THE MAIN TRUNK
FLOODS AND WASH-OUTS IN THE KING , COUNTRY WIDESPREAD DISLOCATION TorrentiaI rain in the . King Country districts on the night of Tuesday caU^sed many wash-outs and severe flooding which has interrupted communication by rail and road, Thre'e carriages and the van of the southern-houiijd! Limited left the metals, and the ordinary express northern-hound ran into a slip south of Taumarunui, the enj gine being embedded in the debris, ! but nobody was injured. Trains | with breakdown gangs have been . j despatched from north and' sputh, and every effort is being iUade to clear the line and restore communication. Indications are that the floods have caused heavy damage and' many settlers have been forced to leave their homes. Late last night it was reported from Ohakune that the flood waters were subsiding quickly and that the work of railway transhipment would go on all night.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 488, 23 March 1933, Page 5
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