmi washed up on the beach. Sho is severely damaged.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14972, 20 May 1914, Page 10
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197FLOODS IN HAWKE'S BAY. Press, Volume L, Issue 14972, 20 May 1914, Page 10
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