HEAVY STORM IN AUCKLAND
portions of crrr flooded. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, August 2. A very heavy gale and torrential rain ' has been experienced to-day. Lowlying portions of the citv were flooded. Building operations in Durham Street were flooded and fifty tons of earth felt in on the foundation, work. The street has been closed. A tempestuous sea is reported on tho coast and the small coastal vessels have been compelled to roturn to port. > VIOLENT STORM AT NEW PLT- ■ MOUTH. By Telegraph—Press Association. New Plymouth, August 2. Now Plymouth to-day exporienced the' most violont storm for a decade. Bain fell in torrents during the afternoon, «nd it was bitterly cold. There was over . four feet of snow at Egmont Mountain House, and snow fell in the town. It has been tho bitterest snap, and there are no" sign's of improvement. . Reports from South Taranaki give the same experiences.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2840, 3 August 1916, Page 4
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149HEAVY STORM IN AUCKLAND Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2840, 3 August 1916, Page 4
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