FEARFUL FLOOD IN THE NORTH.
[By Telegraph.] Thames, July 17. The severest and most destructive flood ever experienced here occurred last night. Eain was incessant for 48 hours, and all the creeks were so flooded as to carry away bridges and bringdown thousands of tons of debris. Two men were washed away, and one body only has been recovered. About 50 million feet of balk timber was lashed to the booms at the Shortland Mills, and millions were washed to sea. The damage to the town was very great, and is estimated at £IO,OOO. The Borough Corporation put on 50 men to repair damages, and it is estimated they will require £SOOO to make good the injury to the culverts, streets, etc. A meeting ot the Council to consider ways and means will be held in the morning. The domestic water supply water race has been destroyed and the water cut off. The body recovered is that of Daniel Boyle, of Shortland, the other was a Maori. Many small dwellings were washed away and much damage done to batteries. The captain of the Eotoraahana states he saw a waterspout break over the town as he approached it from Auckland.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2597, 18 July 1881, Page 2
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199FEARFUL FLOOD IN THE NORTH. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2597, 18 July 1881, Page 2
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