A TOWNSHIP FLOODED.
By Telegraph—Press Association. WESTPORT, January 16. Owing to a heavy downpour of rain a portion of the township of Granity was flooded. Water was in some houses to a depth of nine inches. Mr Stafford, storekeeper, owing to water invading his premises, had a considerable amount of flour damaged. ' Mr and Mrs Mathieson were flooded out, and had to sleep in the library. The water was dammed back owing to insufficient drainage.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3094, 18 January 1909, Page 5
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75A TOWNSHIP FLOODED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3094, 18 January 1909, Page 5
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