SEVERE WEATHER.
(Per Press Association.) ‘ Napier, last night. The heavy rain of the past two days has been severely felt in the country districts, and the heavy sea running In the bay has added to the trouble. The Meanoe district ie again under water to a considerable extent, and reports from other country districts show that in many places the rivers are running bank high, and rising rapidly, and as tho rain is still falling steadily a flood is feared in all iow-fying districts. At Olive the mouth of the Ngaruroro is reported to be blocking up in the town. A heavy slip is reported in the Milton road, a large quantity of earth coming down from Colonso Hill, and completely engulfing the outhouses of a building below, and damaging a part of the house itself.' Other smaller slips have taksn place in various parts of the Borough.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1524, 4 August 1905, Page 2
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148SEVERE WEATHER. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1524, 4 August 1905, Page 2
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