PROVINCIAL NEWS
[united press association.] Christchurch, April 30. Ritin lias ceased, and (he floods subsided. No serious damage is reported. fn die 24 hours ending at 9 a.ui., 3.52 inches of petin fell.
_ During the storm yesterday, two girls, aged respectively, eleven and seven years, (he children of John May, Little Akaloa, were washed away in the creek. The youngest was found drowned at 3.30 p.m., but the other was found about five o’clock jammed by a log, bvt alive. She is now apparently all right. Much damage has been done to bridges and culverts in the Akaloa district.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2963, 1 May 1886, Page 2
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