HEAVY RAIN AT TAIERL.
SERIOUS FLOOD FEARED.
(By TclcEraph.-Prcßs Association.) Duneiiin, July 11, The extremely heavy rains which have fallen on the Taieri Plain ana on the high country at tho back right up to Mid. dlemaroh, since Wednesday have resulted in a big nso in tho Taiori River, and prosent indications poinb to the likelihood Of a serious flood on tho Plain. The downfall is the heaviest that has been expwi. encedfor four years, and largo quantities °f <! Urf i^™ t *£ ?A read y Mv >* «• Potion of the Plain. Settlors on tho low-wound nro busy removing -their etotk to higher country. Tlio rain elill continue, and sinco five o'clock to-night tho , river at Outram has men eight feet; but the worst effects will not bo felt.for another six-or seven hours. At. Middlemaich the river is a quarter of a milo wide, and his risen six indies, between ten and eleven tonight. ■ l
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1490, 12 July 1912, Page 4
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153HEAVY RAIN AT TAIERL. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1490, 12 July 1912, Page 4
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