AFTER THE FLOOD.
SSol.il) MUTTON. CROWBARS USED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Gisborne, Yesterday. It has not been possible until now to ascertain tlie damage done at Nelson Bros.' freezing works during the recent flood. About 500 carcases of mutton and between 300 and 400 quarters of beef are found to have been badly damaged. The water rose to a depth of ten inches in the freezing chambers, and reached the second and third tiers of meat, which was stacked up to twenty feet. It was only when 22,000 carcases of untouched meat had been taken out for shipment that it was possible to get at the lower tiers. The water had been at a temperature of about 60 degrees, and this, combined with the weight of meat on the top, compressed the lower rows out of shape. When the water receded these sheep were found frozen solidly together in one block. A gang of forty to sixty men are employed with crowbars clearing away the earcases, which it thought are not very seriously damaged.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 362, 13 April 1910, Page 5
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173AFTER THE FLOOD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 362, 13 April 1910, Page 5
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