FLOODS IN WAIRARAPA.
SEVERE DAMAGE REPORTED.
Heavy and incessant rain fell in the Wairarapa on Sunday morning and evening. Two in.ches were recorded , up till nine o'clock on Monday morning. The whole of tho rivers and streams in. the district were in a, high state.of flood, and much low-lying country was .submerged.. Communication between Cartertorf and Greytown was cut off through tho Waiohine River having overflowed its banks. The road between Masterton and Akura was submerged, and traffic was suspended. Many miles of fencing is reported to have been wasbed away, and it is feared there has been a considerable loss of stock. One Masterton auctioneering firnti * lost sixty head of sheep that were in holding paddocks on the bank of the Wninnim River. The Ruamahiinza is running very high, and overflowing its banks at narts. so that settlers in. the Lower Valley must bo .having an anxious time. At the time of writing (2'n.m.) rain is still fallin.". but tho weather shows signs of breaking.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3084, 15 May 1917, Page 4
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166FLOODS IN WAIRARAPA. Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3084, 15 May 1917, Page 4
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