FLOODS IN OTAGO
By Tnlecraßh.—l'rew As'oclntion. Dunedin, July 8, Pain fell steadily during the gre-itet part of the day, and some houses at East Tfiieri arJ surrouniTed by water. Stock 'hato been removed from low-lying areas, which in some case? art) covered by threo or four feet of water. Some paddocks at Otokia and Henley are flooded, but tho Taieri Eiver is witAin ite banks. Ah overflow , from tho Wafuori liiver has Hooded tho southern part of the Taieri Plain. Tho Henley-Derwi'ck Bond is covered by two feet of water. Portion of Hie Oiitnim line is submerged, and it is unlikely that a train will run 10-morrow. The Taien River at Middlemarch roso 16 inches after C o'clock. Water was starting to spread over the o<l joining couutrv at-10 o'clock.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 240, 4 July 1919, Page 6
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130FLOODS IN OTAGO Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 240, 4 July 1919, Page 6
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