40 SHEEP DROWNED
HIGH TIDE COVERS PADDOCK COASTAL ROADS FLOODED • The high tide which was experienced in the 8ay...0f RJenty.on Wednesday night was responsitei/for the loss of nearly 40 sheep wSficli were ~ held in an accommodation paddock at Wainui for the night. The sheep were being taken from Gisborne to Taneatua via the Wainui road, a halt being called near Mr Cliff Robinson’s property on Wednesday night. Although an effort was made to save the sheep the water rose so quickly that a large number were drowned. The water was three feet deep on the road. - Nearer to Opotiki on Fryer’s, flat the road was also covered with water while residents returning from Opotiki nad to remove logs from the highway."
The road crossing; the mud-hat near Kutarere was also under water for the first time for over twenty years. The sea also washed over the read at Torere but very little damage was. done.
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Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 30, 6 May 1938, Page 2
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15540 SHEEP DROWNED Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 30, 6 May 1938, Page 2
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