FLOODING NEAR SHANNON
A break in the Ataura Stream 's , bank, near Shannon, occurred eurlv yesterday moruing, and tliough every : ' ell'ort was made to slop the water, it ; (lower over Bryaut 's bank, and will l>e ? sooji eovering the Buckloy area. Soti tlers hud a busy time getting their ; i stock to safety. i Tlie flood waters invaded the western part of the Shannon borough. The d welliugs of JMessrs Sunnex, \ . •Tudd, jami Moore, in Slieehan Street, were I surrounded but at mul-dav Ihe water iappearcd to be receding in that area. j X o doubt, tliis was due to tlie break ! in the bank. On the old Foxton Road. j it was reported that Mossrs ('. Ilart land T. Kohika liave liad to leave their | homcs in the meantime. The main I highwav was eotnplet oly blocked at the j Ataura Stream and the 1ms to Palmerston Xorth liad to leave its passeiigcrs , ' at Shannon to conuilete their journey j by train.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 August 1946, Page 3
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