TERRIFIC STORMS.
Bjs telegraph, Pres* Aea’n, Copyright Hobart, April 19. Torrifia storms, with rain, havo boon raging on tho Wost Coast for tho past few I days. At Queenstown tho wholo of tbo West I Queen tram was washod away. Every bridge on tho Mount Lyoll railway was oithor swopt away or badly damaged. Ono houso was oomploioly demolished. 1 Many woro floodod. A nuinbor of pooplo booamo isolated ou a bit of riaiug ground, and had to bo drawn through tho turbulont wators by moans of ropes to a plaoe of safety. Tho flood waters havo brokon into tho North Lyoll mine, and filled tho main shaft from tho 800 to tho 700 ft, lovel.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1728, 20 April 1906, Page 3
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116TERRIFIC STORMS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1728, 20 April 1906, Page 3
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