FLOODS IN OTAGO.
A TOWNSHIP UNDER WATER. (Br TeloerapTi.—Preo» Aiuoclatlon.l . Dunetffn, December 19. Tho weather for some time has been very unsettled, heavy showers falling atfreqncnt intervals almost every (Jay. A heavy fall set in to-da.v, continuing for several hours, and as a result some of tho iow-lying land near tho Botanic Gardens-was. flooded, Tho water soon receded,, however, and no material, damago was- done. Advice was received from Middlemarch to-night that tho Taieri River was very high. Rain has been falling intermittently on tho hills for about a week, and thero was a steady downpour to-dav. Tho river ross steadily from about 3 p.m. or 4 p.ns. Tho township is under water, and the flood has reached almost to the railway line. If tho rain continues settlers lower down may suffer,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1937, 20 December 1913, Page 6
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132FLOODS IN OTAGO. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1937, 20 December 1913, Page 6
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