The Westpori Times regrets to learn that a very serious landslip happened at the Black Lead, Charleston, on Friday last.. The Cosmopolitan, Maoix Chief, : and the Nile Company are more or less sufferers. We are glad j to learn, koweyerj that; step's axe being taken ■ to repair the damage, and that within a short j time thesis energetic companies will be agaib in full working order. On Saturday afternoon the large dam of the " Who'd havie thought it" Company, at Charleston, burst. The continued downpour of rain so filled the dam that the embankment gave way to such an extent as to flood the channel leading across the DarkieV Terrace road, carrying away, the bridge near the church, and doing serious damage to several workings. Until the bridge is replaced, considerable iuconvenience will be experienced by all whose vocation,?. i\eqessitate tb,e use of this, road,
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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 594, 6 November 1869, Page 4
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