GREAT FLOODS AT PAEROA.
PA.BEOA, Feb. 23' 10.40 a.m. There is a great flood in the Ohinemuri river, and the wharf and steamer goods' sheds at Paeroa have been carried away. | The Thames-Tauranga coach has not , yet arrived. The houses on the left bank i of the river are flooded, and hare been i abandoned. j 11.30 a.m. , Oa the right; bank of the river Snodgraas, Kennedy, and Pennel are flooded out;. The Junction wharf is under water. The mail coach is fast at the Koinata, and another coach has been sent from here to meet it. Cattle are swimming in the paddocks between Paeroa and Puke. The Waitekauri bridge has been carried away, and is now at Mackaytowo. A man was nearly, drowned coming from the steamer, but was saved by Harry Me Williams. 410 p.m. The Tauranga coach's wheels, locked, and the pole broke in crossing the Komata; the passengers are all right. Bradley's up and down coach crossed in safety. . . Mr John Earl reports that the Waitekauri bridge is not carried'asvay, but the Owharoa bridge is gone. Douglas,: the driver of the Tauranga coach, has taken the mail through on horseback. ... . The storm still continues heiYy lin the Valley of Waitekatiri, f
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4413, 24 February 1883, Page 1 (Supplement)
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205GREAT FLOODS AT PAEROA. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4413, 24 February 1883, Page 1 (Supplement)
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