FLOODS.
DAMAGE IN NELSON DISTRICT.,' (rnESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) NELSON, March 21. The flood damage at Brightwater Wfc far more serious than uras at ported. A protective wall wascaniatg away, and large areas were inßMWflp: Some orchards were swept away. RIM, way traffic has been stopped for affjiv/at least owing to big wash-outs on line. The immediate reinstatement * \ the protective wall is essential to w* , safety of Brightwater. . o'i GORE, March 21% The Mataura river reached mum height about noon to-day, but? Ml ■ flood water did not get into the tofftttj any extent, and no damage has done. The river will have to rise other six inches to a foot to caiise *5 repetition of last year's flood. . .y.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16167, 22 March 1918, Page 8
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