Heavy Floods at Wairarapa.
A 'RAILWAY BRIDGE WASHED AWAY- - Masteeton, September 2. Both the Rumahunga and Wariga> roa rivers are higher tha,n at anj flood on, recoid. The "Waipoua river has oversowed its batiks near the railway works. Mr J. Peters.en, an/ elderly man, m charge of l£r farm a.^ppaki ? was drowned tcKlajr fn the. yyaipofla 4Jjyer, whjje. ir.y(nfe to WBOW aljeep f rpm flooded lajid 1 , The Waignawa railway bridge, qn, the Wellington- Master lon railway, line, has been washed away by heavy * flloods. It. will t»»ke at least a month before traffic can be iesumed. All the low-lying land is under water. A landslip has also occurred, where the Rimutaka accident took place.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 237, 3 September 1884, Page 2
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115Heavy Floods at Wairarapa. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 237, 3 September 1884, Page 2
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