FLOODS IN THE SOUTH
SEVERE DAMAGE REPORTED. By Telejraph.-Pross Association. Dunedin, January 29. The position at Balclutha regarding the flood is now reassuring. The liver has fallen two feet, and tho crisis ia considered to'be past. The temporary repairs to tho bunk proved effective, and no leaks are now noticeable. There was an anxious period in the afternoon when the opening in the embankment widened, but it was successfully blocked with sandbags..' Stirling is still in a sorry plight. Flood water is high, and nil the houses on the low level are inundated. No stock losses are reported. The railway near Lovell's Flat is covered by 4ft. of water, and it is improbable that trains will get through before Saturday. No trains ran on the Outriun line today, tho rails .being 2(5 inches under water between Riverside and Gliultteld. The Postmaster «t KaitMi'gata, telegraphed at 9 a.m. that indentions pointed to the highest flood on record. In the afternoon be reported that the water was 18 inches higher than.in the 1917 flood, and was still rising. Several houses were flooded, and two bridges .and part of a third wero carried away at Oturehua, Central Otago.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 107, 30 January 1919, Page 4
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195FLOODS IN THE SOUTH Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 107, 30 January 1919, Page 4
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