HEAVY FLOODS
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ij4any stock lost thousands of acres in -"GlSBbRNE'DISTRTcT nt • inundated - r t ,*r ^ *v SETTLERS LEAVE HOMES .
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| GISBORNE, Sunday. Thousands of acres of Foverty Bay flats were' covered with water rang- , ing in depth up' to' six 'Pr* s'even •ffeet", bylthe disastrous floods, this.-week-eiid.: • • - •.-«* ,k .• " •( r,t ; Many. settlers were forped to leave their homes and in one instance a boat had to be usedt to rescue parents dnd a family of !-s"ev'en children. - The stbck"lbSs6's"ar'e werjr heavy in parts. Individual cases reported, inclu'de one flock'of 260 sh'eep, another of il:00 stud-sheep, and anpther of l40 Southdown" hoggets: " i -1'- -r Several - small" b'ridges in different parts of -the -district - were washed awby. Fears are entertqined that "the Matawhero 'bridgep sik ' miles "from Gisborne, will not stand ;th&'Strain ofthe rushing flood waters, which at 3' p.-m. had reached a height- several inches above the- previpus record flood leYel. Rain is still falling to-night,* and tbe critical period will be about midnight, When thd dtfcoming tide "Will bhnk"aip',thd *'floo*df waterfe; ■:> ■: Fpr the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. today,- n early- f our -inches-- of rain* had fallen. • - »» • J'.n'v *"•?
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 148, 15 February 1932, Page 5
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193HEAVY FLOODS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 148, 15 February 1932, Page 5
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