Flood in the MacKenzie Country.
» CAUSED BY THE BURSTING OF A CLOUD. A clond burst on the Black Mac Kpnzie Country Hills, and caused a ereafc local flood. The wave flooded the homesteads without warning and when it subsidpd four hours later oiehfc inches of silt were all over the floors. The station hands were perched on the roof of a hut for two hours. Much fencing waa destroyed and landslips caused in the bills.
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Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1898, Page 2
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75Flood in the MacKenzie Country. Manawatu Herald, 17 December 1898, Page 2
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