SHANNON.
At the local race meeting last Saturday, -■ Sid. Reid,, jockey, had his collarbone '• broken owing to Whakahe falling in-the--: Maiden Race. The heavy raia which fell ' most of the day converted the course into ■•.- a quagmire in places, and also militated ..-.: considerably against the attendance and the success of. the meeting. : : i;. :• A thunderstorm, accompanied by , torrental rain, visited'Shannon-on 'Saturday .evening. All the local creeks were • flooded. The road between Shannon and '. Makerua' was a sheet nf water, which in ' places poured over the railway line. Three ■ or four washouts occurred, and the train which-leaves Shannon for Palmerston at ■B.ls;p".'rav-Av-as-delayed for-several hours.-■■■• until the'line, had been repaired, by a-.v ganga'-of smeni-i-- Several;■:dwelling. houses?ni were , flooded, v ■ ;■■ .-■-.■-. -■■....'.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 2
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117SHANNON. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 754, 1 March 1910, Page 2
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