Twelve Inches of Rain In 24 Hours
TIMARU, Feb. 13. ; The main highway between Lake Pukaki ahri Tlie Hfefiiiit'age, as the result bf a f all of 1-2.9 inches df rain for the 24 hoiirs up to 4 p.m. RatuydKy".. is imp&sshble, the being washed out ih three places as well as the approach to a bridge at Pukaki. "Beveral guests are stranfled at The Hermitagv and ar#: fiot liliely to get away till Wed ribsdfiy. Melting snow and rain Kaye ekused a considerablg vrise in the ievhl , of th»'faShian RiVCr atl'B Lstke Pukaki, li the lake continues to rise it is possibie that thh tetnporary *dam will bg unable tb hold the water baek at the dutlet. Ln tlie event of a break through considerable damage would be dorie to work rtow in progress on the base of the perhiknent earth dam now being Rinstrueted. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Grant, of Havelock North,'and their two sons, who left The Hermitage yesterday morning by car got stuck in a stream. They abaii doned the vfehicle which wraS swept downstream and Sulmierged.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1949, Page 5
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182Twelve Inches of Rain In 24 Hours Chronicle (Levin), 14 February 1949, Page 5
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