Floods in the Upper Country.
v. "• [By Telegbaph.] (fbom oub own cobeesfondent.). Paeboa, This day. We have had a continuous downpour of rain here, since Thursday evening last, and though therivers have been flooded to a considerable extent, there is but little destruction to property, &c,, to chronicle. The outer- end of the County wharf at Paoroa has been lifted bodily to a height of. 18. inche3 above its.originallevel, and the ferryboat at Mackaytown broke loose from its mooring and drifted down to Wash's landing, where. it now lies—a complete wreck.
Messrs Woods and Lipsey, junr , nlarrowly.escapejl a watery grate on Satur day evening last. They were crossing the Obinemuri Eivor at Karangahake in a small canoe, which capsized in midstream, and though both could swim they were completely exhausted when they reached terra firma, by which time they had lost most, of their wearing apparel.
(Per Pjeless Association.) ,
Auckland, This day.'
A telegram from To Ai'oha on Saturday reports that the river Waihou has flooded the lower township, and was still rising.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4869, 18 August 1884, Page 2
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173Floods in the Upper Country. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4869, 18 August 1884, Page 2
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