HOMELES AND FOODLESS.
On the following morning they ventured from their places to refuge in "search of any articles of comfort' or sustenance hte elements might have left, only to find that they had been rendered practically' homeless arid foodless. Immense quantities of earth from the landslides entirely demolished their plantations and crops, which were in many cases covered to a depth of several, feet with stones and pumice. Fences has disappeared underground in places, and in some instances gullies were formed under fences to a depth of perhaps eight or ten feet. The only remains of the housese were a few posts, whilst the gravel floors were replaced with stanes and pumice. The fences having become useless enabled the cattle to roam at large, and thus was completed the ruin of any higher portion of the plantations which might not have suffered t>y the flood.
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Grey River Argus, 24 April 1911, Page 8
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146HOMELES AND FOODLESS. Grey River Argus, 24 April 1911, Page 8
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