GISBORNE FLOODS.
WASH-OUTS ON THE RAILWAY. SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN. Ey Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisborne, March 24. It has been raining steadily during the past three days, and all rivers and creeks in the district are badly swollen. Owing to a washout on the railway, to-day's train for the, north could not progress beyond Otoko, a small country centre, and the lady passengers had to bo accommodated in the railway camp, while the men of the party had to accommodate themselves in the railway cars. A temporary railway bridge across the Waipoa river, on the line to Napier, in the course of construction, was carried away. To-night the rain continues steadily, and at Motu seven inches have fallen in 24 hours, while in Gisborne over three inches have fallen in two days. The Turanganui river, on which the port is built, is running high, and all vessels have been double-moored. A crisis is expected in the harbor, when the tide comes in about midnight. Two launches moored in the harbor were swept out to sea to-night.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 254, 25 March 1914, Page 8
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175GISBORNE FLOODS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 254, 25 March 1914, Page 8
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