STORM IN CANTERBURY
FLOODS DAMAGE THE CROPS. By Telegraph—Press Association Christcliurcli, September 18 Three days' warm wind in the I'ill country caused a good thaw, and waR followed by heavy raiu. As a result all the rivers are. running high, and the Waimakariri has overflowed in several places. The main north road is impassable to vehicular traffic, and in the neighbourhood of Belfast many farms are under water. Crops have been damaged, and -slight Josses of stock lia-ve taken place. An exceptionally strong south-west gale lias been blowing . all day, with occasional showers, hail, and sleet.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 310, 19 September 1918, Page 4
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96STORM IN CANTERBURY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 310, 19 September 1918, Page 4
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