Floods m Napier.
i (UNITED. f A^ION.) ~* * ju ivuii-i-LA ■\**&¥*tsm%k*u [There has been .conrfrtdous rait) since Saturday, the rainfall beinjf nine iinches.o aiChe7iNga,ruroroi iiyer?,B aiij Waitangi, has been ..gradually encVoachiug uj>on the-public road and i4ilwajrT.' ) "/This )presepf ] flqqd'^hj(s\ ;Bjwept away^ the, rpad,,. and is.today crumbling 'the.' ; bank of the' ri\;er \yithin r; twb feot'6f tHe : railWay 1 . !i The ;lioe is now being shifted, but if the flood continue^ it, is feared that the Ngarmoro Will* lircak' into the tipper ; eiid of, the . Ahuriri lagoon, ,and find an outlet ; at' 'iSTapiieiV Slioultl thjise feavs be realised, enormous damage, will ' be Tdtihe ' 'to town and suburban/ in'oiipnies. : ':: - " ! '' : . 1 ' .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 174, 20 June 1884, Page 2
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107Floods in Napier. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 174, 20 June 1884, Page 2
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