EXTRAORDINARY RAIN.
.RIVER RISES BFT.-IX AN HOtJR. !B» Tele*raoh.-Pfajß ArabciaUon.i • . . TiniarUi Februaty 3, 1 Extraordinary jgcal ramfalls were reported inth6-Wai.!iao and'Goral'dinb districts yesterday as.ireil as at f&hlh-. X thunderstetni cressed the country frorii tho Waitaki to Mount Four feaks", pduring down Water. At Four, Peak's chimneys were cracked by lightning, and a number of houses word damaged by storm water, Tho rivor at -.Waihao Forks, 'rose eight f«t in an hour, and at. "Willqwbridge, wlierd the ehannel is wide,.the water.rose six feet.
■ T TRAINS STUCK \IV. fimarti, February 3, A washout oconrred at, a naj'row gully jast north of the Waiiiao bridge, find blocked tho railway traffic to-day. "The firit expresses jiarth and south met there and exchanged passengers and mails, the transfer taking three hours. Tho south train ireaehod'timaru at 5.10 p.iit. instead of 1',30 p m.. Ropaits iire expected to bo completed before mottling.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 3
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146EXTRAORDINARY RAIN. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1976, 5 February 1914, Page 3
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