A Southern Flood.
jPer Press Association.! Christchurch, Dec. 3. News has been received that there is a heavy flood in the Rakaia river, and that the railway bridge has been damaged owing to scouring at the piles. The early train got across safely, but the [ later trains were stopped on each side of tho bridge, aud tho passengers walked over. The flood has evidently been caused by a Nor'-wester inciting the snow on the ranges on Saturday.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 135, 4 December 1894, Page 2
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77A Southern Flood. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 135, 4 December 1894, Page 2
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