SERIOUS FLOODS AT NELSON.
(l'er l'ress Association.) NICLSON, Nov. 2. Over two and Ll half inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, and at uin.' this morning the lower portion of the j I own was Hooded. At ffakapuaka the I Hoods wire the worsl experienced for forty years. There were fourteen slips aleng iff.- road in seven miles from the city, ami l;eyoml —that the'' water was level with the tops of the fences on t lie flat land. The bridge at Ihaekwood Creek' flooded down the load for live or six chains. Al Motueka the downpour was exceptionally heavy, and the river protective works at Wakarewa are repot lid to lie carried away, and some poriwus yi the town ate liuudcil.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7968, 3 November 1905, Page 2
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123SERIOUS FLOODS AT NELSON. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7968, 3 November 1905, Page 2
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