IN NORTH CANTERBURY.
HEAVY FLOODS IN RIVERS. RAILWAY BRIDGE DAMAGED. ASHBURTON, Last- Night. • Warm rains in the hills last night melted the snow and carried one the largest flood's ever known in the Rangitata- River. The river .started to rise at about "five o'clock last''evening, and' ' the flood was at its height at 7 o'clock this morning. Four piles of the (bridge spanning the north branch of 'the river, were washed out, and the bridge was rendered unsafe for railway traffic, which, in consequence,'has been completely disorganised. Trains are .unable to cross the bridge,- and passengers have to be transferred to "another train on reaching the structure, and luggage and mailg are trolleyed across. It is expected that the damage will be repaired on Sunday, and that the trains will be able to cross the bridge again on Monday. The River began to recede after 8 o'clock this morning, and by noon had lowered three feet. The Ra.kaia River was also in heavy flood, and was a magnificent sight, the waters Jieing a imile wide, and ths stream running tonentially from bank to ibank.
•No damage to the bridge has so far been reported.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 March 1913, Page 5
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194IN NORTH CANTERBURY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 31 March 1913, Page 5
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