FLOOD DAMAGE
WEST COAST RAILWAYS
PROGRESS OF REPAIR WORK.
(By Telesraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") ' CHBISTCHURCHi This Day. Mr. H. Cl.apman, District Traffic Manager of Christchuroh, returned hist evening from an inspection of the damage done by the recent floods on the West Coast. He described it as very extensive. The big bridge over Larry's Creek, between Keefton and Inangahua, waa rapidly being repaired, and it. would be ready for traffic again within a fortnight. The repair work on the Blackball bridge was going pn without intermission and night, jnd it was anticipated that it would be ready for traffic in a week. The subsidence at Omohc, a mile and a quarter north of Greymouth, has been giving a considerable amount of trouble, but tho position is improving. The subsidence on Monday night and tho night before was only six inches in each, case, but the track subsides slightly as each train passes over it. This has necessitated ballasting in order to keep the line up to normal. The engineer hopes that th ( e slide has stopped and that the steps now being taken will have the desired result Traffic is being worked over a bad portion of the break near Greymoutti. Yesterday 2000 tons of goods traffic passed through, and to-day the line will carry 2500 tons.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 126, 24 November 1926, Page 8
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219FLOOD DAMAGE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 126, 24 November 1926, Page 8
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