FLOODS IN NELSON
MINISTERIAL PARTY DRENCHED CA r PLUNGES INTO FLOOD Press Association NELSON, Tuesday. A fall of 4.26 inches ot rain has been recorded in the Nelson district during the last 24 hours. The downpour caused the heaviest flood experienced for many years. Serious damage was done to the bank of the Brook Street stream. Miss Turton, officer in charge of the Tourist Department, was the greaiest sufferer, having her garden washed away and her house dangerously undermined. Low-lying areas in the town are flooded. Train services were interrupted this morning by washouts at Spring Grove. Motor connections were made and it is anticipated that a normal service will be resumed this afternoon. Throughout the country districts many of the smaller bridges and culverts were washed away. The Hon. A. Atmore and party, proceeding to the West Coast yesterday, were blocked on Spooner s Range, and when returning to Nelson, had a narrow escape. Passing through a flooded creek the driver missed the submerged side on the bridge, the wheels on one side of the car only taking it. with the result that the ca’ leaned dangerously over and filled with water, the occupants escaping out on the upper side. Everything in the car was soaked with water.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 651, 1 May 1929, Page 11
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